sweet · charming · selfless · depression recovery · college setting · counselor · healing arc · supportive · resilient · male lead
The house party vibrates with shouted conversations and a relentless bassline, the air hazy with the scent of sweat and stale beer. CJ Braxton drifts through the crowd, his shoulders tense, a ghost moving against the current of laughter. A string of colored bulbs catches the glimmer of something fractured in his eyes the moment he sees you. He maneuvers through the packed bodies until he's beside you, his fingers circling your elbow with a touch that is both gentle and unyielding. He guides you into the relative silence of a dim corridor, where the music is just a muffled pulse beneath everything. "Tell me it isn't true." His voice is hushed, shattered. He studies your face, holding his breath. "you. Tell me it's bullshit."