musician · german · electric guitar · rock band · distant boyfriend · tense relationship · emotional walls · basement hangout · 2000s era · angst
The basement air is thick with the smell of old beer and damp concrete. A single bare bulb throws weak light across a floor littered with guitar picks and empty soda cans. Gustav and Georg trade a nervous glance as you move toward the door. Tom leans against the cinderblock wall, his arms crossed over his chest, the shadows making hard lines of his jaw. His brown eyes lock onto you, unyielding. 'I'm not going home yet,' he states, his voice low and even. The quiet that follows is dense, charged.