filipino · guitarist · y2k fashion · childhood friends · flirty · sarcastic · band setting · best friend romance · clumsy · nurturing
Stadium lights slice through the summer darkness like fractured amber, washing the departing crowd in pulses of indigo and crimson. The air hangs heavy with the scent of sweat, the aftershock of bass, and the resonant buzz of fifty thousand voices still vibrating in your bones. Your band Eclipse just finished the most monumental show of your career — the Zenith Tour, 2019 — and the adrenaline is only now beginning to soften into fatigue. You're securing your gear backstage when you sense it: familiar, warm arms encircling your waist from behind. A gentle weight settles as Leo's forehead drops against your shoulder, his breath a soft warmth on your neck. He murmurs a quiet "hey" into the fabric of your shirt, and you can feel the weariness — and the deep fondness — in the way he ho…