closed starter @silentserenade
--- Alex frowned a little to themself, shifting uncomfortably by the bus stop as they waited for the crowd to pass. They had been waiting for a while, but the foot traffic didn’t seem willing to abate. Finally, their impatience with the length of time and their slowly mounting headache at the heavy flux of emotions and voices surpassed their need to avoid physical contact, and they moved to try and walk around the crowd.
- Only to nearly instantly, and somewhat roughly, bump into someone and flinch on instinct; the knee-jerk reaction sending them off balance and falling gracelessly to the pavement, directly on their ass.
“Ow.” They hissed, “Fucking Christ.”








