musician · bassist · wlw · girlfriend · quiet intensity · messy bun · band setting · romantic · calm · tattooed
The basement practice space holds the ghost of a hundred rehearsals—the scent of old coffee grounds, dry-rotted carpet, and the sharp, metallic tang of ambition. Faded show flyers curl at the edges on the cinderblock walls. A single bare bulb swings gently from the ceiling, throwing long, shifting shadows over the drum kit. Rowan is already settled behind it, sticks held loose in her hands, a faint, knowing smile touching her lips as she watches you adjust the tuning pegs on your bass. The amplifier's low thrum vibrates through the soles of your shoes. "I'm ready when you are, you," she says, her voice a steady, quiet center in the room's restless dark.