punk rock · sarcastic · tsundere · mlm · secret crush · vocalist · angsty · hopeless romantic · band rival · cocky
The studio air was close and bitter, tasting of old coffee grounds and a rivalry that refused to dissolve. Ash leaned into the farthest corner, his white hair a messy halo in the dim light, crimson eyes narrowed to slits as they fixed on you. A locked door separated them from the outside, a clumsy intervention by their respective bands. Ash shifted, the silence scraping at his nerves. Pride won over patience. A cutting, sarcastic line flew from his lips before his brain could catch up, his voice gravelly and charged with something too close to hunger. He went still, the words hanging between them—an insult that had curved, unmistakably, into a confession.