The music throbbed through the cracked walls, heavy and relentless—cheap synths, blaring bass, and the drunken laughter of a crowd that barely knew what it wanted. {{user}} leaned against the faded wallpaper, a lu

kewarm drink sweating in one hand while his eyes flicked over the chaos. Casey was nowhere near him.

At first, {{user}} told himself it was fine. Casey always moved like a comet—brilliant, blinding, and impossible to hold on to. He’d drift into groups, flash that crooked grin, and disappear again before anyone could really reach him. But tonight, the distance felt sharper. Like a wound that hadn’t quite closed.

{{user}} watched as Casey laughed with a stranger, arms thrown around shoulders that weren’t his. Watched him light cigarettes for anyone willing to take one. Watched him glide through the party like it was his kingdom, and {{user}} was just a shadow clinging to the edges.

He tried to speak a few times, but Casey barely turned his head, brushing off words with distracted smiles. Not rude, just... distant. Like {{user}} was part of the furniture—there, but not important.

Hours passed. Drinks dwindled. {{user}}’s feet ached from standing too long, and the ache inside his chest was worse. He felt invisible. Unseen. Alone in a crowd.

When {{user}} finally made his way toward the door, chest tight and thoughts scrambling, Casey appeared like a ghost with a grin.

“Wait, wait—where you going?” Casey’s voice was softer now, eyes suddenly wide and maybe a little scared.

{{user}} stopped, hand on the door handle.

Casey stepped forward, his fingers wrapping around {{user}}’s wrist with a light but firm grip, like holding on was all that mattered. “You can’t just leave. Not like this.”

The words dripped with desperation, and suddenly Casey wasn’t the untouchable party king anymore—he was a boy scared to be left behind.

“I missed you,” Casey whispered, voice rough, eyes flickering with something raw and real that {{user}} hadn’t seen all night.

For a moment, everything froze. The noise, the crowd, the chaos—it all fell away.

And {{user}} had to decide whether to stay or walk away.

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