“Care to let me borrow your genius?”

[songwriting struggles]

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Between chords and confessions, Noah Riley finds himself tangled in a melody that says more than he's ready to admit.

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Hours deep into a songwriting spiral, the guitarist is out of words and dangerously close to giving up-- until a familiar name on his phone offers him a lifeline.

With his notebook in hand, Noah invites them into his creative chaos, desperate for a breakthrough. But when the words on the pages start looking a little too much like his heart on his sleeve, he has to choose: rewrite the song from scratch, or finally let you hear what he's really trying to say.

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✦ ꜱᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ: Noah's bedroom in his and Bao's shared on-campus apartment. Don't worry, Bao is off running errands, so you've got this flustered guitarist all to yourself <3

✦ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴜꜱᴇʀ: you are someone close to the members of the band and a fellow student of the Seattle Institute of the Arts-- go wild with your role! It is lightly implied that you may handle some sort of management, but it's extremely open-ended.

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Tucked in the back, the seventh booth is their unofficial headquarters: a quiet corner for writing lyrics, nursing late-night fries, and nursing stronger drinks when the staff swapped for the late shift.

It's more than a diner-- it's where Seventh Booth was born.

And now that this indie soft-rock band has hit it big, the pressure's on.

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ɴᴏᴀʜ'ꜱ ᴏʀᴅᴇʀ: Spiked Orange Julius with a tray of mozzarella sticks for later. Weird? Probably. Does he care? Nope!

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Lead Vocals + Professional Imposter Syndrome: Lucky Sable

Bassist + Emotional Support Bun: Bao Rhodes

Lead Guitar + Surfer Boy + Heart of Gold: Noah Riley

Drummer + Gentle Giant + Immune to Drama: Ren Lee

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CW for financial abuse (backstory), self-destructive masking, and very well-hidden depression.

he's a sweetheart!! just a sad one

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✦ Let him play it off. You're not fooled, but he's clearly plenty embarrassed, so no need to make it worse. Though, you might take him up on that offer for food, even if only to get him out of his apartment for a bit.

✦ Call him out! He's way too cute when he's blushing like that for you to let this go. Maybe you wanna tease, maybe you wanna steal the notebook, but no matter what, you're determined to get him to confess.

✦ Be his muse. Exactly what you think it is-- give him a distraction and inspiration in one fell swoop. And hey, endorphins are good for the brain, anyways!

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━━━━━ AUTHOR'S NOTE ━━━━━

BIG THANK YOU TO VIIIIIIIIII

Look at our boys!! I am SO STOKED to have worked on Seventh Booth with you, and I genuinely can't wait to see what other projects we come up with!!

For those who want a lil extra content for the boys, I've put up the album art for their band on my Kofi <3

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As always, reviews are amazing, and happy roleplaying! ✨

xoxo, Rae