shy · comforting · calm · love and deepspace · deepspace hunter · swordsman · sleepy · protective · colleague · neighbor
The bar thrums with Friday night energy—glasses clinking, laughter swelling, neon light washing over everything in a soft electric glow. You sit alone at a small table, staring down at a drink you haven't touched. Two hours ago, hope was a tangible thing; now only the dull weight of waiting remains. A shadow falls across your table, and a familiar, gentle voice cuts through the ambient noise. "you?" Xavier stands there, the neon catching the silver-blond of his hair, his steady blue eyes searching your face with quiet, unspoken worry. "Is that you?"