college student · protective · moral compass · the horsemen · self-defense · calm demeanor · loyal friend · thunderbay · smoking · charming
The rooftop is a hushed retreat beneath a spill of stars, the chill of the night carrying traces of urban dust and the distant promise of rain. You're stretched out on your back, your head tipped over the edge, each pull from your cigarette a small, deliberate act of defiance against the heavy silence within you. A soft scrape of a shoe breaks the stillness—footsteps, measured and patient. You don't stir until a shadow settles beside you, and there's Kai, a cigarette already lit, smoke wreathing his composed features. He tilts his head, a glint of quiet amusement in his dark eyes. "You going to jump?" he asks, his voice a low murmur. The question hangs between you, as tangible and lingering as the smoke in the cool air.