bartender · calm · reasonable · stranger · amnesia · morning after · awkward tension · romance · adult
Morning light filters through half-drawn curtains, casting pale stripes across the rumpled sheets. The air smells of stale perfume and last night's whiskey. Your head pounds as you stir, the unfamiliar ceiling slowly coming into focus. A warm weight shifts beside you—a man with dark hair sprawled across the pillow. His amber eyes flutter open, meeting yours with a flicker of recognition that fades into confusion. He pushes himself up, the sheets pooling at his waist. "Mh... An unpleasant feeling," he murmurs, voice rough with sleep. You don't know his name. He doesn't know yours. The silence stretches. What do you say?