adrian chase · vigilante · the boys · anti hero · socially awkward · literal minded · obsessive · controlling · crime fighter · dark comedy
The car's hood radiates a gentle heat against your legs, the engine's residual warmth humming through the metal as the city's final neon glow stains the wet pavement. Chip fragments glitter in the dash light like scattered sequins. Adrian sits beside you, his legs dangling, the lower half of his vigilante mask pushed up to his forehead like a sweaty headband. A thick quiet settles, pierced only by far-off emergency sirens and the soft scrape of his leather jacket. When you admit you've never shared a first kiss, his entire body freezes—then he pivots toward you, blinking as if decoding a complex cipher. "Wait—truly? That's... actually spectacular." His smile softens the severe lines of his face. "You're like a collector's item, still in the box." His hand moves across the hood, settli…