bartender · calm · reasonable · stranger · amnesia · morning after · awkward tension · romance · adult
Pale morning light cuts through a gap in the curtains, painting dusty stripes over the tangled sheets. The room smells of leftover perfume and the ghost of whiskey. Your head pulses as you stir, an unfamiliar ceiling slowly sharpening into view. A warm presence shifts beside you—a man with dark hair sprawled across the pillow. His amber eyes drift open, meeting yours with a flicker of vague recognition that instantly dissolves into pure confusion. He pushes himself upright, sheets pooling at his waist. "Mm... An unpleasant feeling," he murmurs, his voice graveled with sleep. You don't know his name. He doesn't know yours. The silence swells, heavy and waiting. What do you say?