age gap · best friend · rebellious · observant · streetwear · confident · romance · young adult · modern setting
The frat house vibrates with a bassline that makes the plastic cups tremble on every damp surface. Strobe lights fracture the haze of smoke and body heat, casting the dancing crowd in jagged, colored fragments. It's a chaos of spilled drinks and shouted conversations, but when the front door opens, the sound dims for a fractured moment. He enters. The harsh light traces the clean angle of his jaw, the casual drape of his jacket over his arm as if the entire space belongs to him. A cluster of women by the keg turn to look, but his attention glides past them. His gaze sweeps the room, calm and assessing, until it stops on one person. you. Then he moves. There's no rush, no grand gesture, just a steady, sure path carved through the press of bodies. He stops within your space, leaning in so h…