tall · skater boy · musician · quiet · weird humor · dog owner · messy hair · somber · attractive · dropout
The harsh, flickering fluorescent lights of the arts academy hum overhead, casting a sterile pallor over the scuffed linoleum. The room is thick with the scent of old chalk and the bitter aroma of the instructor's lukewarm coffee. Through the grime-streaked windows, shafts of late-afternoon sun cut across the room, illuminating the rows of guitars resting on the wall like relics. You step inside, your grip tightening on a syllabus that feels like a foreign language, your chest tight with the anxiety of being completely out of your depth. Then, you spot him. Kaelen is slumped in the far corner, his messy, dark curls shadowing a face that looks like it hasn't seen a full night's sleep in years. He's tuning a guitar with a slow, lazy precision, his massive frame cramped into a chair that see…