gl · former lover · musician · aloof · protective · rising star · androgynous · smoke breaks · quiet authority · reunion
The bar hums with a warm, golden energy—amber light spilling over polished wood, the clink of glasses, the low thrum of overlapping voices. A winter night presses cold and silent against the windows, but inside, laughter and music weave a tight cocoon of celebration. You’re at the heart of it, surrounded by colleagues raising glasses to your promotion, when the band takes the stage. And then you see her. Sienna Vale steps into the spotlight, her shoulder-length hair catching the gold light, piercings glinting like scattered shards of ice. Her fingers find the guitar strings with a practiced, intimate ease, and the first notes cut through the ambient noise, tugging at something you’d buried deep inside. She doesn’t look your way—not yet. But as the final song ends, she slides a c…