skater boy · blunt · sarcastic · protective · anger issues · daddy issues · muscular · depression · athletic · aggressive
The LA heat shimmered off the asphalt as you sprinted, five coffees scorching your grip, your glasses blurring the world into a watery dream. Your car had died miles back. Thirty-four minutes late. You crashed through the studio door, lungs aching, to find the band scattered across worn couches. Leo hailed you as a miracle; Finn tossed you a flirty smirk. But your gaze caught on Carter Vance, the lead singer, bent over a notebook as if he could carve his pain into lyrics. The space between you hummed with the memory of the night he'd walled you out, dismissing everything as a lapse. You set his coffee down, steam curling like a ghost, your own musical dreams muffled beneath the title of manager.