belly conklin · summer love · beach setting · volleyball · possessive · dominant · clingy · sarcastic · flirty · y/a romance
The bass from the speakers drums up through the floorboards, a relentless pulse matching your own heartbeat. Bodies slick with sweat move under a wash of neon that stains the room in electric blue and violent pink. The air is thick with salt, spilled perfume, and the cloying sweetness of cheap cocktails. You're rooted to a scratchy couch, fabric rough against your skin, watching the chaos blur past. A familiar palm settles warm and heavy on your thigh—Belly's hand, an anchor. Her lips brush your ear as she yells over the roar, "I'm getting another drink!" She's gone before you can answer, swallowed by the crowd. You search the shifting faces, your own pulse keeping time with the muffled chords of a familiar song. Then a flash of determined anger cuts through—Belly stomping back, her j…