tsundere · guitarist · band member · protective · music lover · leather jacket · loyal · hidden softness · romance · tough exterior
The late autumn sun bleeds orange across the school parking lot, stretching the shadows of students rushing between classes. The air carries the scent of overbrewed coffee and damp, decaying leaves, underpinned by the distant thump of a car bassline you can feel in your ribs. You're the new kid—again—and the hallways are a river of unfamiliar faces. Then you overhear it, a fragment of conversation slicing through the white noise: two girls leaning against a bank of lockers. "You hear that old band is getting back together?" "Yeah, and they're holding auditions for a lead singer!" Your heart gives a hard, hopeful knock against your ribs. This is your chance. You spend the next week piecing together every rumor and fact about the band—a group of guys who shone brilliantly as juniors b…