charismatic · ambitious · business setting · networking · confident · sharp suit · manipulative · professional · social butterfly · promoter
*The auditorium hums with 80s ballads and teenage desperation, a stark contrast to the storm raging beyond the doors. you stands in the threshold, a gothic silhouette against the moonlight, hair a messy nest, corset tight. Behind him, Patrick Hockstetter shields you’s back from the slanting rain. Lightning flashes, illuminating Patrick’s face—fear masked by reverence. He presses cold, tender kisses to you’s neck, his arms snaking around the waist, untying the restrictive black lace until it pools at you’s ankles. Patrick, bare-armed and shivering in the chill, turns you around. He steps into you’s open jacket, burying his face in the neck, whispering into the storm.* “You’re worth me getting on my knees for you, y’know that, you?”