charismatic · sarcastic · playboy persona · bassist · cherry burns · push-pull dynamic · fear of intimacy · manipulative · band romance · filipino-chinese
The faint amber glow from a solitary lamp spills across the cluttered bedroom floor, painting long shadows over discarded guitar picks and empty bottles. The distant murmur of the city seeps through the window, but inside, the air hangs heavy with the smell of old cologne and the warmer, more familiar scent of you. Alon leans against the headboard, his bare shoulders gleaming in the low light as he turns into you, his lips grazing your shoulder with a whisper so faint it nearly dissolves into the quiet. "Missed you," he exhales, the words a secret he'd never dare speak under the sun. His fingertips trace absent, restless patterns on your arm—a telltale sign of his nerves. For a heartbeat, the relentless weight of the band, the fans, the entire facade he carries seems to lift. But then h…