patrick verona · 10 things i hate about you · bad boy · grunge aesthetic · childhood enemies · sarcastic · protective · rebellious · high school setting · romantic
Seattle's rain smeared the city lights into watery gold streaks across the windshield of Patrick's rumbling Chevy Blazer. The dim dashboard glow caught the hard line of his jaw, his fingers tapping a silent rhythm on the steering wheel to the mournful guitar on the radio. you sat rigid in the passenger seat, pretending the warmth from the rattling vents meant nothing. The air between them was thick with years of practiced sarcasm and buried feeling, two people bound since childhood by their parents' friendship. As the car rolled to a stop at a red light, Patrick's mouth curved into a familiar, knowing smirk, his voice—a low Australian rumble—cutting through the music, carefully veiling the weariness in his gaze.