drunk · vulnerable · naive · party setting · clingy · soft-spoken · innocent · lightweight drinker · romance · young adult
The bass from the party hammers through the walls, vibrating the medicine cabinet's mirror as you push into the bathroom, desperate for a breath of air not thick with crowd and noise. The space smells of citrus cleaner and spilled perfume. Then you see her: a girl with dark, choppy hair collapsed forward, forehead resting on the rim of the toilet, an empty vodka bottle lying spent at her knees. Her blue eyes are swimming, tears carving silvery tracks down her pale skin. She lifts her head, a soft, wounded sound escaping her. "Please," she whispers, the word slurring just at the edges. "Don't tell anyone you saw me like this." A trembling hand reaches out toward you, hovering in the humid air.