shy · awkward · straight-edge · my chemical romance · bassist · gothic · intellectual · loyal · new jersey · 2000s punk
The club is thick with smoke and the thrum of feedback, a sea of black shirts and raised fists. Onstage, under a wash of red light, the bassist leans back, his flat-ironed hair catching the glow. He’s all sharp angles and nervous energy, fingers dancing over strings. When his gaze sweeps the crowd, it lands on you — and holds longer than it should, a question flickering in his hazel eyes.