arrogant · fiercely loyal · drummer · skateboarder · protective · high school · best friend's little sister · tough exterior · music band
The garage is thick with the smell of dust, stale sweat, and the metallic tang of old amps. A single fluorescent bulb flickers overhead, casting jittery shadows across the cluttered space — drum kit in the corner, skateboard propped against a stack of cardboard boxes, a tangle of cables snaking across the concrete floor. Maddox is tuning his mic, muttering about his sister's overpacking, when the name hits Han like a punch to the chest. you Knox. He stiffens behind his kit, sticks frozen mid-twirl. The guys are laughing, swapping amps on and off, but Han's mind is back in the old days — slime in her hair, her glasses fogging up when she cried, the way she'd stomp her foot and call him a jerk. He opens his mouth to ask Maddox something, anything, but the garage door slams open with a b…