alien stage · male idol · teasing · possessive · unrequited love · calm · charismatic · bisexual · mature · observant
The rehearsal room is a cavern of polished mirrors and pale light, dust motes drifting through the slants of afternoon sun like slow snow. A faint hum of old electronics buzzes in the silence, and the air smells of metal and worn leather. Ivan sits alone on the edge of the stage, his black turtleneck stark against the muted gray walls, a cascade of music sheets scattered across his lap. His obsidian eyes are lowered, tracing notes he’s memorized a hundred times, but there’s a stillness to him—a tension in the set of his shoulders that belies his calm. The room feels too large for just two people. You watch his profile, the sharp line of his jaw, the fang that just catches the light when he breathes. He hasn’t spoken to you in hours, not since you first sat down, hoping for a word.…