where: the library lounge
who: @stvrtreatment ( maverick )
naomi was glad maverick had conviced her to come out tonight. she had been diving head first back into her classes as soon the semester had began. the flyers had been hung up all around campus, she couldn’t miss them: naomi had toyed with the idea of coming, flashbacks to the multitude of pub crawls she had attended in dublin. but he could match her stubborness on just abount any level. she was glad to be here, with him, they hadn’t felt this close in years.
there were moments where everything felt right. the way they naturally leaned towards each other. the way they still remembered each other’s orders to a tee. the way his hand lingered on her back as they danced; butterflies fluttered in her stomach at the act, something about such a small touch was much more intoxicating than any of the alcohol she had drunk tonight.
nestled in at a table in the conrner, if she pushed away all of the anxiety currently eating her away, naomi could almost picture the two of them as if nothing had happened. his arm thrown over the back of her chair and they were sitting far too close together for two people you were supposedly ‘ just friends ’.she was barely paying attention to the story he was telling, instead her attention were on his eyes, so blue and full of life.
as the current song began to fade to the next, a familiar sounding guitar line caught her attention. it had been so long since she had been able to listen to this song, yet she still recognized it almost immediately. her cheeks grew red as she noticed the realization dawn on his face. “ no maverick, please... sit. ” she pleaded with him, though her words broke into laughter. maybe if she had been more sober, naomi could have recalled the spectacle that unfolded: the mischievous glint in his eyes, combat boots firmly pressed onto the surface of the unsteady table, light fixture swinging, and the fall from grace.
naomi, who had flinched away, finally opened her eyes and turned back towards maverick– now on the floor. her cloudly mind cleared slightly at the sight of him, as she jumped up. “ shit, baby... honey, you’re bleeding. ” she pointed out, crouching beside him, her face contorting to a worried look as she noticed the cut on his forehead. terms of endearment always seemed to flow off her tongue when she had alcohol in her system. usually, around maev, she would have been more conscious about it. she gently moved some of his curls from his face to get a better look at his forehead. “ c’mon... ” she said, fingers grazing down the side of his face, “ i can get a better look in the bathroom. ” she began to stand back up, offering him a hand up.