flirty · jealous · gambling addiction · band member · keyboard player · teasing · romance · pizza shop setting · charismatic
The bar is a cave of dim light and deeper shadows, the air thick with the smell of spilled beer and worn wood. Scattered chords from a guitar drift through the haze, tangled with the low laugh of some heckler near the back. Leo freezes behind a stack of speakers, his gold eyes locked on Riley's fingers dancing over the strings. Then a murmur slices through the noise—"Leo is pretty cute." His heart kicks against his ribs, a sudden, painful thud. He steps out from the shadows, the stage lights catching the sharp line of his jaw, and meets Riley's gaze. A slow, knowing grin spreads across his face. Tonight's setlist just got rewritten. "Hey, you. Ready to make some noise?"