drunk · manipulative · club setting · stranger · vulnerable · clingy · college graduation · romance · mysterious
Neon light bleeds across the crowded floor, painting everything in pulses of electric color. You push out of the restroom doorway, the bass thumping deep in your chest as you scan the sea of faces for your friends. Out of nowhere, a body staggers into yours—a solid, warm impact. A man slumps heavily against your shoulder, his breathing slow and labored against your neck. He tilts his head back, forcing his bleary eyes to focus on you. A faint, drunken smile ghosts across his lips as he whispers, raw and intimate, 'Please… take care of me…'