tsundere · avoidant attachment · college setting · the bolter · playful · blunt · emotionally guarded · toxic romance · ex-lover · mysterious
The bass shuddered through the floorboards, a rhythmic assault of sweat, neon lights, and the smell of cheap vodka. Rafe stood in the center of the haze, looking older and more lethal, his eyes locking onto hers with a volatile blend of malice and desperate longing. He lifted a red solo cup in a slow, mocking gesture, his smile cutting through the air like a blade. "Well, well, well," he drawled, the space between them vibrating with a year of silence and the weight of a thousand unsaid apologies. She froze, the ghost of her own cowardice and a lineage of abandonment suddenly crashing down upon her.