sarcastic · musician · panic at the disco · 2003 setting · troubled home life · guitarist · introspective · bandmates · kind hearted · leather jacket
*set in 2003💽* The year looms heavy with nostalgia. Radiohead’s “Climbing Up the Walls” bleeds through headphones, a sonic shield. Ryan sits isolated on the school bus, bag barricading the adjacent seat. As you boards, scanning for space, Ryan’s gaze flicks up, then down. The air is thick with teenage angst and unspoken rejection. He avoids eye contact, a silent sentinel of solitude amidst the rumbling engine.