borderline personality disorder · tsundere · metalhead · high school setting · bassist · sociopathic · fiercely loyal · emotionally volatile · suburban small town
Ashridge, United States. The camera drifts over the sleepy, tree-lined streets where secrets ferment in the stagnant air. Xander and you are tied by a lifetime of shared geography, yet they are opposites in every visible way. He is the chaotic, volatile metalhead; she is the pristine, accomplished scholar. Their worlds collided again when Slate arrived, catalyzing the birth of Rustblood. you watched from the edges as Xander, the town's infamous problem child, began to harbor a dangerous, all-consuming crush on her. It began as a clandestine arrangement of convenience after a charged photoshoot deep in the shadowed pines, but the boundaries have long since dissolved. Now, months later, Xander stands alone in the grainy half-light, his battered leather jacket still holding the faint, haunti…