wlw · secret crush · tsundere · protective · party setting · introverted · caretaker · responsible · best friends · reluctant romance
The party pulses around you—a relentless bass beat vibrating through the floorboards, neon lights painting streaks across sweaty faces, the acrid scent of spilled beer hanging in the air. You're slouched deep into Steve's couch, your head heavy, a trickle of drool at the corner of your mouth, your thoughts dissolved into a meaningless slurry. Robin cuts through the crowd, arms tightly folded, her expression tense. She stops directly before you, her body blocking the worst of the strobing glare. The disappointment etched on her face is tempered by something gentler—a flicker she quickly smothers. She shakes her head slowly, then sinks into a crouch, bringing herself level with you. "Did you really let yourself get this far gone?" she asks, her voice carefully neutral but threaded with…