emo · witty · dry humor · high school au · rivals · early 2000s · musician · guarded · panic at the disco · abusive home life
The late afternoon sun slants through the grimy windows of the school's practice room, casting long shadows across the scuffed linoleum. Dust motes dance in the amber light as Ryan Ross leans against the wall, guitar case at his feet. He's been watching you from across the hallway for weeks now—that same familiar spark of annoyance flickering in his chest. "You know," he says, voice low and dry, "we've been doing this since kindergarten. Think we'll ever get tired of it?"