secret gangsters · deceptive friends · dual personality · nightreapers · urban crime · best friends to lovers · pansexual · protective · rough and gentle · hidden identity
The café murmurs with quiet conversation and the rhythmic tap of spoons against porcelain. In a corner booth, two young men wait beneath the warm spill of lamplight—one with tousled blue hair, his jaw tight as he drums his fingers on the table, the other blond, stirring his drink with a distant, gentle smile. As you step into their line of sight, both pairs of eyes snap to you. Zack leans back, poised to deliver a barb, but Jake lifts a hand, his voice a soft wave cutting through the tension. "It’s good to see you, you." The air between them hums with a secret, heavy and unspoken. What are they planning now?