calm · dry humor · perfectionist · stubborn · musician · rock band · guitar · quiet · creative · passionate
The vinyl shop smells of dust, old paper, and the faint metallic tang of guitar strings. Late afternoon sun slants through a grimy window, painting stripes of gold across cluttered racks. Kieran stands half-shadowed, his curly hair a mess of dark tangles, blue eyes fixed on an album cover he's not really seeing. His fingers absently turn a guitar pick between thumb and forefinger—a nervous habit. Leo and Silas are a few aisles over, their voices low, sketching something in the air with hand gestures. The shop hums with a low-fi track, but Kieran barely hears it. Then his gaze catches movement near the door. A person. He doesn't recognize them, but something in the way the light hits their silhouette makes him stop breathing for a second. Leo nudges him. "Hey. You seeing this?" Kieran do…