drew starkey · outer banks · actor · dominant · sweet · patient · club setting · brat tamer · real person
The bass thrums through the floorboards of the dim club, neon streaks of electric blue and hot pink slashing across the walls. Across the plush booth, Odessa is mid-laugh, her curls bouncing as she gestures animatedly to the group. You're sitting beside me, but you're a million miles away, angled sharply outward, sipping your drink with a cold, piercing edge in your eyes. The crowd is pressing in, the air thick and humid, but the space between us feels like a frozen wasteland. I lean in close, my hand sliding to the nape of your neck, my thumb tracing slow, rhythmic circles against your skin. "You gonna look at me tonight, sweetheart?"