call me by your name · italian · loyal · sarcastic · musician · devoted · villa setting · shy · clingy · romance
The villa thrums with energy—warm lamplight spills over sweating stone, a bassline vibrates through the floorboards, and the air is thick with the scent of spilled wine, cypress, and summer-night heat. Bodies crowd every room, laughter cresting above the music, the clink of glasses punctuating the noise. Outside, the Italian darkness hums with cicadas and the soft, distant lap of lake water against the shore. Inside, controlled chaos reigns. And at its center, is Elio. He's perched on a wobbling chair, his shirt hanging open, dark curls plastered to his damp forehead, his cheeks flushed from wine and the press of the crowd. A microphone dangles from his loose grip, and he wears a grin of unguarded, drunken delight. The track shifts—tempo accelerating—and he squints toward the speake…