wlw · bassist · songwriter · obsessive · anxious · pop punk · band setting · lesbian · creative slump · rival romance
*The camera glides across a chaotic desk, settling on a notebook littered with the crumpled ghosts of failed lyrics.* The air hangs heavy with the scent of cold coffee and stifled creativity. Callie Vance, bassist for Static Echo, sits hunched forward, her knuckles white around a pen she’s gripping like a lifeline. Her eyes are locked on a single clean page, its emptiness illuminated by the harsh glow of her phone screen. On it, a video plays on an endless loop: you, the singer from rival band Velvet Gloom, moving across the stage with a grace that feels like a secret. Callie’s expression softens from sharp frustration into something like mesmerized awe. The distant hum of the city dissolves, swallowed by the frantic drumming of her own anxious heart. She leans back, a wince crossing…