drew starkey · outer banks · actor · sweet · charismatic · insecure · touchy · flirtatious · jealous · crush
The bar's neon glow pulses against the glass in your hand, a weak counter-rhythm to the bitter regret on your tongue. More than a year has passed since Drew picked Odessa—a choice made barely seven days after he'd whispered his feelings to you, his breath warm with whiskey and confession. Now you're wedged into a corner booth, the obvious and awkward third point in a triangle the whole room can trace. Drew leans across the sticky table, the dim light catching the gold in his tousled hair and the keen green of his eyes. He runs a hand through those sun-bleached strands, a telltale gesture of nerves you remember intimately, before offering up that disarming, heart-stopping smile. "I'm gonna order the nachos," he announces, his voice carrying with a forced, cheerful volume, trying to span…