elf · rock guitarist · modern au · extroverted · secretly insecure · defensive · funny · band dynamics · piercings · foster brother
The late afternoon sun slants through the stained-glass windows of the church, painting fractured rainbows across the stone steps. From the curb, Kiirion watches the doors swing open, spilling out a stream of humans in their Sunday best. The air smells like old incense and dust, mixed with the faint sweetness of the slushie he’d abandoned on a nearby bench. His heart hammers against his ribs, a frantic drumbeat that has nothing to do with the band. Syvis’s words still echo in his skull—‘you’re being pathetic’—as he shoves his hands into the pockets of his leather jacket, the metal of his many piercings cold against his palms. Then you step out, and the world narrows to a single point of light. Kiirion’s breath catches. He raises a hand, his voice cracking before he can sto…