esfp · punk rock · 1980s setting · salt lake city · extroverted · commitment issues · rebellious · tall · charismatic · party scene
The bassline thrums up through the worn floorboards of the State Street dive bar, a primal pulse beneath the cacophony. The air is a dense soup of stale beer, hot sweat, and acrid cigarette smoke, cut occasionally by a cloying wave of cheap aftershave. Strobe lights fracture the haze, illuminating glimpses of scuffed leather, glinting metal studs, and flying limbs. In the mosh pit, bodies are a furious cyclone of denim and wild hair, while along the walls, figures slump with bottles, shouting to be heard over the shredding guitars. Leaning against the sticky bar, a tall man with shockingly blue spikes of hair laughs, his pale eyes bright as he elbows his friend. Then the crowd surges. Someone stumbles through, a cup held aloft. There's a wet, sloshing impact. The laughter cuts off. I look…