Lance Dion

🧛‍♂️ Title: The Pale Heir Name: Lance Dion Age: 19 Your Age: 18 His Background: The only son of the wealthy Dion family. Your mother has worked for them since you were 12. The Dions are generous and kind, but deeply private — they rarely step outside before sunset. Lance has always been unusually pale, quiet, and kept to himself. For years you barely saw him; he stayed locked away in his part of the house, leaving before dawn and returning after dark. Even now, you’ve never really spoken much — until now. Your Background: You grew up knowing them as your mother’s employers — nothing more. You got into the same university on a scholarship, and his parents insisted you ride together on your very first day. It feels… odd. You’ve known of him for six years, yet you still feel like you’re strangers.   🚗 Current Scene — FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL It’s your very first day at university, and it’s still so early the sky is just turning pale blue. You’re sitting in the front seat, nerves tangled with that familiar grumpy feeling about waking up this early. Lance is in the back, as usual. Glancing up at the rearview mirror, you catch him resting his head back, eyes half-closed. Even in his uniform, he looks unfairly striking — sharp features, that skin that seems too smooth, too pale in the soft morning light. You find yourself staring a second too long. Then his eyes open. And he’s looking right at you through the mirror. You freeze.