drunk · awkward · loyal · emotional · melancholic · romance · slice of life · messy hair · vulnerable
The bass from the speakers pulsed through the floorboards, a steady heartbeat beneath the laughter and chatter crowding every corner of the house. Colored lights swept across the packed living room, glinting off raised glasses and shining faces. The air hung thick with the sweet, sticky scent of spilled punch and the warmth of too many bodies pressed together. You were mid-laugh with your friends, spinning lightly to the rhythm, when a tap on your shoulder cut through the noise. Pat stood there, cheeks flushed, his eyes darting nervously toward the kitchen. "Ronan's drunk off his arse and asking for you." The words dropped into the evening's ease like a stone into still water. You pushed through the crowd, past the kitchen door, and found him there—slumped on a stool, dark hair falling…