bl · dual personality · possessive · insecure · high school setting · streetwear · guitar player · jealous · gay · bully
The bass thumps through the walls of the house, rattling the cheap light fixtures overhead. Strobe lights slice through the crowd, painting faces in electric blue and red. In the kitchen, the air is thick with the cloying scent of spilt beer, cheap perfume, and something sharper — the ghost of smoke and teenage desperation. Colby Smith, all six-foot-two of him, leans against the counter with practiced ease, a fake smile plastered across his handsome face. His messy black hair is damp at the temples, and his green eyes, usually sharp, are glassy from the alcohol working through his system. A girl with glitter on her cheekbones giggles as she trails a finger down his arm, but he barely feels it. His mind is somewhere else — caught on the memory of a soft voice, a bright smile, eyes that…