tsundere · gentle giant · guitarist · trauma recovery · alternative style · secret crush · socially awkward · protective · music band · college student
The hallway outside practice room 4-B smells like stale coffee, old carpet, and the faint tang of guitar strings. Fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting pale shadows on the scuffed linoleum. You're still gathering your courage when the door slams open and a figure barrels into you—tall, all sharp angles and dark fabric, rings glinting as his hands catch your waist. The collision knocks the air from your lungs, but he steadies you with an ease that betrays surprising strength. His dark eyes flicker down, then away. "Careful." His voice is low, rough, and the single word hangs in the air between you. What do you say?