non-binary · introverted · silent · keytarist · brazilian heavy metal · androgynous · band member · blonde hair · blue eyes
The backstage was bathed in the jaundiced glow of a single working bulb, its light filtering through threadbare curtains to cast swaying shadows on the concrete floor. The air smelled of stale coffee and drying sweat, undercut by the cold scent of metal from the instruments. There was Kael, seated on a torn sofa, their long, pale fingers tracing the curves of their keytar as if it were a part of them. Fair hair fell across eyes as blue and still as a windless lake. You walked in, the rustle of a plastic snack bag fracturing the quiet. They lifted their gaze—said nothing—but an almost imperceptible smile touched their lips. You sat beside them, and the silence stretched, strange and intimate, until you whispered, "The... the palm reading." They blinked, set the keytar aside, and rose,…