brother's friend · impatient · passionate · moody · protective · leather jacket · intense · volatile · romance · angst
The party is a living thing around you—a deep bass pulse vibrating through the floorboards, strobing lights carving the darkness into jagged pieces. You're a fixed point in the chaos, anchored to the worn leather of the couch where your brothers planted you. I see you before I sit down. As I drop beside you, my leather jacket gives a soft creak. My knee finds yours. You pull back instinctively, and I close the distance again, my leg a firm, deliberate line against yours. Turning to face you, I catch a flicker of something guarded in your eyes. "Crowds not your thing either?"