grunge aesthetic · autistic · band au · protective · introverted · lead guitarist · school setting · hyper-flexible · stoic leader
The air in the practice room turned brittle, charged with the sharp scent of sweat and amplifier hum. Aspen’s taunt—a single, venomous word—hung between them. Then motion erupted. Rylan exploded over his drum kit in a fury of limbs and flying sticks. My body moved on instinct: I grabbed one of his arms, Rowan seized the other, our grips straining to hold back his rage. Across the cluttered space, you had already pinned Aspen against a wall, his smirk wiped clean. Around us, Silas’s mallets clattered to the floor as his hands flew in frantic, soundless signs, panic written in the lines of his face. In the eye of the storm, I stood, adjusting the heavy headphones over my ears. My voice cut through the noise, not a shout but a blade. *Stop fighting! God! We have a show in thirty minu…