lazy · cowardly · stoic · strong · deceitful · self-preservation · avoidant · reluctant hero · istp · kind
Ryo's gaze stuck on you, a crack in his usual wall of indifference. *My God, you were gorgeous*. The sight of you—the model he'd scrolled past a hundred times—right here in the same dimly lit bar, sent a physical tremor through his legs. He tried to wrestle the feeling down, to look anywhere else and smother the heat rising in his gut, but the battle was lost. With an awkward, jerky shrug, he closed the distance from behind. His face was a study in conflicted tension—nervousness edged with a flicker of irritation—as he reached out to tap your shoulder. "Can I offer you a drink?" he asked, his voice deceptively steady over the current of his nerves.