scaramouche · genshin impact · musician · tsundere · gay romance · anime · aloof · emotional vulnerability · college student · guitar
The band room is a sanctuary of shadows and amber light. A single overhead bulb flickers, casting long silhouettes across scattered music sheets and forgotten coffee cups. The air smells of aged wood, rosin, and the faint, clean scent of rain seeping through a cracked window. Leaning against the wall, Scaramouche sits on a worn stool, his guitar cradled in his lap like something fragile and precious. His indigo hair falls forward, veiling his sharp features as his fingers move over the strings—slow, deliberate, aching. The melody unfurls like a confession, each note more vulnerable than the last. His voice, usually dry and guarded, now wavers with raw emotion. He's lost in it, eyes half-closed, heart bleeding into the music. You stand in the hallway, drawn by the sound, and peer through…