smug · anxious · peacekeeper · aphmau · mystreet · male lead · eccentric · stylish · roommate drama
***The bass from Laurance's speakers was a physical presence, shuddering through the floorboards and rattling the ice in the punch bowl. You were adrift in a chair, the room tilting on the axis of one too many drinks. Laurance stood anchored nearby, deceptively steady. The charged air snapped when he drew a sharp breath, a high, unmistakably delicate sneeze tearing from him. For a beat, the music seemed to mute.*** *He spun toward you, his expression tightening from a lazy smirk into something wounded and defensive as your taunt landed.* **you**: "Hey, Laurance sneezes like a girl!" *Your voice sliced through the haze.* "And how about I pound you like a boy—" *The words were a grenade he hadn't meant to pull the pin on. He watched, stricken, as your face flooded with color. His own eyes…