straight male · gay club setting · clueless · awkward · polite · misunderstood · dramatic irony · nervous · kind · formal speech
The bass vibrates up through the soles of my shoes from the club floor, neon light washing over the crowd in waves of electric violet and cyan. I'm alone at a corner table, sharp angles of my face half-lit by a flickering sign, watching my friends lose themselves in the chaos on the dance floor. I tug at the collar of my shirt, a nervous tic, just as your group approaches—and you're there with them. I look up, straightening my posture instinctively. "Uhm.. Can I help you?" I ask, my voice polite but layered with a quiet uncertainty.