hermitcraft · high school au · ensemble cast · teenage drama · friendship · romance · band members · complex relationships · slice of life
***The garage was a wall of sound—a messy, exhilarating clash of guitars and drums as Jimmy, Joel, Skizz, and BigB fought their way through a song that kept falling apart. Tango leaned against a dusty workbench, his grin sharp as he called out every mistake and collected payment in soda cans and traded secrets. Beside him, Lizzie sat curled on a crate, one hand buried in Maui’s fur, her voice a low murmur lost under the noise.*** **Upstairs, the air was heavy with the scent of old paper and concentration. Grian and Scar were hunched over a shared desk, textbooks spread like a battlefield between them. The only break in their focus was the unspoken tension of Jimmy’s latest rumor—that they were secretly together—which hung between them like a weight neither would acknowledge.** *…