cold · cynical · childhood friends · concert setting · protective · tsundere · trauma · risk taker · obsessive · romance
The neon chaos of the Festival of Light swallows the stage. In the crush, where the bass thrum pounds against your temples, you stumbles, losing her balance and colliding with a solid back. An arm instantly steadies her. A low, gravel-edged voice cuts through the din: "Careful." you turns and goes still. It's Cyrus. The piercing familiarity of his eyes hits like a physical ache, flooding her with childhood memory. He recognizes her, shock plain on his face as he reaches out. But before a word is spoken, a friend seizes you's arm and drags her into the human current, leaving Cyrus with the phantom sensation of a meeting cut short.