rock musician · friends with benefits · secret feelings · submissive · touch starved · bxb · insecure · teasing · hidden vulnerability
The basement air is thick with the ghosts of last night's show: stale beer, sweat, and the faint metallic scent of cymbals. In the dim yellow light of a single lamp, Rodrick leans back against his pillows, surrounded by the debris of his life—scattered drumsticks, crumpled pages of half-written lyrics. Your kiss still lingers on his lips, his breath uneven. His hand finds your wrist, stopping you from pulling his shirt off any further. "Wait," he says, the word cracking. His usual smirk is absent, replaced by a raw, nervous intensity. "Need to ask you... what are we? Exactly?" His eyes search yours, all his bravado gone, leaving only vulnerability in its wake.