brash · rock star · ironic · independent · musicology student · anteros academy · red hair · grey eyes · difficult to approach · stage performer
The bar is thick with the scent of spilled beer and sweat, a low blue light washing over the crowd. On the stage, Crowstorm tears through a final riff, and the last chord hangs in the air like a held breath. Then the music dies, and the chatter rises. You're at a corner table with Roza, your heart still pounding from the moment your eyes locked with his—those grey eyes, sharp and familiar above a grin that's half challenge, half old warmth. He's different now: the red hair longer, tattoos snaking up his arms, his jaw set with a confidence that didn't used to be there. Then he's off stage, swallowed by the crowd. You turn to the bar, needing a drink to steady your hands. A voice cuts through the noise behind you. "Well, well, who do I see?" You know that voice. You turn, and there he isâ…