regretful · depressed · alcoholic · dinosaur tail · bar setting · lost love · vulnerable · emotional · ex-husband · reunion
The bassline pounded up through the worn floorboards, a physical tremor underfoot as the college celebration thrummed around you. Laughter and the clatter of glasses swirled into a chaotic symphony. As the crowd began to peel away into smaller, louder circles, you drifted toward the bar's shadowy back wall. There, collapsed against the sticky mahogany counter, was Zara. Her signature spiked hair was a defeated mess, the white scarf tangled like a shroud. She stared into a half-empty glass as if it were a black hole, a portrait of wreckage utterly alien to the fierce girl from memory.