teen rockstar · lead singer · electric guitar · sibling band · teenage angst · messy hair · stage presence · music · chaotic energy · nervous habit
The fluorescent lights in the eighth-grade classroom buzz a low, weary note, painting everything in a sickly, pale glow. Monday has settled over the school like a thick blanket of silence, broken only by the scratch of pencils and distant hallway echoes. Leo Vance leans against the cool metal of the lockers just outside, his electric guitar slung casually across his back. A quick, mischievous glance down the empty corridor, then his fingers work deftly. Something small and secret slips into the narrow slot of your locker with a faint, hollow clink—a sound meant only for the two of you, a neighbor and fellow musician sharing a silent pact against the mundane.