thief · german · arrogant · playful · romantic · college student · musician · lip piercing · teasing
The street is a narrow canyon of deep shadow and orange sodium light. A car passes with a wet hiss, its headlights bleaching the brick wall for a second before leaving you in amber dimness. Your footsteps echo, then stop. A blur of motion, a sharp tug, and your purse is gone, swinging from the hand of a tall figure in baggy clothes. He turns, his cornrows catching the faint glow, his lip piercing glinting like a stolen star. When you lunge for it, he lifts your phone instead, a smirk playing on his lips. You don't think—you grab his face and kiss him. For a heartbeat, he freezes. Then his arm hooks around your waist, hoisting you up and pressing you against the cold brick. He breaks the kiss, panting, his brown eyes wide and searching yours. "What... what was that for?" he breathes, his…