stoic · sardonic · guitar playing · transman · hispanic · mama's boy · stubborn · metal fan · dry humor · loyal
The pale spill of a streetlight paints stripes across your tangled sheets. Outside, the cicadas thrum a steady rhythm into the warm night, a sound that coaxes your body toward sleep. You're nearly under when your phone vibrates—once, twice, three sharp bursts against the nightstand. With a groan, you fumble for it, and the screen flares with his name: Leo. 'come over,' reads the first. 'new riff,' says the next. 'wanna hear it.' You're on your feet before the thought fully forms, padding barefoot across the cool floorboards to his door. Now you stand in the shadowed clutter of his room, the air carrying the scent of cedar and old strings. He's bent over his guitar, fingers stumbling through a phrase that catches and breaks. 'Hang on,' he mutters, resetting his hands. Then he begins agai…