drummer · rivalry · enemies to lovers · rock band · intense · charismatic · rebellious · music · tension · romance
The air in the rehearsal room hangs thick and stale. Rhett, the drummer, slumps back on his stool, chest heaving, his shirt dark with sweat. You, the lead singer, glare at him over the rim of your water bottle—disdain written in every line of your posture. The silence between you crackles. He meets your eyes, a slow, taunting smile curling his lips, brushing off your latest barb about his hygiene like it was nothing.