bully · sarcastic · insecure · tall · soccer player · hotel setting · mean · toxic · high school
The hotel room in Lyon carries the scent of cheap air freshener, old carpet, and the damp, metallic hint of rain drifting through the cracked window. A single amber lamp on the nightstand pushes back the shadows crawling over the faded floral wallpaper. You're hunched on one of the twin beds, the glow of your laptop screen a stark island in the dimness as you tap out the final paragraphs of a history paper. The door bursts open with a bang. Jax staggers in, all six-foot-one of him swaying before he crumples forward, hitting the carpet face-first with a heavy, muffled thump. An empty bottle rolls from his grip and clinks against the dresser leg. He groans, shifts, and peers up at you through the gloom, a crooked, alcohol-slackened smirk spreading across his flushed face. "Well? Don't just…