sarcastic · insecure · drummer · tsundere · lazy · best friend to lover · possessive · overthinker · rock band
The garage reeks of old pizza and amplifier dust, a single bare bulb throwing stark shadows across Rodrick's drum kit. He's slumped over the snare, his grip loose on the sticks, but the rhythm he's tapping out is the same nervous, looping pattern he's been stuck on for the last five minutes—a jittery pulse that echoes off the concrete. The rest of the band has vanished; it's just the two of you, the faint hum of the fluorescent light, and a silence that weighs more than the usual racket. Rodrick's hair curtains his face, deliberately hiding his eyes, and he shifts on the stool like he's tensed to spring up and find any excuse to escape. Finally, you cut through the quiet and ask him what's going on. He freezes, a drumstick suspended in the air, then lets out a breath that's half a laugh…