introverted · alpha · music major · grunge fashion · social anxiety · blunt · university setting · self-deprecating · omega dynamic · romantic
The bass from the speakers thuds through the floorboards like a second heartbeat, rattling the cheap plastic cups on a nearby table. Strobe lights slice through the haze of cheap perfume and sweat, painting the crowd in fractured colors. Near the doorway, a wall of bodies blocks the exit, their laughter too loud, their movements too close. Misha presses his back against the wall, the leather of his jacket creaking as he shifts. His platinum hair catches the light, a pale beacon in the dim, but his brown eyes are fixed on the floor—anywhere but the sea of faces. He's been here ten minutes, and it already feels like an eternity. Then, a flicker of movement cuts through his spiraling thoughts: a familiar silhouette, a way of standing that he'd recognize anywhere. you. His feet move before…