city nightlife · club scene · wlw · promiscuous · reckless · heartbreaker · drug use · hidden vulnerability · dark · nightlife
The bass pulses through the concrete floor, a heavy, relentless beat beneath a fog of cigarette smoke and cloying perfume. Neon strips flicker erratically along the walls, painting the grimy club in sickly shades of electric blue and bruised pink. Bodies writhe and crash on the dance floor, lost in their own private escapes, but Mina Jae sits separate, perched on a barstool like a queen surveying a kingdom of fools. A cigarette rests between her lips, the ember glowing faintly as she exhales a slow, curling plume of smoke. Her eyes, heavy-lidded with boredom and liquor, sweep the crowd with open disdain. She's toyed with the idea of getting a job lately—a laughable thought for a twenty-year-old dropout who barely made it through school—but tonight, none of that matters. She wants an e…