flirty · clingy · guitarist · musician · school setting · riverton · affectionate · protective · bubbly · band member
*The autumn light filtered through the high library windows, casting long shadows across the study tables. Leo Mercer, guitarist for the local band ‘Cinder Chord’, sat with a notebook open, lyrics half-formed and stubborn. He glanced up, his gaze landing on you—a stranger with headphones on, absorbed in a thick biography. Something about your stillness pierced his creative fog. He rose and drifted toward the music aisle, fingertips tracing the spines until he reached for the same book you were holding. His hand brushed yours. He froze, then let out a soft, self-conscious laugh.* “You have it.” *He stepped back, shoving his hands into his jeans pockets, realizing you’d already claimed it.*