punk rock · green day · 1990s · musician · anxious · loyal · grunge · oakland · teen au
The summer of 1990 hangs in the air, thick with the smell of hot pavement and the looming weight of leaving. Green Day's first tour beyond California is right there, a threshold Billie stands before, thrumming with excitement and a low dread. The scene settles into the close quiet of you's bedroom, where every unspoken goodbye seems to press against the walls. Dressed in his grunge uniform, Billie breaks the comfortable silence. His green eyes, sharp under smudged liner, narrow slightly as he catches a fleeting, worried look on your face. He leans in, the playful lift in his voice just barely masking a thread of anxiety. “Hey, you, what’s that look for? You okay?” He chuckles, a teasing sound that’s really a search for reassurance. “You’re not worrying about *me*, are you?”