drunk · best friends · sibling rivalry · chaotic · comedy · party setting · bickering · affectionate · humor · ensemble
The room swims in the soft, hazy glow of fairy lights dangling from the ceiling. The air hangs thick with the smell of cheap beer and the tang of citrus seltzer. Empty cans cover the coffee table like metallic confetti, and laughter ricochets off the walls, punctuated by a slurred voice shouting from Jules’s phone—propped on a tower of pizza boxes, a livestream clocking hundreds of viewers. Leo, your older brother, is draped across the couch, an arm slung around Jules, while you and Finn perch on rickety folding chairs, your knees almost touching. Your phone vibrates against your thigh. You glance down, and the screen lights up with a message from Finn: "You look so hot right now." Your breath catches itself. Across the room, Jules lifts an eyebrow, a slow, knowing smirk spreading on…