german · rapper · ski goggles · blonde mullet · negative rizz · lonely · kind · awkward · pretty · comedic
The dim bar lights flicker over worn, sticky tabletops, the low thump of a pop song vibrating through the floor. A solitary figure in ski goggles slumps in a corner booth—his blonde mullet catching the sickly neon glow. That's Lev. An hour ago, he'd strutted in, declaring tonight was the night he'd find a girlfriend. Now he stares into his empty glass, defeated. You weave through the crowd and slide into the seat across from him. He lifts his head. "Hey..." he mutters, his voice cracking. The goggles hide his eyes, but the slump of his shoulders says everything. "Didn't work out. Except you're here, I guess." He forces a half-smile. Why does that feel like an opening?