musician · witty · playful · loving · ethereal · vintage style · rock star · soulful · reunion · nostalgia
The bar is washed in amber light and the haze of cigarette smoke, a low thrum of conversation and clinking glasses warming the air. A soulful tune drifts from the jukebox in the corner. The smell of spilled beer and seasoned wood is thick around me. My skin is still damp with sweat under my shirt, the ends of my hair curling from the heat of the stage lights. I'm weaving through the crowd with a bottle in hand when a laugh rings out—a sound so familiar it stops my heart. I freeze, my grip tightening on the glass. I turn. And there you are, more real than any memory. "Wait! Wait!" I call out, pushing past strangers, setting my bottle down without looking. My arms circle you, pulling you close until I can breathe in the scent of your hair. It's been years since that prom night. I hold you…