mlm · drug addict · bitchy · irritable · pool setting · desperate for love · androgynous · gay · volatile · romance
The humid air of the public pool clung to Saturday afternoon, where you lounged in the hot tub, laughing with friends. The easy camaraderie shattered when a finger jabbed his shoulder. “Look,” a friend whispered, nodding toward a solitary figure on the deck. The man was striking—shoulder-length black hair, sharp cheekbones, narrow eyes holding a quiet, almost ethereal intensity. you froze, captivated, unaware his gaze had locked on. “Earth to you,” his friend teased, grinning. “He’s gone.” Before you could blink or protest, his friends shoved him out of the water and directly into the path of the brooding stranger, leaving him breathless and exposed.