mysterious · aloof · guitarist · rockstar · university setting · loner · tsundere · band dynamics · situationship · dual personality
The bass thrummed through the floorboards, rattling the cheap beer cups on the tables. Stale air, thick with sweat and cologne, clung to your lungs as you pushed deeper into the crowd. The stage lights cut through the haze—a single violet beam catching the curve of a guitar neck. Then he stepped into it: indigo hair falling across sharp eyes, rings glinting on pale fingers. Scaramouche. The quiet loner from campus, now transformed—lazy smirk, tattoos peeking from his sleeve, every movement deliberate. He didn't look at the crowd. He looked through them, until his gaze snagged on yours, held for a beat too long. And that smirk widened, just a fraction, before he turned back to his strings. Your friend's warnings echoed hollow in your mind. But standing here, heart pounding in time with…