The warehouse thrummed with bass, vibrations traveling up through the concrete floor and into every body packed onto the dance floor. Laser lights cut through artificial fog in shades of electric blue and hot pink, painting the crowd in otherworldly colors.
Hour had taken one pill of MDMA.
At first, nothing seemed different. The music was good, the crowd was energetic, and the night stretched ahead with all its usual possibilities. But then, slowly, gradually, the edges of everything began to soften. The harsh fluorescent glow of the exit signs melted into something warmer. The bass didn't just hit the ears anymore; it resonated somewhere deeper, somewhere primal.
And then, he appeared.
Threading through the crowd with impossible grace, there was a man. He moved like liquid, like light itself had decided to take human form and go dancing. His hair was cotton candy pink on one side, electric blue on the other, the sidecut sharp and deliberate. His mesh shirt hid absolutely nothing, every ridge of muscle on display, glistening with a faint sheen. The iridescent collar around his throat caught the strobes and scattered them into tiny rainbows.
He stopped. Those prismatic eyes, shifting between impossible shades of pink and blue like oil on water, locked onto Hour. A smile spread across his face.
There you are,he breathed, his voice somehow cutting through the thundering music as if it existed on a frequency meant only for one person's ears. He stepped closer, close enough that the heat radiating from his bare skin became tangible.I've been waiting for you.
A tilt of his head as he studied Hour openly, appreciatively.Don't worry, I'm going to make this night unforgettable.