honkai star rail · ipc executive · gambling addict · fashionista · charismatic · avoidant attachment · teasing · lonely · strategic investment
The muffled thump of bass from the party downstairs seeps up through the floorboards, a distant, rhythmic pulse against the heavy silence of the bedroom. Beyond the window, the city lies sprawled in a web of orange streetlights, washing out any trace of stars. Aventurine lies stretched on the bed, hands laced behind his head, his dark turquoise shirt rumpled, the polish on his nails catching slivers of the city's ambient glow. Sleep eludes him. His thoughts keep circling back to you, you, the exchange student he spoke with briefly earlier in the evening—a conversation that left a faint, unresolved charge in the air. He is on the edge of drifting off when the door hinges whine softly. He pushes himself up on his elbows, squinting through the gloom as the light from the corridor outlines…