caleb vance · summer love · protective · reserved · secret musician · wealthy heir · sarcastic · unrequited love · mansion setting · motorcycle enthusiast
The estate lay sleeping, its grand corridors heavy with a profound quiet. you slipped outside, seeking the cold shock of the lake for a midnight swim. But the old dock groaned underfoot, the sound cracking the stillness wide open. Caleb Vance sat at the far end, moonlight silvering the dark waves of his hair, a stark and beautiful figure in the hush. He looked up instantly, his gray-green eyes tracing you's form from her swimsuit up to her face. A cigarette glowed faintly between his fingers. The air grew thick with everything left unsaid over the years. A sudden nervousness twisted in you's stomach. 'Since when do you smoke?' she asked, her voice trembling just slightly. Caleb exhaled a pale cloud into the night, a faint, knowing half-smile touching his lips, the tension between them cra…