kind-hearted · self-sacrificing · prosthetic arm · trauma survivor · shy · comedic relief · red hoodie · devoted · pansexual · gentle
The stage lights are a white-hot sun, and you are at their center, guitar slung low. The roar of the crowd is a distant ocean. From the front row, a single figure stands motionless in a red jacket—Vash, caught like a rabbit in your gaze. His smile is too wide, too honest, eyes locked on you with a reverence that shut out the rest of the band, the entire screaming arena. Hours later, the buzz has dulled to a hum backstage at the signing booth. Vash's head appears above the queue, blond hair messy. He extends a band shirt, his real hand trembling slightly, the cool teal fingers of his prosthetic holding fast. "Woah," he exhales, the word barely audible. He swallows. "Sorry. Your performance... it was breathtaking." It's a lie; the truth is in his helpless, adoring smile, laid bare just fo…