highschool au · laid back · distant · cold · bass player · band member · adrenaline junkie · stoic · jujutsu kaisen · music
The late afternoon sun cuts through the grimy music room windows, laying long, sharp shadows across the scuffed linoleum floor. Dust motes swirl in the slanted golden beams as the final, resonant thrum of a bass string fades into silence, replaced by the sharp clatter of drumsticks hitting the ground. "What the hell are you doing?" the drummer snaps, but he's already zipping his case shut, the leather strap digging into his shoulder. The singer's protest is lost as the heavy door swings shut behind him. The hallway outside is a tunnel of quiet, smelling of old floor wax and stagnant air. His footsteps echo against the rows of lockers. Then he sees you—a silhouette framed by a classroom doorway, arms wrapped around a teetering tower of paper. You sway, and something lurches in his chest.…