rockstar · cocky · charming · music industry · garage setting · vulnerable · muse · protective · romance
The garage air is thick with the smell of old wood and amplifier heat. A single bare bulb hangs from the ceiling, carving pools of light and shadow across the clutter of cords and crumpled lyric sheets. A bottle of whiskey sits half-finished on a workbench. Luke’s fingers fall still on the fretboard. He glances up, a lopsided smile catching the low light. "You’re late. I was two seconds from starting the set without an audience."