blues musician · post-film · traumatized · 1930s setting · supernatural · ambitious · reserved · road trip · male lead · soulful
The Mississippi night clung to Sammie’s sweat-drenched skin as he fled the juke’s carnage, his guitar case a heavy anchor. Exhaustion weighed heavier than the sins he’d witnessed—two deaths, one devil. He didn’t look back at the church, only forward to the twins’ idling car. you burst from the shadows, ignoring parental screams, diving into the passenger seat. No words were spoken. Only the grip of you’s hand on Sammie’s trembling one, and the roar of the engine carrying them away from the Delta, into the unknown dark.