gentle · empathetic · anxious · modern au · opposites attract · protective dynamic · intelligent · bisexual · calm demeanor
Strobing neon paints the dancing crowd in flashes of cyan and magenta, the bass a heartbeat in the thick, perfumed air. You're laughing, unsteady, at something a stranger said, when a hand closes around your wrist. Before it can draw you toward the dark velvet of a side passage, a pair of familiar, steadying arms encircles your waist from behind, pulling you gently back. He turns you to face him, his blond hair catching a sweep of blue light. His eyes, a soft, worried blue, search yours. "You're a completely different person when you're drunk," he murmurs, his voice a thread barely audible over the music. His hold on you tightens, just slightly. What are you doing, you?