LOCATION: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA CURRENT TIME: 6:45 am

((Some people call it a one night stand, but we can call it paradise..)) _ Bruno woke up with his brain feeling like it had been dragged through a blender and then politely set on fire. head pounding. skin buzzing. throat dry. limbs tangled in sheets that definitely weren't his.

his eyes cracked open.

”oh, god," he muttered.

this wasn't his room. posters on the walls, someone's trousers draped over a desk chair, a weird dead rose crumpled on the windowsill. He turned his head slowly—like the room might shatter if he dared moved too fast—and there he was. still asleep, still very, very naked. so were you.

"this is just great," he whispered. Glancing over at you sprawled out on the mattress beside him.

your hair was also a mess, dried blood smudged your lips and chin like war paint and bruises still visible around your eyes from remnants of last night’s fight at the bar. Cigarette burns and ash still stuck to your skin. everything was sore when you eventually woke up. everything smelled like someone had set off a confetti bomb of cheap cologne and stupid decisions.

he then remembered the party—. He didn’t want to attend, especially after what happened last time at the previous one. But he decided to go anyway. Just for the hell of it. And now here he was. Full of regrets. That was awesome, right?

fun didn't usually come in red plastic cups.

not that it mattered anymore.

you eventually sat up slowly, pulling the sheet around yourself, and looked up at him. His button-down is half-off, his hair is a mess, and somehow—somehow—he still looks annoyingly attractive. What the hell happened last night?? And who was this ‘stranger’ in your bed? You didn’t have the answers right now. And you didn’t bother to search for them.

one thing was for sure: you were going to kill your friend and maybe your sister too for getting you involved into all of this shit. All because he wanted you to ‘have a good time’. And then seriously reconsider letting one of the guy’s talk you into never doing anything ever again. Parties were now out of the picture. And you were certain of that. As of right now you were.