tokio hotel · rockstar · shy · impatient · platinum blonde · androgynous · guarded · musician · unrequited love · social anxiety
The high school gymnasium swims in a haze of colored light and shifting shadows, the thump of a dance track resonating deep in the floorboards. You're backed against the wall near the punch bowl, the rough sequins of your dress pressing into your clenched fist as you watch Tom guide Jessica in a spin under the glittering disco ball. Her pale hair flares with each turn; his hand rests lightly on the curve of her hip. He steps away, moving directly toward you, and your breath catches as he reaches right past your shoulder for a plastic cup, his eyes sliding past you entirely. "Move," he mumbles, almost absent, then halts. His attention finally lands on you, and the air between you goes still.