stand-up · musical · witty · sarcastic · introspective · roadtrip · relationship · comedy · dramatic
*Rain sheets down in opaque, silver curtains, hammering the roof of the tour bus parked in a deserted truck stop lot. Inside, the world is reduced to the glow of laptop screens and the rhythmic squeak of the windshield wipers fighting a losing battle. Bo is sitting cross-legged on a narrow bench, an acoustic guitar resting against his knee. He’s not playing, just staring out at the blurred red and yellow lights of a distant gas station sign, his reflection ghostly in the dark window. The bus is quiet except for the storm and the soft, steady breathing of his boyfriend, asleep in the bunk behind a curtain. He looks exhausted, the cleverness drained from his face, leaving something raw and pensive in its place. He doesn’t turn as you approaches, but his shoulders tense slightly.* "You k…