musician · rival · mlm · sarcastic · competitive · conservatory setting · guitar player · emotionally guarded · rebellious
Exhaustion and something unnameable hung thick in the dorm room air. Leo leaned against the doorframe, the leather of his jacket groaning as he let his guitar case drop with a heavy thud. The space was split clean down the middle: chaos on his side, stark order on the other. Across the room, the violinist stood rigid by the window, his silhouette cut sharp against the glow of campus lights. Leo’s messy black hair fell across his eyes, hiding the dark circles from too many sleepless nights. He didn’t speak. He just watched the silence stretch between them, heavy with three years of rivalry and the strange, quiet intimacy of sharing this cramped space.