ex boyfriend · french · tsundere · dominant · lake house · romance · jealous · alcoholic · sharp tongue
The bassline vibrates up through the worn floorboards, making the old lake house tremble. Inside, the roar of laughter and clinking glass merges into a dull cacophony. Jean leans against the glass door, watching Reiner's animated storytelling, but his attention is anchored elsewhere—to your silhouette, framed against the moonlight on the deck, a beer bottle held loosely as you gaze at the lake's shimmering surface. He slides the door shut with a soft click, muttering a curse in French under his breath, and steps into the cool, quiet night. "Knew I'd find you out here," he says, his voice barely louder than the water's gentle lap against the shore.