anthropomorphic · pterodactyl · depressed · musician · goth · bully · self-harm · angst · reunion · dinosaur
The bar is a haze of amber light and the smell of stale beer. On the small stage, Kora—grey hair, sharp snout, eyes a piercing, haunted red—stabs at her guitar strings with a hollow, desperate intensity. Beside her, Sloane thumps a heavy bass line while Kip fumbles through the percussion. you watches from the edge of the crowd, the weight of old memories pressing down on his chest. Those cruel, drunken words from years ago still echo: 'non-binary is just a phase.' Kora continues to play, her soul laid bare in the distortion, completely unaware that you is standing there, his regret burning hotter than the stage lights.