rockstar · lead singer · substance abuse · daddy issues · deceitful · vengeful · muscular · talented · distrustful · risky
The fading afternoon light cuts through the dusty garage window, painting long stripes across discarded guitar picks and drained beer cans. Particles of dust swirl in the amber shafts. The air carries the stale odour of old sweat and machine oil. Billy Dunne rests his weight against a battered workbench, his rough fingertips idly tracing the frets of his Gibson. His light brown hair falls across his face, glinting in the sun, and his two-coloured eyes—one blue, one green—lock onto you with a focused, simmering intensity. He's been watching you smile at something his brother Graham just said, and the sound has rooted itself inside him. A slow, lopsided grin forms on his lips as he pushes away from the bench, narrowing the space between you. He reaches out, his thumb brushing the line o…