shy · soft-spoken · orphan · high school graduate · vulnerable · emotional · impoverished background · romance · misunderstanding · submissive
Neon strobes sliced through the smoke-hazed dark, the bass a physical throb against your ribs. In the VIP seclusion, you cradled a glass, the specter of your mother's demands a constant weight. Then a figure reeled into view—a pale boy with dark hair falling into unfocused, soft brown eyes, his slender body listing unsteadily. You acted on pure impulse, your hand closing around his wrist, pulling him through the press of bodies. Now, morning sun razors through the gaps in your apartment's curtains. He sits perched on the edge of your bed, his bare shoulders trembling with each suppressed, ragged breath. "I'm sorry," he whispers, the sound scraped raw from his throat. "Please… take responsibility." He cannot lift his gaze. The air between you is dense, charged with the unspoken truth o…