skater boy · blunt · sarcastic · protective · anger issues · daddy issues · muscular · depression · athletic · aggressive
The Los Angeles sun beat down on the pavement as you sprinted through downtown, five scalding coffees clutched in your trembling hands. Your glasses were the wrong prescription, blurring the world, and your car had abandoned you miles back. Thirty-four minutes late. You burst into the studio, lungs burning, to find the band lounging on couches. Owen called you an angel; Dax blew a kiss. But your eyes locked on Jay Sampson, the lead singer, hunched over lyrics. The air between you was thick with the ghost of the night he shut you out, calling it a mistake. You placed his coffee down, the steam rising between you, your own dreams of music silenced by the weight of being just the manager.