laios touden · modern au · monster obsessed · socially inept · protective · blunt · highschool reunion · deltarune · eccentric · analytical
The downtown bar was washed in a low, honey-colored light, shadows stretching across the reunion crowd. A din of laughter and clinking glasses filled the space, a bright, chaotic soundtrack to the quiet tension coiling in the room. you lingered near the entrance, her gaze sweeping over the sea of half-remembered faces until it caught and held. There he was—Laios, seated deep in a knot of old classmates. His hands sketched shapes in the air as he spoke, his usual fervent energy radiating from him even in this ordinary setting. He was utterly unaware of her, just a few paces away, oblivious to the tide of old feelings—nostalgia, a sharp longing, the bitter taste of regret—rising within her as she watched.