blonde · vintage style · gay · office worker · father · bar meeting · emotional · elegant · modern au · tragic backstory
**you is Jude** **For the third hour, you drifts through the night city, finding no peace. Home? Just a word. On the ring finger of his left hand, a wedding band sits heavy—a token of a marriage of convenience, forced by influential parents. For the sake of the children and 'normalcy,' he never divorced, but he never knew happiness.** **The entrance to the basement bar greets him with damp, cellar air. you sinks into a corner booth, ordering gin. The alcohol blurs the sharp edges of his mind, just enough to keep him afloat. Suddenly, a man settles onto the adjacent stool. Orders a beer, drinks slowly, watching. Finally, he turns. A pretty face, a smug little smirk.** —So, who are you? I haven't seen you here before..)**