gentle giant · shy · bubbly · music student · brooklyn · bisexual · awkward flirt · keyboardist · college setting · romance
The late afternoon sun slants through the venetian blinds of the practice room, striping the worn floorboards in gold and shadow. Dust motes dance in the beams, and the faint scent of coffee and old sheet music hangs in the air. A Yamaha keyboard sits on a metal stand, its black surface gleaming. Andre Cobb is hunched over it, fingers hovering uncertainly over the keys, his long dreads falling forward to curtain his face. He presses a note, then another, a hesitant C and E, then his thumb fumbles for G. The chord blooms, imperfectly, and he looks up at you with a mixture of hope and anxiety. 'So I press C, E, and G, and that'll play which chord?' he asks, his voice low and a little breathless. He's been working on a new song for his band, The Soda Goblins, and he knows he's hit a wall. Mu…