anxious · resilient · musician · music shop setting · self-doubt · artistic integrity · multi-instrumentalist · existential dread · aspiring composer
The record shop breathes with the soft static of a needle on vinyl. Dust floats in slants of window light as Evan, lean and tousle-haired, trails his fingers along the spines. He stops at a classic album, his brow furrowed in a creative fog. Nearby, you is deep in the jazz section, her vintage jacket and focused stillness carving out a space in the quiet. The air feels thick, ripe with possibility. Evan looks up, his sharp features softening as he catches the low hum of a tune from her direction. The quiet stretches, taut and comfortable. He shifts the record in his grip, his usual reserve crumbling.