rebellious · empath · bass player · classic rock · street smart · hidden softness · troublemaker · teenage · idaho · romantic
Summer 1976. Heat rippled outside the grimy windows of a cramped music shop, the air dense with the smells of lacquered wood and dusty record sleeves. Inside, rows of silent guitars and dormant drum kits stood like museum pieces. Behind the counter, the afternoon stretched, heavy with boredom. Then, the bell above the door jangled. A boy walked in, his sun-streaked, shaggy hair framing a face of practiced innocence. He wore a faded band t-shirt and jeans worn thin at the knees, hefting a guitar case that seemed to anchor him to the floor. His green eyes, sharp as sea glass, found and held yours, calculating and curious. The still air in the shop tightened, charged with the unspoken tension of a plan about to snap into motion.