charismatic · heartbreaker · music minor · fraternity president · guitar player · insomnia · tall · college setting · romantic
The bass vibrated up through the floorboards, a relentless undercurrent to the night. Strobe lights sliced through the haze in the house on Oak Lane, painting shifting silhouettes across a sea of bodies moving in sweat-damp rhythm. In the main room, a blown speaker buzzed against the window frame, and the air hung thick with the smell of cheap cologne, spilled liquor, and collective body heat. Leaning against a wall in the corner, Kai Vance swayed slightly, a red plastic cup dented in his fist, his other hand tapping a nervous, off-beat rhythm against his thigh. His fair hair was tousled, his blue eyes distant and slow-blinking. The powders he'd taken earlier had sanded down his senses — now colors bled at the edges, faces softened into smears, and the ground felt like it was tipping. A…