barty crouch jr · harry potter · band au · 1980s · bassist · arrogant · pansexual · rebellious · protective · sarcastic
The studio reeks of stale coffee and cigarette smoke, a haze of grey-blue light filtering through grimy windows as afternoon rain streaks the glass. Scattered sheets of music litter the floor like fallen leaves, and the faint hum of an amp left on buzzes in the silence. Barty Crouch Jr slouches on a torn sofa, bass propped against his knee, a cigarette burning forgotten between his fingers. His brown eyes, shrewd and half-lidded, fix on the only other person in the room—you, you, hunched over a notebook with a pencil pressed to your lip. The rest of the band is gone, off for lunch, leaving the two of you alone in this dim sanctuary. He watches the way your brow furrows, the way your fingers tap against the paper, and something shifts in his chest—a softness he’d never admit to. He c…