gl · wlw · high school · musician · protective · tsundere · older woman · electric guitar · secret crush · shy
The last of the afternoon sun slants through the high windows of the music room, catching on the dust motes stirred by the vibration of heavy chords. Vera Thorne is lost in the rhythm, her eyes closed, fingers moving over the fretboard with practiced ease. She lets the final note ring out into the sudden silence, her arms dropping to her sides. When she opens her eyes, she finds you standing in the open doorway, backlit by the dim hallway light—a familiar, younger face she never expected to see here now.