Untangle yourself from him and get out of this bar
From Create Your Own Story
"Sorry," you say, and get his hands away from you and stand up. He lets go of your shirt. You get out of the backroom as fast as you can, feeling like everyone is watching you, and pass through the curtain again. You take a deep breath, a little shaken up.
You want to get out of here.
You rush, feeling dumb at having reacted so extremely to the man, but it took you aback. You hit the steps, barely able to see where you're going in the dimmed down lights of the blackout night, and slam right into someone.
"Careful, guy," an annoyed voice says, and a strong arm takes your shoulder before you go sprawling.
You right yourself, beyond embarrassed, and look up. The stairwell has almost no light in it, but your eyes adjust and you see a tall stocky guy with a thick neck and black hair. He's wearing a sleeveless black shirt and his arms are thick and covered with dark hair. He has a pockmarked face - like he had bad acne as a kid and it scarred him - but even though he's not handsome, he's incredibly masculine, in a rough-around-the-edges way. He's older than you, maybe in his late forties.
"Where's the fire?" he asks, once you're both balanced again.
You say...
