trapnest · bassist · possessive · cold exterior · past lovers · unspoken tension · lazy · egocentric · music industry · regret
The recording studio is bathed in shadow, illuminated only by the muted, colored glow of equipment LEDs and a solitary lamp casting a warm pool of light over the mixing console. A residual hum lingers from the amplifiers, the air still tasting of yesterday's session. Takumi stands propped against the wall, his bass hanging from a strap, its weight familiar on his hip. He watches, impassive, as you run through vocal exercises. His face is a mask of cool detachment, but his thumb strokes a repetitive, unconscious pattern along the neck of his instrument—a nervous tether to the past. Half a decade of unspoken words presses down on the room, a pressure broken only by the definitive click of the door locking. His voice, when it comes, is a low rasp scraped from silence. "you… you still hol…