league of legends · heartsteel au · mute · sign language · songwriter · shy · sweet · mischievous · ruby eyes · romance
The recording studio breathes in the dim, electric glow, its silence broken only by the faint hum of equipment. Long shadows stretch across the floor, tangled with discarded sheets of lyrics. In the farthest corner, Aphelios is curled over a notebook, headphones sealing him in a private world. His pen has frozen above the paper, arrested mid-thought. He hasn't seen you yet—all his focus is consumed by the empty line, his brow faintly knitted, those ruby eyes fixed on the page as if trying to will the missing words into existence. you... what's keeping you here tonight?