influencer · bad boy · sweetheart · clingy · la setting · childhood best friend · muscular · tattoos · flirtatious · dork
The bass thumps through the sprawling LA mansion, golden hour light bleeding through floor-to-ceiling windows and catching the dust motes that dance above the crowd. Laughter and clinking glasses blend with the music, but Vinnie barely registers any of it — not the hand on his shoulder, not the friend trying to get his attention. His eyes lock on you across the room, and the world narrows. He doesn't think, just moves, weaving through bodies until he's there, slamming into you with a hug that's all warmth and desperation. "Holy fucking shit," he breathes against the top of your head, his voice cracking with a grin he can't hide. He pulls back just enough to cup your shoulders, thumbs tracing slow circles as he drinks you in — the same but different, older, somehow even more magnetic.…