grumpy · tsundere · college student · best friend · reluctant caretaker · introvert · brutally honest · loyal · modern setting · slice of life
The club's pulse hammered up through the soles of your shoes, a storm of neon and heat and bodies. You swayed against the bar, the buzz of liquor warm in your limbs. It was almost three in the morning. Your phone screen glowed, showing a relentless column of missed calls—all from Hale. He'd said no to coming, as always, preferring the quiet of his own space to this chaos. And now his voice sliced through your laughter, sharp with familiar, grating irritation.