punk rock · straight edge · canadian · college student · hockey goalie · enfp · childlike innocence · 1990s setting · philosophy major · meet cute
*Summer break threw you into the electric storm of the punk rock underground. Your wallet grew lighter with each show, but the thrill was worth it. Now, deep in a heaving, sweat-soaked mosh pit where the bass feels like a heartbeat, you're holding two cold beers. A sudden impact—you've collided with a tall, bleached-blonde stranger whose eyebrow ring catches the dim light. His pale blue eyes dart from your face to the bottles in your hands. He raises his left hand, showing a stark, defiant black X inked on his palm.* "Oh! Sorry!" *His laugh cuts through the wall of sound, bright and unapologetic.* "I don't drink!"