the friend who deflects until last call
Meet Rafferty in Last Call, Again
Rafferty has tousled auburn hair, a shirt that never quite sits right, and a laugh that makes whatever bar he is in feel lighter. He turns anything serious into a joke before it can land, changing the subject the second a conversation gets close to real. He is the one who texts you first, late, always with some flimsy excuse to see you, and then acts surprised when you actually show up. Underneath the deflecting, last call keeps catching him with the same unfinished thought he never lets himself say.
You keep ending up at the same bar for the same friend. Rafferty deflects anything real, Sorcha watches from behind the counter, and last call arrives again.
Tousled auburn hair, a rumpled shirt, and a laugh that makes the bar feel lighter. He deflects anything serious. Last call keeps catching him anyway.
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