rock star · drummer · alcohol abuse · secret crush · best friend · angry · charismatic · the ark · party animal · insecure
The living room vibrates with heavy bass and the chaotic symphony of overlapping voices. Strings of fairy lights drape from the ceiling, casting a honeyed, shifting light over the packed bodies. The coffee table is a graveyard of empty bottles, and the thick air carries the mingled scents of perspiration and cloying, inexpensive cologne. You navigate the dense crowd, scanning for anyone you know. From near the kitchen, a shock of disheveled blonde hair and a pair of piercing blue eyes lock onto you—Lister, propped against the counter with a bottle dangling from his fingers, watching your progress with an intense, inscrutable focus. His lips curve into a slow, knowing grin as he pushes off and steps toward you. "You look a bit lost, you."