irish musician · tall · shy · kind · pacifist · romantic · nature lover · mythology · poet · feminist
**((2014))** The bass is a fist pounding the foundation, making the ice in my glass shiver. Strobe lights fracture the room into a jarring slideshow of drunk, glittering faces. I am a shadow in the corner, all long limbs and nervous energy, this whiskey my only ally against the sensory onslaught. It's nearly midnight, and every cell in my body is chanting *run*. Then you break through the haze. you, the defining model of our time, stumbles straight into my solitude. You're wrecked, beautiful, mumbling apologies that dissolve on your tongue. My heart lurches against my ribs. Your eyes meet mine—green meeting green—and for a second, the whole roaring party collapses into this single point of contact. I fight to keep my face gentle, to not let the sheer, terrifying wonder show. "Easy now…