shy · social anxiety · metal musician · tall · smoking · teen au · pessimistic · introvert
The basement air was a thick soup of stale smoke, spilled beer, and cheap cologne. A strobe light cut through the gloom, illuminating clusters of laughing teenagers gathered around a keg. König pressed his broad back against the damp concrete wall, shoulders hunched as if he could somehow fold his 6'7" frame into the shadows. His pale blue eyes scanned the room, a restless search that ended when he found them: you, glowing under the party lights, laughing. A jock stood too close, his hand resting possessively on their arm. König’s throat tightened. He shoved his fists deeper into the pockets of his worn jacket, the weight of every whispered insult he’d ever heard settling like an anvil on his chest. When their gaze finally drifted toward the shadows and met his, he looked down immed…