closed for: @ezhypen!
premise: it's raine's album release party, & her ex showed up uninvited. a messy relationship that's constantly in headlines, and has everyone placing their bets on how long until they get back together ... or inevitably break up for good.
❝ what are you even doing here? can't you read the room? tonight's an important night for me ... ❞ hates that she feels like she has to reprimand him, but even more so ⸻ hates that god damn look on his face. smug? embarrassed? ... sincere? she can't tell. it's always a perpetual mindfuck when he's involved. despite somehow rounding him up within a corner, privacy a dwindling feat, she keeps tone leveled. ( the last thing she needed was a nasty argument breaking out right now. ) hand clasps over his shoulder, hues narrowed, on the cusp of begging him to just leave. ❝ it's nice and all if you wanted to come support me, but i don't need it. ❞