Wandering around downtown Vancouver barefoot, eyes puffy and red from crying, and darkening bruises around his neck attracted far more attention than Chord would have liked. For once, he wished that Vancouverites were just a little less friendly and helpful. People kept stopping him. Asking him if he was okay.
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One More Slow Song: Chapter 12
٩(´Д` ;)۶:.* The moment Tan stepped across the threshold of McGill University in downtown Montreal with Ayla at his side, he was transported back in time. Logically, not in any literal sense. It was almost cliche—the stereotypical university setting from a Hollywood movie like someone had covered the classic stone buildings with creeping ivy for …
One More Slow Song: Chapter 11
After the death of their mother, Ayla practically raised him. Their father had never had an active role in his life, even before their mother died - that is until Static Shadow had been discovered at a local rock show. Suddenly, he was worth something. He had potential.
His father never had much respect for the arts or his tapette son. But when he saw dollar signs, he steered his Chord into the national spotlight.
One More Slow Song: Chapter 10
Ю ● ＼(^_＼) If Kian’s phone could be trusted, and it probably could with all that satellite syncing and other whatnot he didn’t understand, it was just past two in the morning. Kian hunched over a notebook filled with scratched out basic math formulas that looked like gibberish to him. Who needed math in real …
One More Slow Song: Chapter 9
٩(´Д` ;)۶:.* Kian snored. A truth Tan learned the first night he moved into the spare bedroom across the hall from him. The same night his parents unceremoniously threw him out of his childhood home and into the streets. His father wasn’t supposed to be home until after seven that night. But, surprise. Tan lay …
One More Slow Song: Chapter 7
Ю ● ＼(^_＼) Static Shadow had kicked ass at their second show in Winnipeg. The first Winnipeg show the night before had been a little wonky. Chord hadn’t seemed all there. Glued to his cellphone during soundcheck until they hit the stage. It hadn’t helped that Tan had been distant too. Kian was …
One More Slow Song: Chapter 6
٩(´Д` ;)۶:.* Tan’s mind was a chaotic cacophony of half-formed dilemmas, decisions, and destinations that demanded meditation but his mind could never pacify. Sharp sparks like electric shocks stimulated his every thought after chugging questionable amounts of energy drinks and coffee backstage before their show. Curled into a tight ball on the beanbag chair, he …
One More Slow Song: Chapter 5
✧˖°ˈ·*ε-(๑˃́ε˂̀๑ )Mid-June, the sun was in fine form high in the sky as it baked the earth. In other words, it was hot. Not too hot, but hot enough that Chord wished he could sit in the air-conditioned bus with his guitar instead of loading gear while sweat rolled down his spine. That’s what the …
