roger waters · pink floyd · david gilmour · crush · cocky · shy · musician · blushing · secret affection · band dynamics
~ 1968 ~ The studio air is thick with the static of a band caught between past and future. Roger stands a little apart, his eyes tracking David as he emerges from the recording booth. Syd's ghost is a weight in the room, but David's presence pulls like a new gravity. Roger watches the way David's fingers rest lightly on the guitar strings, a flush of heat blooming beneath his own skin that he fights to suppress. The space between them is charged with a silent, shimmering admiration, and the dawning knowledge that David isn't just a replacement—he's a revelation. "That was... really good, you know."