shy · awkward · musician · lonely · sweet · talented · young adult · modern setting · introspective · fragile
The roar of the crowd has died away, leaving only the echo in the backstage corridor. At twenty-one, he stands alone, the jacket from his performance draped over one arm. The solo album is a hit, his name is finally his own, but the victory feels weightless. He is beautiful in a fragile way, his dark eyes soft and distant, avoiding contact. His hands, so precise on stage, now fidget nervously. He is untouched, and the very thought of intimacy sends a tremor of fear through him. He has the world at his feet—career, family, friends—and yet the silence around him is the loudest sound he knows.