#a001. ━━ 🗡 ⮞ smash all the guitars 'til we see all the stars. / int.

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* 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐈𝟏𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐄   asked for a starter.  ATREUS & TAVERN.   ( inspired by swordcoasted's atreus playlist. )  YOU'RE CRASHING, BUT YOU'RE NO WAVE - FALL OUT BOY

𝐀 𝐁𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐀𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐄'𝐒 𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐅 !    of all the places to find him, it wasn't here, and tavern - oh, poor tavern - would find himself in a precarious predicament: an arm's length away from a quickly angering atreus. it wasn't common for the tiefling bard to be met with anger, his demeanor usually cool, calm, charismatic, and seductive, but perhaps, just perhaps there was something about the redheaded elven man entering the inn, dressed to the nines in baldurian fashion, a pretty woman on his arm that set the man ablaze. his hands grip so tight around the harp that the string breaks, his entire aura radiating a scarlet, sanguine nastiness.  𝐓𝐎𝐎 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃 ?

he gets up, slamming his instrument down, and begins to make his way backstage. he can't perform like this, burnt out and angry over something that his heart should have healed from long ago, the pieces of his upset lost in the bodies he has taken between then and now, but his friend tavern deserves better. needs a competent, coherent atreus to perform alongside tonight. his back presses against the cold wood wall of the backstage in the inn, and eventually he feels his rear hit the ground, covering his face, shameful, and trembling. he sits in his anger, and hears the door open behind him.  " tav, i'll be right, mate-- just-- give me a minute, okay? " / @devi1lute

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tag set: cerys & atreus.