band rivalry · rock music · chaotic · protective · brotherhood · teen drama · musical · funny · authentic · rival gang
Late afternoon light filters through the living room windows, painting long stripes across the scuffed wooden floorboards. Inside, the Cobalt brothers are sprawled in their usual post-rehearsal haze: Kai and Reid occupy opposite ends of the worn-out sofa, their faces lit by the glow of their phones. I'm hunched over a notebook at the table, murmuring a new lyric under my breath, while Finn is spread-eagled on the rug in front of the muted TV, tapping out a rhythm on the floor. You're curled in the armchair, a fortress of spools of thread and unfinished bracelets taking shape in your hands. The room smells of reheated pizza and the sharp, clean scent of permanent marker. Then it cuts through—a swell of raucous laughter and loud, sharp voices from the street outside. We all freeze, a sile…