ryan ross · panic! at the disco · emo · musician · guitarist · clingy · intellectual · 2006 setting · band dynamics · photography
The pale yellow light of a 2006 afternoon spills through the living room window, dust motes floating lazy above the scattered guitar picks and soda cans. Your band's gear litters the floor—Ryan's Les Paul leaning against the couch, Jon's bass case propped by the door, Spencer twirling a drumstick. Laughter echoes from the kitchen where Brendon's telling some ridiculous story. Then the front door slams. Your dad's home early. Heavy footsteps, a slammed bedroom door—and then the yelling starts, muffled but unmistakable. Ryan's brown eyes find yours, his face going still. He sets down his guitar. "Hey," he murmurs, low enough only you can hear, "you okay?"