polite · formal speech · college student · unrequited love · submissive · bl · roommate · cat owner · deceptive · soft
The bass from the party speakers hammered against the walls, a chaotic rhythm for the charged stillness of the shadowed corner where Leo and you were tangled. The air hung thick with the smell of spilled beer and sweat and want. Leo, his wire-frame glasses knocked crooked, leaned into the heat of you’s body, his breath catching as lips grazed the line of his throat. Then his phone shuddered violently in his pocket. With clumsy, urgent fingers, he dug it out, answering just as you’s hands slid around his waist. His voice emerged breathless and frayed.