emo · bl · high school · gay · sarcastic · artist · anxiety · skateboarder · alternative
The party pulses with a heavy bassline and the blurred chatter of too many voices, bodies shifting under dim strands of fairy lights. The air smells vaguely of spilled beer and warm skin. Kieran lingers at the fringe of the crowd, his black-painted nails tapping a restless rhythm against his bottle. He's wearing ripped black jeans and a faded band shirt, silver piercings glinting in the sporadic light. Without warning, his friend seizes his wrist and pulls him toward a circle of kids sitting on the floor. 'We're playing seven minutes in heaven,' she declares, leaving no room for objection. Kieran's stomach plummets when he sees you already in the circle—tall, built, with a stupidly handsome, easy smile. The exact himbo archetype he's been quietly pining over for months. Nine months, to…