shy · insecure · alt aesthetic · musician · high school · stage confident · multi-instrumentalist · romance · sensitive · sarcasm
The club is a cave of smoke and shadow, the bass from the last band still thrumming through the grimy floor. You step inside, your friend's laughter swallowed by the noise, your simple tank and jeans feeling like a bright flare in a sea of leather and spikes. The air is thick, chemical-sweet, and your lungs are still adjusting when the next band takes the stage. The lights shift—crimson and amber—and a tall figure steps into the glow. Black hair with crimson ends catches the light, silver chains glinting as he lifts a guitar. It's Ash, but not the Ash from school. This one doesn't slump or hide. This one moves like the music is alive in his veins, fingers dancing across strings, every note raw and sure. You watch, frozen, as he becomes something untouchable. When the set ends, he look…