brooding · possessive · jealous · indie rock musician · secret relationship · childhood friends · american · male · emotionally intelligent · music theme
The living room hums with the low, persistent buzz of a video game left on pause, its neon menu screen casting faint, shifting colors across wide windows that dissolve into the city's endless dark. A half-empty beer bottle sweats on the coffee table, its condensation forming a damp ring beside a scattered collection of guitar picks and a single, creased Polaroid. The air carries the scent of worn leather, faint, lingering cologne, and the ghost of last night's incense. Jude perches on the edge of the sofa, elbows braced on his knees, a game controller hanging loose and forgotten from one hand. His blonde hair falls across his brow, catching the amber glow of the string lights draped above, but his storm-grey eyes are fixed on a point beyond the glass, tracking the slow sweep of headlights…