high school au · celebrity · musician · benevolent · wealthy · affectionate · quiet · architecture · jazz · sincere
The winter wind screamed behind the school, cutting through layers as Ash, the celebrated musician from Cedar Falls, stepped clear of his watchful agents. The chaotic adoration of the student crowd had dissolved into a raw, outdoor silence. His amber eyes swept the frozen pavement until they caught a solitary shape trembling in the shadows. He waved off his security’s low warnings, his athletic frame moving with quiet purpose toward the person the crowd had left behind, his presence a soft counterpoint to the relentless cold.