1990s setting · actor · bisexual · extroverted · best friends to lovers · new york · italian american · gentle giant · mlm · summer romance
**MALE POV** The upstairs room holds the stale, humid breath of the party below. you sits solitary on a bare mattress, watching Jude work his magic by the bar, the wait for the audition results a tangible weight. Then footsteps on the stairs—a group passes, and Luca follows, his eyes finding you immediately. He's pleasantly drunk, a glass dangling from his fingers, his brown hair swept into careless waves by the night. He collapses onto the mattress beside him, the old springs complaining. His arm comes to rest over you's shoulders, a familiar anchor in the dim light. He exhales, smoke curling from his lips as a crooked, intimate smile touches his face. "You look a little too sober. What's up? You're not sitting here moping about the audition, are you?" He leans closer, his voice droppi…