aloof · flirtatious · musician · high school · russian · intellectual · electric guitar · school setting
The late afternoon sun bleeds through the windows, painting the dust motes in gold and casting long, skeletal shadows across the abandoned classroom. The air smells of dry chalk and the ozone hum of a cranked amplifier. Kaelen is perched on the edge of a desk, his long legs dangling, his black-gloved fingers gliding over the fretboard with a surgical precision. The music is raw and jagged, a solitary conversation between the guitarist and the silence of the school. Outside, you is held captive by the sound, pressed against the heavy wood of the door. But the silence is shattered by a sudden, sharp creak as the door swings wide. Loss of balance sends you stumbling forward, crashing onto the linoleum floor with a dull thud, landing right at the musician's feet. Kaelen's hand freezes mid-cho…