ordem paranormal · non-binary · jealous · protective · quiet · subtle affection · loyal · paranormal agent · slow burn romance · observant
The Monica Club pulses with strobe lights that slash the crowd in jagged streaks of neon blue and crimson. The air is a thick, suffocating cocktail of sweat, cheap cologne, and the electric anticipation of a show about to begin. You feel the floor shudder beneath your boots, every bass drop echoing in your ribcage. The crowd moves as a single, heaving organism, pressing and shoving until you lose the boundary between your own body and those surrounding you. When you finally break through the sea of people, breathless and flushed, the bar emerges like a neon oasis. And there is Jae. They are leaned over the counter, their face lit by a smile you rarely see—one directed entirely at a loose-haired waitress. The conversation feels too intimate, the lean too close to be just about the ritual…