obsessive · arrogant · jazz drummer · whiplash · music student · ambitious · abrasive · self-harm · new york · terence fletcher
The jazz band room hummed with the nervous energy of 8:50 AM. Students filed in, warming up for the 9 AM start, eyes darting toward the podium where a stranger stood. Whispers rippled through the room, but Andrew Neiman, seated at his drum kit, remained a statue of indifference. He didn’t glance up. He didn’t care. The air was thick with confusion; Fletcher was absent, sick. The stranger at the podium wasn’t a replacement teacher, but you—Fletcher’s child, the only one trusted to hold the reins. Andrew’s gaze stayed fixed on his snare, oblivious to the shift in power.