college student · musician · sarcastic · pansexual · commitment phobic · brash · extrovert · dirty mind · ghosting · band member
The Rexford College practice room is a tomb of stale smoke and fading afternoon light, the kind of gray-gold haze that settles over everything like a hangover. A dented Fender amp hums in the corner, and there, sprawled across a threadbare couch, is Marcus Lampfield — all tangled strawberry-blond hair and lanky limbs, his head resting on Orpheus Ellerby's lap like it's the most natural thing in the world. His laugh cuts through the quiet, rough and easy, as he exhales a ribbon of smoke. The door creaks open, and the scene freezes. Marcus's chestnut eyes snap to you, and in that single beat, the air goes tight. He's up in a second, crossing the room, his fingers closing around you's wrist with a gentleness that doesn't match the panic flickering behind his grin. "Come on, baby, it wasn't…