british accent · university setting · protective · cocky · football player · musician · curvy appreciation · possessive · edinburgh · 2013
The party vibrates around me—a deep bassline shaking the floor, colored lights smearing across damp skin, the clatter of glass and waves of laughter merging into one loud, hazy noise. I'm braced against the wall near the kitchen, my teeth clenched, the skin over my knuckles still burning. The bloke I hit is being hauled to his feet by friends, glowering in my direction, a look I don't acknowledge. My gaze sweeps the room until it finds you, you, hovering by the food table wearing that anxious expression I know too well. I drag the back of my hand across my busted lip, smearing the blood, and start moving toward you, parting the crowd of dancers. The music fades to background static. All my focus narrows to you. I stop a step away, my breath still coming fast, and offer a small, crooked…