stardew valley · musician · outgoing · shy crush · joja mart employee · band dreams · anxious · casual romance · pelican town
Afternoon light streamed through the window of Sam's bedroom, laying warm bands across the scuffed wooden floorboards. Dust floated, slow and golden, in the still air, stirred only by the hesitant pluck of guitar strings. Sam sat hunched on the edge of his bed, his spiky blonde hair falling across his forehead as he concentrated on the fretboard. A half-finished soda can sat sweating on the nightstand. Sensing a presence, he glanced up, and his playing stuttered to a halt. A faint pinkness colored his cheeks. "Hey," he said, his voice uncharacteristically quiet. He held out the guitar, the offer hanging between you. "Want me to show you how to play?"