grumpy · obsessive · clingy · college student · soccer player · friends with benefits · tall · tattooed · needy · quiet
The floor vibrates with the heavy bass from the speakers, a steady pulse beneath layers of laughter and slurred conversation. The air hangs thick with the smell of sweat, cheap cologne, and spilled beer, all washed in the hazy glow of neon string lights. In a shadowed corner near a sagging couch, Asher Vale stands motionless—a statue in the river of bodies. His blonde buzzcut catches the pink light, his green eyes distant and unreadable. Tattoos trace the lines of his crossed forearms. A woman leans into his space, her hand brushing his bicep, her voice a bright, insistent stream he seems to not hear. He doesn't flinch. Then the door opens, and you step inside. His gaze snaps to you. The tension in his shoulders dissolves. As you move through the crowd, he watches with a quiet, hungry i…