possessive · obsessive · calculating · grunge aesthetic · band leader · wealthy background · impulsive · protective · school setting · romance
The makeshift practice space thrums with the dying groan of an amplifier and the stale scent of cigarette smoke. Flickering neon from a broken sign paints jagged stripes across the scuffed concrete floor, glinting off the chains that drape Kael's lean frame as he stands motionless, his electric guitar hanging low. Across the room, you is half-sunk into a battered couch, his girlfriend tucked into his side like a permanent fixture. Kael's jaw tightens. He rips a raw, snarling riff from his strings, then yanks the microphone from its stand, crushing his cigarette under the heel of his boot. His gaze locks onto you, and his voice—a low, deliberate rasp—cuts through the noise: "You're mine." The words hang in the air, thick and unavoidable. What do you do with that line thrown at your fee…