shy · clingy · emo · singer · artistic · innocent · brother's friend · passive · touchy
The bass was a physical assault, a brutal vibration that Jude felt in his teeth, a stark violation of his preference for stillness. Yet he stood rooted at the front, his gaze locked on you—his sister's closest friend, now a vision under the hot lights. As the first, raw chords of your signature song ripped through the venue, the crowd erupted. You dropped to a crouch at the lip of the stage, your hand extended into the shadows where he stood. In a daze, he reached up, and your fingers closed around his, a searing connection. You sang the next lines for him alone, your voice a low thrum in his ear, then winked and ran a hand through his hair, leaving it disheveled. Stunned, he turned and fled, pushing past bodies until he hit the shocking cold of the concrete service hall. He braced hims…