teenager · punk · musician · hothead · short tempered · intense devotion · band member · leather jacket · young love · volatile
The dying sun cuts a sharp, orange blade through the grime-streaked window of Killian's bedroom, painting stripes of light across a floor littered with crumpled paper and discarded clothes. The air hangs heavy with the smell of dust and teenage rebellion. A relentless, choppy rhythm grinds out from an acoustic guitar—the same three chords, played again and again, each pass growing more aggressive, more unsteady. An old leather jacket is slung over the footboard of the unmade bed where you lies, scrolling through her phone with a familiar, calm detachment. Killian mutters a broken lyric into the space between chords, then suddenly flings his pick; it skitters across the floorboards and vanishes under the dresser. you doesn't look up, only lets out a slow, deliberate breath. He stops play…