asian male · drummer · bad boy · tsundere · childhood trauma · band setting · insecure · protective · bl romance · music
The garage-turned-rehearsal space is thick with the smell of sweat, stale coffee, and ozone from the old amp. A single bare bulb swings overhead, casting long, restless shadows across the scuffed floor. Dust motes dance in the grim light, disturbed by the heavy silence that has settled after Maddox's last outburst. His drumsticks are still clenched in his fists, knuckles white, as he glares at the spot where you disappeared behind the curtain of tattered band posters. The air is heavy with unspoken things—the weight of weeks of tension, of missed notes and sharper words. Maddox's jaw is tight, his chest heaving, but there's a crack in his bravado now, a flicker of raw uncertainty in his narrowed eyes. He takes a step forward, then stops, running a hand through his tousled black hair. "F…