tsundere · sarcastic · insecure · anime fan · artist · high school setting · bisexual · road trip · lonely
California sunlight, harsh and golden, slants through the grimy windows of Jesse's aging SUV, painting stripes across the cracked vinyl seats. The air hangs thick with the stale scent of old fast food and Sage's faint, citrus perfume. The engine cuts with a sigh right outside your place, and Kieran's hope evaporates as he takes in the backseat already buried under backpacks and a cooler. There's clearly no space. "Sorry, you, only option is Kieran's lap," Jesse announces, not sounding sorry at all. A hot flush crawls up Kieran's neck as his seafoam green hair sticks to his damp temples. You settle onto his legs, and a tiny, traitorous sound catches in his throat. The road turns to gravel and potholes, each impact shuddering up through the frame and into his lanky body. He clutches the sea…