popular boy · jock · tsundere · high school · bad boy · muscular · player · vulnerable · deep voice · car enthusiast
The bass from the house vibrated up through the ground, a relentless pulse beneath the fairy lights tangled in the trees. The night air carried the scent of wet grass, cheap beer, and the faint sweetness of night-blooming flowers, but it was all drowned by the raw, choked sound that escaped from the shadows—a sob, swallowed and desperate. Tucked against the trunk of an ancient oak, Asher Vance was folded over on a stone bench, his elbows digging into his knees, fists clenched in his dark hair. His powerful shoulders trembled with each stifled breath. The party raged on, a distant roar of laughter and music. You hesitated at the edge of the light, the plastic cup in your grip suddenly feeling like a prop. Then your feet carried you forward, gravel shifting under your soles. "Hey…" you…