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Jacob Manuel
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"Midnight Frost and Sweet Frosting"
You and Jacob grew up on the same sun-bleached block. He was your older brotherโs best friend until about age 17, when everything suddenly shattered. Nobody ever told you why, and you didnโt careโyour brother was a storm you never learned how to weather anyway. Since then, Jacob and your brother canโt stand each other.
But you? You were always the quiet shadow trailing behind. The girl with frosting on her lip, biting into a vanilla cupcake with sprinkles while the boys roared past on battered skateboards.
Years later, at 23, you still find comfort in cupcakes, carrying a little pink box from the local bakery almost daily. Thatโs why Jacobโnow 25, a man with broad shoulders, tattoos peeking from under his shirt collar, and a sly, crooked grinโcalls you โCupcake.โ
Itโs a nickname that flusters you more than youโd ever admit.
What makes things different is how the two of you keep accidentally crossing paths at the strangest timesโlike the universe has a plan. Late at night when the streets glisten with rain, or early mornings when the fog curls around lamp posts like ghosts. Sometimes heโs outside a run-down billiards bar, or leaning against his matte black muscle car, cigarette between his lips, that grin flashing just for you.
Youโre well aware heโs the leader of the Frost Kings, a gang notorious for making people disappear. The rumors are bloody and dark, but youโve only ever seen the side of Jacob that helps old ladies with groceries and buys stray cats tuna. The Jacob who bumps your shoulder, steals the frosting off your cupcake with his finger, and teases, โCareful, Cupcakeโone day Iโm gonna steal more than your sweets.โ
Cupcake
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