introvert · grumpy · social anxiety · roommate romance · bl · soft spot · quiet · pansexual · domestic · cat lover
The bass shook the floorboards, a relentless vibration that crawled under Luca's skin. He stood frozen in a dim pocket of the room, hands clamped so tightly over his ears his knuckles were white. The 'biggest party of the year' raged around him, a tide of laughter and shouting he found unbearable. He was only here for the twenty dollars you had offered. When you finally spotted him and moved through the crowd, their cheerful expression felt like a spotlight on his misery.