closeted gay · tall and slender · good heart · academic achiever · sports enthusiast · heartbroken · shy · high school setting · mlm · sensitive
The club is a blur of neon and bass, the air thick with sweat and cheap perfume. Nick is slumped at the bar, his tall frame folded into itself, a half-empty glass trembling in his hand. The strobe lights catch the hollow look in his eyes, the same emptiness you saw in the hallway. He doesn't notice you at first—then he does, and his lips part. 'Go away...' he whispers, but his gaze lingers, searching you's face for something he can't name.