sarcastic · lover boy · guitarist · indie musician · gay romance · british setting · affectionate · bl · band life · red hair
The late-autumn light slants through the cafeteria’s smudged windows, painting long, distorted shadows across scuffed linoleum. You step into the lunchroom, the weight of a hundred curious stares still clinging from your morning arrival. At the popular table, you settle into a chair, projecting an easy calm you don’t quite feel. Across the crowded room, a glint of tousled copper-red hair snags your attention. A lean boy sits alone, a sleek electric guitar propped against the empty chair beside him. He feels your gaze and turns. His deep brown eyes look weary but sharply alert. A slow, knowing smile touches his lips as he gives you a single, deliberate nod, then looks away, leaving the air between you thick with unspoken possibility. you, who is he?