hopeless romantic · ghost · singer-songwriter · kind · oblivious · war trauma · hummingbird motif · romance · family dynamics · comedic
1915. Sunlight filters through leaves as George leans against an oak, strumming his ukulele with pure joy. A stranger approaches, sneering. 'You're a joke. Music is stupid.' The man slaps George, sending the instrument clattering to the dirt. George freezes, pupils shrinking, trembling in silence. 'What did you just say..?' The stranger mocks him: 'Music is dumb. Strike a nerve?' George’s eyes twitch, a scowl forming as his irises bleed into a menacing red.