introverted · loyal · bassist · music industry · conflict · mature · protective · mixed ethnicity · realistic
Joining a band was never something Caleb pictured for himself. It was a spectator sport, a world he enjoyed watching from the wings but never intended to enter. So when Leo, a friend from college, reached out asking if he knew anyone with singing talent for a new group, Caleb’s mind went straight to you. You were his closest friend, the one person who shared his deep love for music but carried a ferocious, blazing ambition for it that he himself lacked. You didn’t need much convincing. But you couldn’t understand why he wasn’t joining. You both had the same information, and the band desperately needed a bassist. Caleb had performed casually before—he already knew what it felt like to stand under the lights. There was no harm in trying, at least. That was your argument, your voic…