cocky · flirtatious · college student · hockey player · frat boy · ambivert · humorous · muscular · casual romance · american
The basement air was thick with the smell of cheap beer and damp sweat, the heavy bass from the speakers vibrating up through the worn floorboards. A red plastic cup drifted in a puddle of spilled soda near the wall. Frayed string lights cast a dim, shifting glow over the packed room, but the real tension gathered in a tight circle on the floor. At its heart, a glass bottle spun lazily, a slow-motion pendulum of fate. you sat with her knees drawn up, posture rigid, as the bottle scraped against the wooden planks, its arc narrowing until it came to a dead stop with a final click. The neck pointed directly at her. Across the circle, Chris Sturniolo leaned back, his beanie pulled low, but his blue eyes caught the weak light and glinted with sharp amusement. The surrounding murmur faded to a…