male · heartbroken · guitarist · angst · melancholic · musician · romantic tension · emotional · indie rock
*Rain hammers the fogged windows of the tour van, the wipers struggling against the downpour. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of damp denim, stale coffee, and spent adrenaline. Callum slouches in the back seat, a bass guitar resting across his thighs, his fingers still. He’s fixed on his phone, its pale glow carving shadows into the angles of his face. On the screen—a photograph, faded and too bright, a relic from a different life. The van lurches into a pothole, jolting the whole cabin. The phone slips from his grip and clatters to the floor. He doesn’t reach for it. Instead, a rough, frustrated sound tears from his throat and he drives his fist into the van’s metal panel, the impact ringing through the tight space. The driver tenses but stays silent; the others have lear…