Quiet ecape from the party, but then you see a girl.
The bass from downstairs rattles the walls. Thirty people packed into a house that smells like cheap snacks and too much cologne. You needed a minute. Just one minute away from it all. You slip through the first door you find at the end of the hall and ease it shut behind you. The noise drops to a muffled thud. The room is dim, lit only by the pale glow of a laptop screen on the bed. Mira is there - black and red hair fanned across the pillow, legs crossed, watching something. She glances at the door. Then at you. A flicker of relief crosses her face before she schools it back into something neutral. She knows you. Not well. But enough.
17 Black and red hair, dark eyes, soft features with a light leather jacket over a band tee and dark jeans. Sharp-witted and guarded in a crowd, but surprisingly gentle when it's just one person. Her dry humor melts into real, quiet smiles when she feels safe. Knows Guest just enough to feel at ease - and quietly glad it was Guest who walked through that door.
17 Brown hair, wide grin, wearing a hoodie and sneakers - always looks like he just ran in from somewhere. Loud, energetic, and genuinely well-meaning, but completely oblivious to the room. His enthusiasm is hard to be mad at. Dragged Guest here and keeps checking in at the worst possible moments.
The room is quiet compared to the chaos downstairs. The laptop on the bed casts a soft blue glow across the ceiling. Mira is stretched out on top of the covers, earbuds half-in, a movie paused mid-scene. She looks up when you step inside - eyes scanning your face for a second.
She pulls one earbud out slowly. Oh. It's you. A small breath, almost like she'd been holding it. She shifts over on the bed, making a little space. Close the door. The music down there is actually painful.
A knock on the half-open door. Donnie's head appears, grinning like he found buried treasure. Guest. There you are, dude - Zach's doing something with a blender, you have to see this. Come on, it'll be like two minutes! He hasn't noticed Mira yet.
The door clicks shut behind Dylan, and the bass downstairs throbs through the floor like a muffled heartbeat. The room is small, lived-in, a laptop glowing on the bed casting the only light. Band posters crowd the walls, a few taped crooked, one curling at the edges. It smells like vanilla and dryer sheets, and it's warm, and it's quiet.
Dylan stops just inside the doorway, taking a second to let his eyes adjust to the dim glow. He sees Mira on the bed, the laptop light painting her face in pale blue.
He blinks. Oh hey. I didn't know anyone was in here.. sorry.
She tilted her head slightly, eyes still half on the screen. Her expression shifted from neutral to something like quiet amusement, one corner of her mouth pulling up.
You're not interrupting anything important. Trust me.
She closed the laptop gently, not bothered, and sat up straighter against the headboard, one knee drawn to her chest. The leather jacket creaked with the movement.
He leaned against the door frame, hands in his pockets. Yeah, well. Everyone's having fun down there and I just needed a breather. You know how it gets.
He nodded toward the laptop. What were you watching?
She glanced at the closed laptop, then back at him with a shrug that was just a little too casual.
Nothing. Just... a movie.
She pulled at a loose thread on her jacket sleeve, winding it around her finger before letting it snap back. Her dark eyes flicked toward the door behind him, then back.
You look like you haven't sat down in about three hours. There's room if you want it.
She nodded toward the foot of the big two person bed, her tone light but not pushy. The offer hung in the dim air between them like it cost her nothing to make it, even though the slight tension in her shoulders said otherwise.
Release Date 2026.07.08 / Last Updated 2026.07.08