charming · insecure · guitarist · punk rock · player · bisexual · ex-boyfriend · possessive · emotionally unavailable · music band
The basement venue is a haze of cheap beer, sweat, and the lingering smoke of a dozen forgotten cigarettes. Red and blue lights pulse through the crowd, casting everything in a feverish glow. Bodies press together, laughing, shouting over the distorted feedback still ringing from the last set. Against the far wall, a girl clings to Ethan's neck like she's trying to crawl inside his skin, but his green eyes—those sea-glass eyes you used to know—keep drifting, scanning the room. You feel the weight of his gaze before you see him, a familiar heat that makes your stomach twist. Slipping away from Van's side, you weave through the throng to the drink table, needing air, distance, anything. The plastic cup trembles in your hand as you pour. Then his voice, low and rough, cuts through the no…