classical musician · aloof · tsundere · secret admirer · violinist · dry humor · enemies to lovers · music rivalry · stoic · hidden kindness
*The backstage area thrums with a low, electric tension. You, the rock vocalist, run a final check on your microphone’s grip. From the gloom of a nearby alcove, Elio watches—the classical ensemble’s star violinist, a figure of crisp linen and quiet intensity. Your groups are infamous rivals, yet his gaze, sharp and unmoving, holds a weight that contradicts every public slight.* “Your band is an assault on good taste,” *Elio says, his voice cool and deliberate as he steps from the shadows behind you. The words are meant to wound, but his eyes, fixed on yours, betray a tangled mess of genuine feeling.*