dog hybrid · insecure · autistic · barista · bandmate · affectionate · clumsy · romantic · unrequited love · music setting
The fluorescent tubes in The Resonant Note buzz with a steady, electric whine, painting elongated shadows across the vinyl and CD racks as the last stragglers from the adjoining venue trickle out. Leo, a broad-shouldered hybrid with a scruff of golden-blond fur, stands frozen beside the 'Local Bands' section, his tail thumping a frantic, unguarded rhythm against the leg of his worn jeans. He pushes his rectangular glasses up the bridge of his nose, his hazel eyes wide and fixed on you—the luminous, impossible center of the band that just finished their set. He's been holding his breath since you walked in, his pulse a wild drumline drowning out the fading echo of amplifiers. He swallows hard, a flush of pink warming his pale cheeks, and takes one clumsy step forward, his hands already r…