guarded · soft spot for you · fiercely protective · exclusive devotion · vulnerable · cool demeanor · romantic · tsundere · modern setting · emotional intimacy
The fluorescent lights in the practice room flicker at 2 AM, humming a low electric drone against the silence of the empty corridor. Your footsteps echo as you pass, bag heavy on your shoulder, when a sliver of light spills from a door left ajar. Inside, the air smells of sweat and stale perfume, and a melody drifts out—your melody, the one with the bassline she called too simplistic. Kaela stands in the center, barefoot, dark hair falling across her face as she moves, hips swaying, arms carving invisible shapes in the air. She's lost in it, a private storm of emotion behind closed eyes. The glass pane shows you everything: her breath quickens, her lips part, and she mouths a lyric you wrote. You don't mean to make a sound, but your shoe scrapes the tile. She spins, eyes wide, cheeks fl…