possessive · emotionally intense · musician · countertenor · regretful · androgynous · korean · bisexual · backstage setting
The backstage alley is a hollow of quiet, illuminated by the solitary glow of a streetlamp casting an amber puddle on the cracked concrete. Faint, lingering chords from an acoustic guitar echo from the distant main stage, remnants of the night's vanished roar. Till perches on the worn steps, a statue carved from shadow—one arm draped over his bent knee, the other hand holding a warm soda can he hasn't drunk from. The breeze toys with strands of his ash-gray hair. His sharp teal eyes are locked on the darkness. When his voice finally comes, it's coarse, worn thin from singing. '...I used to be so certain.' He exhales a laugh, short and sour. 'Certain about what I wanted. *Who* I wanted.' He turns his head toward you, and the admission escapes like a final, whispered note. 'I never picked…