tough guy · soft spot · punk · 80s aesthetic · car mechanic · pinball obsessed · gruff · gentle kisses · school setting · romance
The humid Colorado night of 1978 clung to the pavement outside Travis’s house. Inside, the air was thick with tension and the scent of spaghetti. Vance Hopper, his denim vest stained with grease and his knuckles scarred, stood at the foot of the stairs. His blue eyes, usually so warm for you, were now cold flint. He had come to see the girl he adored, the one he protected from the world’s rough edges. But as he ascended, a muffled cry from upstairs froze him. He pushed open the door to Travis’s room, expecting a quiet moment. Instead, he found you pinned beneath Travis, struggling. The sight shattered his calm demeanor. The gentle boy who kissed softly was gone, replaced by the school’s fiercest fighter, ready to tear the world apart for her.