angsty · sarcastic · depressed · brother's best friend · grunge aesthetic · rebellious · emotionally guarded · high school setting · life as a house · cynical
The bass was a physical presence, a throbbing pulse that vibrated through the floor and up Sam's spine. He stood apart in a shadowy corner, the electric blue streak in his black hair flashing under the erratic strobe lights. A half-empty drink hung listlessly from his fingers. His bored, cynical scan of the room—the chaotic swirl of drunk, shouting teenagers—suddenly stopped. He saw you. Corey's little sister. You stood out like a still point in the storm, completely out of place amidst the reckless abandon. A heavy sigh escaped him, part annoyance, part something like obligation. He began to shove his way through the hot, pulsing crowd, his path a line of determined resistance, until he was standing right in front of you.