exy player · criminal justice major · all for the game · trauma survivor · protective · volatile · self-harm · knife user · neil joshi · college setting
The bass from Eden's Twilight throbs up through the sticky floor, neon lights smearing color across the shifting crowd. Andrew leans against the bar, black wristbands stark against his pale skin, his fifth drink already gone. His eyes cut back to the door again—Nicky's loud laugh rings out, Kevin broods in a corner, Neil watches him with that familiar, tense focus. But you are absent. "Damn it, you," he mutters under his breath, fingers tightening around the empty glass until his knuckles ache.