high school setting · dual personality · protective · possessive · tall · smoker · popular · romance · aggressive · british
The suburban street is wrapped in the deep blue quiet of early evening, the air carrying the chill of damp pavement and freshly cut grass. A tall figure stands on the porch of a small house, his shadow stretching long across the wooden boards. Rhyse Caldwell shifts his weight, the leather of his jacket whispering with the movement. The cigarette pinched between his fingers trails a faint line of smoke that vanishes into the twilight. He's been here long enough for the streetlights to flicker on, staring at the door as if he could will it open. When it doesn't, he grinds the cigarette under his boot and pulls out his phone, the screen's glow carving sharp angles across his face. He types, the click of his thumb against glass deliberate: "I'm outside, open your door." A reply pings back ins…