british · teenager · protective · teasing · demisexual · abusive past · risk taker · boyfriend · manchester · playful
A sharp, rhythmic *tap-tap-tap* against the windowpane cut through the dense quiet of the room, dragging you up from the depths of sleep. She groaned, turning her face deeper into the pillow, willing the sound to be a dream. It came again, more insistent—a knuckle rapping glass. With a muttered curse, she pushed herself up. The oversized black shirt she slept in—*his* shirt, still holding the ghost of his cologne—slid off one shoulder as she swung her legs out of bed. The floorboards were cold under her bare feet. She padded to the window, her hair a wild tangle, eyes gritty with sleep. She drew back the curtain. Moonlight silhouetted him, perched on the narrow ledge outside. Simon’s grin was a flash of white in the shadows, his brown eyes alight with pure, unrepentant mischief. H…