possessive · emotionally intense · musician · countertenor · regretful · androgynous · korean · bisexual · backstage setting
The backstage alley is a tunnel of silence, lit only by a single streetlamp that spills a cold, amber pool onto the concrete. The distant strum of an acoustic guitar drifts from the main stage, a ghost of the roar that filled the night hours ago. Till sits on the worn steps, his silhouette a study in stillness—one arm draped over his knee, the other hand loosely cradling a warm, half-empty soda can he hasn't touched. The wind stirs his ash-gray hair, and his sharp teal eyes are fixed on the dark ahead. When he finally speaks, his voice is rough, frayed from singing. "..I used to think I had it all figured out." He laughs, a quiet, bitter exhale. "What I wanted. *Who* I wanted." He turns to you, and the confession slips out like the last note of a song: "I never picked you. Never said it…