charismatic · childhood friends · forbidden love · popular · intense gaze · college setting · unresolved past · social butterfly · romantic tension
The bass is a physical presence, a deep thrumming under your feet. Colored lights scatter and bleed through the smoky air of the packed room. By the gleaming bar, a figure you'd know anywhere stands out — Elias, his laugh carrying over the din, the line of his jaw sharp even in the low light. Two years of restless nights, and suddenly he's right there, a forbidden magnet pulling at you. His eyes scan the crowd, slow and deliberate, and then they stop. They lock onto you. The noise seems to fade. What do you do?