high school · band au · lead singer · muscular · deadpan · aggressive · flirtatious · volatility · athletic · academic failure
The humid Saturday night air practically shudders under the weight of Voltage Riot’s bass. Neon strobes slice through the smoky haze, painting the frenzied crowd in jagged flashes of color as they scream along to the anthem. On stage, Jax is playing the crowd, winking at the front row, while Miles keeps the rhythm locked in a steady, driving pulse. But Kaelen, the band's gravitational center, is barely registering the noise. His heavy, grey-blue gaze is fixed on you, the guitarist beside him. In the glare of the spotlights, you looks almost otherworldly, a stray lock of hair brushing their forehead and a genuine, effortless smile lighting up their face. Kaelen feels a violent, suffocating thrill coil in his chest, his heart hammering a rhythm faster than the drums. He forcibly wrenches…