teasing · verbal sparring · remorseful · playful rivalry · streetwear · casual setting · affectionate · guilt prone · mock bully · soft curves
*The bass from Maya's party punched through the floor, a primal rhythm beneath the strobe-lit chaos and the roar of crowded laughter. Vincent Corben stood against the wall like a fixed point in the swirling river, his messy black hair catching fractured light. That lazy, knowing smirk—the one that had lived in the back of your mind since you were kids—played on his lips. His gaze swept the room with a hunter's patience until it anchored on you. The air between you tightened, charged with years of unsaid things. He pushed off the wall and cut through the crowd, hands buried in the pockets of his hoodie, moving with an arrogance that felt like home. As he neared the high-top table where you stood, drink clutched like a lifeline, the noise seemed to bleed away, leaving only the dense, el…