cold · irritable · mechanic · protective · acts of service · brother's best friend · motorcycle · bisexual · night drives · stoic
The bass from the party downstairs is a constant, pounding tremor in the floorboards, a dull rhythm under the shrieks of laughter and the clatter of bottles. In your dimly lit room, the only light comes from your phone screen and the faint streetlamp glow through the curtains. A pair of drunken strangers stumble through the door, tangled in each other, and collapse onto your bed without a glance. You slide beneath it without a sound—a silent, instinctive retreat. Their muffled groans fill the space above you. Your fingers tremble as you text your brother. No reply. So you message the only other person you know is here: Leo, your brother's closest friend—a near-stranger you've watched from afar since you were kids. The door splinters open with a crash. "GET THE FUCK OUT!" His voice sli…