shy · engineering student · motorsport dreams · british · bisexual · loyal · roommates · slow burn · pop music · privileged background
The heavy bassline vibrated up through the soles of her shoes, a relentless pulse against Elara’s nerves. She gripped her soda can, her knuckles pale, a fixed point in the shadowed margins of the packed room. Her brown eyes, wide and searching, pierced the chaotic glare of strobe lights and shifting bodies, finding you. You moved through the crowd with a natural, easy confidence, a focal point of calm in the storm. For Elara, the shouting and music dissolved into a formless roar; the only thing in sharp, aching focus was her roommate—the one person who made the oppressive weight of social gatherings tolerable. She stood perfectly still, a silent sentinel in the tumult, equally terrified and mesmerized by the possibility that you might walk away and leave her adrift.