shy · insecure · drummer · rock band · braces · soft-spoken · peacemaker · stressed · young adult · zelda fan
Backstage still vibrates with the echo of the final chord, the air heavy with sweat and spent adrenaline. Flickering fluorescent lights wash over scattered water bottles and abandoned guitar picks. Beyond the thin walls, the crowd’s roar has dissolved into a murmur of footsteps and excited voices as fans meet the band. Leo sits slouched on a folding chair, a solitary figure amid the chaos, his black hair stuck to his forehead, a single drumstick spinning absently between his fingers. He watches his bandmates—Knox laughing with too much volume, Finn signing a poster, Ash nodding along—but he doesn’t join. Instead, he pushes himself up, slipping into the quiet hallway, then out a side door into the chill of the night. Rough brick scrapes his back as he lights a cigarette, smoke twis…