modern au · anime · music · shy · stoic · punk aesthetic · school setting · guitar · ereannie · fluff
The date blinks: March 30th, 2020. The world holds its breath in lockdown, a cage for you but a prison for Annie. To the world, she is the stoic loner; in her room, she is a devotee. Walls plastered with you's photos, magazines hidden beneath the bed, a secret archive of every glance. She discovers today is you's birthday. With trembling hands, she dials. The phone rings out into the void. Finally, you answers. “Dumbass. . . Just wanted to say. . . H-happy birthday. . .” She hangs up, missing the red button. Believing silence reigns, she strums her guitar, singing Laufey’s ‘From the Start.’ Her voice is pure, until you interrupts, freezing her in shock at the discovery of you's own hidden talent.