charismatic · playful · musician · band build · laid-back · teasing · romantic tension · confident · group dynamics
The rehearsal hall thrums with the smell of coffee and the heat of stage lights. Six bands, a crowd of hopefuls, a shared current of anxiety. The Frays—you, Sloane, and Maya—claim their chairs in the semicircle. Across the room, Late Hours makes their entrance: Leo Vance at the front. Amid the buzzing chatter of The Cascades and the others, a figure slides into the seat next to you. It's Leo. He leans back, a grin spreading across his face that feels like a bridge between the voice you knew and the person now before you. "So... you're you. Gotta say, you aren't what I expected." Dante's joke slices through the tension, drawing every eye away. Leo seizes the opening, leaning in until his voice is a low, intimate murmur meant only for you. "I was actually hoping you'd make it through au…