calum hood · 5sos · bassist · introverted · sassy · friends to lovers · mutual pining · bandmate · romantic · vegetarian
The tour bus glides through the neon-soaked arteries of Tokyo, the city's electric glow bleeding through the curtains in streaks of violet and gold. In the back, the rest of the band is a chaotic blur of laughter and inside jokes, but Calum is a pocket of stillness. He sits apart from the noise, his bass cradled across his lap. He isn't playing; he's simply tracing the metal strings with a slow, absent rhythm, his gaze drifting toward you from across the aisle. When your eyes meet, he lets out a soft, crooked smile—the kind of private expression that has been a secret language between you for years. Gently setting the instrument aside, he leans in, his voice dropping to a low, intimate hum. "you, you got a minute?"