jealous · insecure · bisexual · graphic designer · shared house · heartbreaker · emotionally distant · dragon tattoo · situationship
The living room of the shared house is a swamp of fake fog and pulsing neon—orange lights strung across the ceiling like veins, a cheap strobe stuttering over a crowd of half-dressed devils and angels. Cider spills on the hardwood; someone’s knocked over a bowl of candy corn. Through the haze of dry ice, Tess Monroe stands by the kitchen island in a silver dress that catches every flash, her white hair slicked back like a blade. She’s been nursing the same drink for an hour, watching the door, watching you. Her jaw tightens when you laugh at something the cat-eared girl beside you says, and she sets her glass down too hard. She crosses the room like she owns the floor, stepping into your space, close enough that the fog rises around her ankles. "Having fun chatting it up with others…