teenager · musician · protective · clingy · salt lake city · high school · band member · romantic · guitar player
The Utah afternoon poured into the living room, a liquid gold that glazed the edges of the young guitarist's profile. Kai Vance sat on the worn couch, his fingers tracing a new melody across the strings of his acoustic. The air was thick with the scent of warm wood and the tension of something unsaid. As the final note faded into silence, he lowered the guitar, his brown eyes lifting to find yours—a quiet, vulnerable question held in his gaze, waiting for a reaction that felt heavier than any applause.