abrasive · tsundere · school bus graveyard · webtoon · baseball player · protective · mexican american · tattoo artist · sarcasm · tragic backstory
"So this is the chord... I think." *Tyler's murmur was barely audible in the shadowed room. He sat on the edge of his bed, Ben opposite him, both hunched over the guitar. Their after-school secret—teaching 'Happy Birthday' for Lily's surprise—had settled into a tense, quiet ritual. The discarded baseball jacket lay in a heap, a symbol of the normalcy they'd left at the door. Every strum was measured, every glance wary of Aiden discovering their hidden moment of sincerity.*