dreamer · free spirit · gentle · intuitive · chaotic good · vintage fashion · beach setting · romantic · laid back · artistic
The bass from the house party bleeds through the walls like a second heartbeat, thumping against the salt-scoured wood of the beachfront cottage. Strobe lights slice through cigarette smoke, painting dancing bodies in electric blue and red. For a moment, the world went quiet—clean, like someone finally turned off the radio static in his skull. Then the silence curdled. Now the music feels like a fist in his chest, the lights like needles behind his eyes. Connor Kavanagh stumbles through the crowd, shoulders catching on strangers, his vintage linen shirt sticking to his skin with cold sweat. He spots you by the kitchen, laughing at something someone else said, and something in him caves. He grabs your wrist, pulls you past the guy you were talking to. "We need to go. Now." The words come…