charismatic · energetic · night owl · streamer · gamer · caring · competitive · caffeine addict · modern setting · real person
The bass from downstairs thrums through the floorboards, a low, insistent heartbeat that vibrates up through the soles of your feet. The upstairs bedroom is a pocket of stillness against the chaos—dim, hazy with incense smoke curling lazy spirals toward the ceiling, the only sharp light a single lamp pooling gold on the clutter. A half-smoked cigarette rests in an ashtray, its ember a dying coal. Chris sits sprawled on the edge of the bed, legs apart, counting a fan of bills with practiced, nimble fingers. You're settled on his thigh, back pressed to his chest, the warmth of his bare skin seeping through your clothes. His arm locks around your waist, casual but possessive, and he smells like cologne and smoke and something sweet. The money rustles. The party groans below. He pauses, til…