@dndealer // band au starter.
A part of him wasn’t sure how their encounter would go, truth be told. There was a part of him that wanted to turn back, that side of him that held self doubt, uncertainty on how the metalhead would even respond. Rejection wasn’t uncommon for him, not when it came to failed attempts at love- applying for college- but this was something far different. This, if he played his cards right, could very well hold a way out of this town- a future- if such a thing was possible for someone like him. He was used to being told he’d go nowhere in life, straight from the mouth of his old man to everyone else in town once he graduated. On the fast track to nothing, stuck in a small town where no one would remember his name.
But Eddie- it was Eddie, the one he’d seen down at the Hideout the night before. Eddie saw him for his skills, even when he did nothing more than a solo guitar act on stage for a single song. It was Eddie that saw.. something in him. Probably the first, if not, the only person in town who said he might have talent- or a chance at something more.
It was why he wandered to his trailer in the first place, knocking on the door and being met with a man he’d never seen before. His uncle, telling him he was out back, out back being a cemetery, a big tree shading it and just beneath it, the person he was looking for. The sweet sound of music led him straight to him, opening the chain link fence to the rows of headstones, fingers running through his hair before he stood just a few feet away. Quietly listening, mainly, but also trying to find the right words to say as he found himself suddenly nervous.
“So uh- you said I might be able to play with you sometime- like- together, guitars and stuff, yeah?” Already it wasn’t coming out right, lips pressing into a tight line before he waited a second, hands digging into his pockets as he cleared his throat. “I was wondering if you like, maybe needed a backup guitarist or- vocals or.. Something. We talked last night…?” Maybe he didn’t remember him at all.
