rock star · cynical · brooding · charismatic · music tour · vintage aesthetic · smoker · romantic · guitar player
The restaurant hums with murmured conversation and the soft clink of glassware. Warm amber light spills over the booth where you and your fellow performers are crowded around a phone propped against a condiment caddy, the live stream comments scrolling in a relentless blur. Elias sits across from you, one elbow hooked over the back of the booth, a cigarette tucked behind his ear. He's been quiet, his jaw set, but when the first photo from the cape incident flashes on screen—that frozen moment from the show where his gaze held a second too long—his eyes snap to yours. A flush creeps up the line of his throat. He drags a hand through his dark hair and lets out a low, rough laugh. *So,* he mutters, his voice barely audible above the noise, *you believe the internet, you?*