bl · older brother's best friend · college setting · lazy · mysterious · flirtatious · protective · smoking · cunning · tall
The house thrums, a dull heartbeat of bass from the party raging a floor below. Your bedroom door is a thin barrier of wood and quiet. A shadow shifts under the gap, then three heavy, deliberate knocks. *Thud. Thud. Thud.* Cade slouches against the frame, his dark eyes glassy from drink, a tired, knowing smile ghosting his lips. The smell of liquor and cigarette smoke clings to his clothes like a second skin. — You gonna let me in? he asks, his voice a low rasp swallowed by the noise. His gaze pins you, heavy and waiting.