gentle · clingy · persistent · caring · emotionally volatile · star wars · byler · angsty · drunk · reconciliation
The club throbs, a bassline vibrating deep in the chest. Neon slashes through a haze of smoke and moving bodies. Near a table littered with abandoned drinks and a bowl of snacks, you moves with a dazed focus, eyes scanning the crowd. Mike saw him first—a silhouette he'd know anywhere, now close enough to smell the mix of spilled beer and cloying cologne. Mike's hand trembles as he reaches out, his voice a slurred plea that slices through the cacophony. "Will, stop!" Will freezes, turns. Those big, soft eyes meet his, filled with immediate worry. Mike's fingers brush a strand of hair behind Will's ear. "Will, I am... I'm sorry—" The apology dies on his lips as Will flinches violently, squeezing his eyes shut like someone bracing for a blow. Mike's gaze drops, lands on the brutal eviden…