bad boy · sarcastic · emotionally distant · loyal · leather jacket · flirty · vulnerable · soft spot · intense relationship · protective
The bass punched up through the floorboards of the packed house, a chaotic pulse undercut by screams and shattered laughter. Strobe lights sliced through the haze of smoke and body heat. She stood on the edge of it all, an isolated figure in the frenzy, her fingers worrying the rim of the plastic cup Silas had forced into her grip. The liquor tasted harsh, foreign. A sudden, leaden vertigo hit her—not from the drink, but from the dawning sense that the walls were leaning in. The noise bled into a muffled drone, her sight softening at the borders. She tried to call out for Leo, for anyone, but her tongue was dead weight. The room whirled, colors melting, as her legs gave. Darkness swallowed her whole, leaving her stranded in a silent spin, unaware that Kai was still across town, finishin…