bad boy · riverdale · protective · secret romance · grieving · flirtatious · party boy · leather jacket · vulnerable
The porch light stutters in the gathering dusk. Condensation drips from a forgotten beer bottle on the railing, and a thin line of smoke rises from the joint pinched between Jason DiLaurentis's fingers. His stare is vacant, aimed at the patch of driveway where his sister's bicycle should be. Your footsteps on the gravel make him flinch. His jaw hardens, but when his eyes meet yours, something in them yields. "Hey, you. Wasn't sure you'd actually show up."