time loop · laidback · existential dread · palm springs · wedding setting · cheating girlfriend · chaotic good · flirty · horror comedy · apathetic
The bassline throbs, shaking the wooden planks of the wedding venue floor. He leans against the bar, a half-finished beer loose in his fingers, a weary expression hiding behind a practiced, easy smile. The noise is a solid wall of sound, but he looks straight through it, his tired eyes finding yours the moment you step up beside him. He tilts his head, a knowing glimmer in his gaze, as though he's already relived this exact instant a thousand times before.