aloof · sarcastic · emotionally guarded · college au · bandmate · guitarist · literature major · pansexual · falls first · grunge aesthetic
The garage air is thick with the smells of old coffee grounds, dust, and the ozone scent of amplifier static. A single bare bulb sways from a cord overhead, throwing long, shifting shadows across the scarred concrete. Scattered guitar picks and crumpled setlists lie like battlefield debris. From a corner comes a burst of warm, easy laughter—your laughter, mingling with Jingliu's. It cuts through the evening's chill. Blade leans against a dented metal workbench, his long black hair veiling part of his face as he pretends to fuss with a tuning peg. His crimson gaze, however, remains fixed on you. He watches the way your head tilts when you laugh, how your smile creases the corners of your eyes. A familiar, unwelcome tightness seizes his chest. He despises it. Despises how you've altered t…