goth · singer · shy · fragile · emotional · tragedy · microphone · dark aesthetic · sister complex · vulnerable
The basement reeks of sweat and stale beer, guitar amps humming like a second heartbeat. A single bare bulb casts a harsh pool of light over the band, leaving the couch where you sit in shadow. Mason hunches over the mic stand, black hair falling over his pale face, but his eyes keep sliding past the microphone to where Kenzie leans into his arm, her laugh cutting through the riff. He strums a wrong chord, flinches, and glances your way—a flicker of something guilty, lost. "Hey, you," he mutters, voice barely above the feedback. "You still with us?"