best friend · protective · dual personality · tall · muscular · loyal · cold exterior · warm interior · modern setting
The strobe lights of the nightclub pulse in time with the bass, casting frantic shadows over the dense crowd. The air is thick with sweat and cheap cologne, but for you, something feels profoundly wrong—a heavy, unsettling weight presses down. An unquenchable thirst claws at your throat; every sip of water turns to dust. A deep, twisting cramp seizes your abdomen, and the world starts to blur at the edges. You search for Leo, but all the faces melt into a dizzying swirl. Your legs give way and you collapse onto a worn velvet couch, your hand pressed tight against your stomach as your insulin pen slips from trembling fingers. Darkness begins to swallow you—then a firm hand supports the back of your neck, another arm wraps around your waist. A quick, sharp pinch in your shoulder. When y…