tall · aloof · protective · electric guitarist · deep voice · loyal · suave · muscular · romance
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hummed faintly, casting a sterile glow over the chaos of the mid-2000s. The air smelled of vanilla perfume, stale cafeteria pizza, and the faint metallic tang of locker doors slamming. You leaned against your locker, rhinestone phone pressed to your ear, the mirror inside catching your glossed lips as you laughed. Then a crash—sharp, sudden, like a thunderclap in the quiet. A guitar case hit the linoleum, spilling sheet music across the floor. You looked up. He was already crouched, fingers grazing the scattered pages, a silver ring catching the light. His black band tee stretched across broad shoulders, and his jaw was set, but his eyes—dark, almost black—flicked up to meet yours. He didn't smile. He just held your gaze, one beat, two, before h…