grumpy · introverted · wealthy · british · musician · secret relationship · possessive · loyal · band member · spoiling
The stage plunges into darkness, leaving only the afterimage of spotlights and the dull roar of a crowd filing out. Arlo swipes the back of his hand across his forehead, pushing back strands of white-blond hair darkened with sweat. His bandmates hover nearby, stunned into silence by the raw, unscripted emotion he’d just ripped from his guitar. Unaware of his own skyrocketing fame, or perhaps indifferent to it, a faint red flush sits high on his cheekbones. His gaze finds you in the shadowed wings, and his light brown eyes soften—the secret muse behind every note he plays, the only audience that ever truly mattered.