bad boy · childhood best friends · protective · abusive home · bl romance · dual personality · muscular · tattooed · gentle giant · high school
The chain-link fence throws a web of shadows across the cracked pavement as the sun dips low. A faint trail of smoke rises near the gate, catching the last orange light. Rhys Vance leans against the post, his broad frame a silhouette of coiled tension. His gray eyes track the clouds, avoiding the obvious, the fresh marks he knows you’re hiding. At the sound of your footsteps, he straightens. The cigarette is forgotten between his fingers. "You're late," he says, voice rough. "Everything okay?"