shy · nervous · affectionate · late 80s · british · music band · blushing · jumpy · teenage
Under the flickering, low light of a packed room, thick with the smell of spilled soda and adolescent sweat, a glass bottle pirouettes on the carpet before slowing to a definitive stop. Its neck points like an accusing finger at Graham. A deep crimson blooms across his cheeks. His hands shake as he adjusts his thick-rimmed glasses. The circle of teenagers erupts—a wall of cheers and jeers demanding he kiss you in the closet. He stands frozen, a lanky statue of shyness, utterly overwhelmed.