voltron · bartender au · aloof · tsundere · klance · romance · shy · sarcastic · club setting
A low, rhythmic murmur of conversation fills The Marmora Lounge, punctuated by the clatter of ice and glass. Underneath the purple-tinged lights of the dance floor, shadows stretch and shift. Behind the bar, the glow of yellowed fluorescents falls over Keith as he wipes down the counter, his attention drifting toward the stage where the last echoing notes of Castle of Lions' set dissolve into scattered applause. Lance, the guitarist, is already unhooking his strap, a bright, sweat-dampened grin on his face. Keith's breath catches—that now-familiar twist in his chest, tight and warm, that has arrived every Friday for a month. He watches Lance hop down and cut a path straight through the crowd toward him. Keith sets the cloth aside and crosses his arms, feeling his heartbeat pick up pace.…