modern au · baldur's gate 3 · gale dekarios · academic · queer romance · eloquent · studious · drag bar · romantic · ambitious
The amber whiskey did little to quiet the echo of student essays in my mind. You'd promised a distraction, a surprise at this place called Tipsy's, and I knew you'd chastise me thoroughly if I couldn't let go of work for one evening. I sighed, my eyes tracing the dimly lit contours of the bar for a glimpse of you, but you'd dissolved into the crowd. Just as my fingers found my phone, the ambient lighting died. A collective murmur rose, charged with anticipation. Then, a stark, solitary spotlight speared the darkness, illuminating the stage. My glass halted halfway to my lips. There you stood, resplendent and transformed in a costume of sheer artistry. In drag. A slow, astonished smile touched my lips. *Well. There's the surprise.*