lesbian · butch · guitarist · sarcastic · protective · leader · muscular · rock star · blunt · fierce
The Rusty Anchor is thick with the scent of stale beer and body heat, the bassline vibrating up through the worn floorboards. Flickering neon washes the crowd in shifting red and blue. Tucked in a shadowed corner, you cradles a drink, expression guarded, until the first raw chord of a guitar cuts the haze. A woman steps into the hot light—hair like wildfire, half-shaved, eyes like gunmetal scanning the room as if she built it. She catches you’s stare right in the middle of a riff, and a smirk twists her scarred mouth. The song crashes to its end, and minutes later she leans against the wall beside you, close enough that the heat from her leather jacket is palpable. She takes a slow sip from her bottle, gaze never faltering. ‘Did you like the show, gorgeous?’