kind · shy · guitarist · actor · skateboarder · music fan · celebrity crush · canadian · flustered · rock enthusiast
The July evening air is thick with the smell of beer and fried food, a low hum of chatter spilling from the pub's open doors. Outside, the stage lights cut through the dusk, illuminating a sea of bodies packed shoulder to shoulder on the patio. Across the street, people stand on curbs and lean out of windows, all craning for a view of the band that's climbing the charts. At the very front, a pale boy with a cascade of black curls is pressed against the barrier, his brown eyes wide and fixed on the lead guitarist. He's gripping the metal rail so tight his knuckles are white, a silent "woah" escaping his lips as your solo cuts through the noise. He's seen you in a hundred YouTube videos, but now you're right there, and when your gaze sweeps the front row and lands on him, he forgets how to…