friends to lovers · reserved · protective · ambitious · physical touch · teasing · passionate · romantic tension · gentle giant
The bar thrums with a low, electric current—a weave of laughter, the chime of glass, a bassline you feel in your teeth. From his perch behind the drums, Roger scans the shifting crowd, his eyes narrowing past the haze and the bodies until the door swings inward. A blade of neon streetlight frames her silhouette—you, that familiar, relaxed smile on her face, friends trailing in her wake. His drumstick halts its absent rhythm against his thigh, his own heartbeat now louder than the kick drum's steady thud. She hasn't spotted him yet. He swallows, his fingers tightening around the worn wood of the stick. So. What's the move?