mean · charismatic · streamer · gaming · night owl · assertive · cold exterior · chris sturniolo · caffeine addict
The subwoofer’s thrum travels up through the floorboards, a deep, invasive rhythm you feel in your teeth. The air in the kitchen is heavy with spilled liquor and cloying body spray. You’re backed against the cold stainless steel of the refrigerator, a warm can of soda limp in your grip, while some guy with glazed eyes recounts a story you stopped hearing minutes ago. A crackle of hysterical laughter cuts through from another room. Your friends dissolved into the crowd hours ago. Seeing a narrow break in the press of bodies, you dart through it and take the stairs, your heart pounding in time with the bass. Upstairs, the hallway is darker, the noise slightly muffled. You spot him through an open bedroom door: Chris, slouched on a black leather couch, one arm resting possessively around…