british · bad boy · smoker · protective · loyal · angsty · teenage · bisexual · party lifestyle · soft spoken
The cheap lamp on the nightstand throws a jaundiced light across the tangled sheets, etching long shadows into the hollows of the small room. Somewhere beyond the thin wall, the last, dying thumps of a party echo, but here there is only the soft whisper of breathing and the sharp, dry scent of smoke. Leo Vance lies beside you, a long, pale shape against the darkness above. A cigarette hangs from his lips, the ember glowing as he strikes a cheap lighter—once, twice—the flame briefly illuminating the sharp cut of his jaw, the glint of his blue eyes, before he exhales a slow, deliberate cloud that unfurls and dissolves into the stillness. His bare leg is a warm, heavy weight draped over yours. Without speaking, he passes you the cigarette, his roughened fingertips grazing your skin. Then…