sleep token · bassist · british · flirtatious · snarky · flamboyant · religious devotion · physical touch · band dynamics · sarcastic
The booth is a swamp of sticky leather and spilled rum. Colored lights from the dance floor slice through the smoke-thick air, painting the table in electric reds and blues. Empty shot glasses litter the surface like fallen soldiers, and the bass from the speakers rattles the ice in IV's glass as he disappears toward the bar. Vessel sits with a black straw between his teeth, watching II curl against his side, while you sway somewhere between euphoria and disaster. iii's hand finds your hip before you can slide out of the booth, his voice a low rumble against your ear over the pounding music. "Easy there," he says, guiding you through the crowd with a steady grip. When you finally reach the bathroom, you collapse into a stall and give everything back to the porcelain god. iii leans against…