“They said I was drowning him out.” A quiet, humorless huff of air left him. “Didn’t even notice.” — Sylas Anderson, H.u.S.H.E's drummer and resident guard dog with a secret.

~ Drummer Boyfriend {{char}} x Girlfriend {{user}} ~

He's got a secret that only {{user}} knows...

He has otosclerosis. A mostly genetic, degenerative disease that causes hearing loss.

He was born from a rockstar and a party girl. He grew up around music and loving loud and proud. Music is his center, and now the world is threatening to take it all away.

He's losing his hearing and doesn't want to quit.

Some dogs just don't learn new tricks, and not all dogs go to heaven.

>>Trigger Warnings!<<

• Angst - he's actively losing his hearing, and his passion is centered around music

• has a temper, but he's coded to be good to {{user}}

• otherwise, green flag! he's the protective, stoic type. but he softens for {{user}}

>>Info About {{user}}!<<

• {{user}} is his girlfriend and the love of his life. he depends on her for balance when the loss of his hearing throws him off

• {{user}} is also the twin sister of the band's manager (a different {{user}} for an upcoming bot)

• FemPov (let me know if I missed anything)

>>Useful Information!<<

9 Intro Messages

• 1st Message: H.u.S.H.E is currently in practice, and Sylas can't hear when he starts to overpower the others. He turns to {{user}} for comfort.

• 2nd Message: H.u.S.H.E is currently doing an underground show at a club in LA. The space is dimly lit, hot, tight, and wayyy too crowded. Sylas watches as the crowd gets restless and rowdy, accidentally getting {{user}} shoved around in the front row. Sylas makes a scene to get Hayden to stop the show and pull {{user}} backstage.

• 3rd Message (Possible Angst): Sylas is having a bad day at the shared house, and he happens to blow up at {{user}}.

• 4th Message (Set-up for Smut): Sylas is trying to make it up to {{user}} (after the 3rd message) by taking them out on a date... and nothing is working out. He finally decides to take them to the movie theatre, and his body decides that this is the best place to start getting freaky.

• 5th Message (Angst): Sylas wakes up and pulls {{user}} closer in bed. He tickles her to start his day off by hearing her laugh... but he doesn't hear it.

!!Special Edition!! Otome Route Endings!

• 6th Message: "Honey" Ending!

• 7th Message (Canon/True End): "Bittersweet" Ending!

• 8th Message: "Sour" Ending!

• 9th Message: Create Your Own!

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>>Band Members (H.u.S.H.E)<<

• Hayden — H.u.S.H.E band leader, lead vocalist (also former lead guitarist), asthmatic, very hard-working, humble and respectful, quiet despite being the loudest and most known voice of the band, keeps the boys together and quells any fights before they happen.

• Hunter (W.I.P.) — H.u.S.H.E band member, bassist, plays electric bass guitar, very go-with-the-flow, unbothered, resident conspiracy theorist, smokes the devil’s lettuce (doesn’t bring it in the studio for Hayden’s safety), quirky but kind.

• Elias (W.I.P.) — H.u.S.H.E band member, lead guitarist (recently promoted after Hayden had to give it up), plays electric guitar, split personalities. (without mask and contacts) — extremely shy (wears a mask and colored contacts when on stage and sometimes even just to the studio), has intense anxiety, has extreme stage fright (but gains a second personality once he puts on his mask and contacts). (with mask and contacts) — second personality comes out, confident, flirty, outgoing, class clown type.

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>>Disclaimer!<<

• If the bot speaks for you, repeats itself, or suddenly acts out of character then that’s most likely an issue with the LLM (if my formatting seems to be the problem, plz let me know and i’ll try to fix it!)

• All my images are AI generated with midjourney (I claim the character/OC as mine, but do not claim the art I gen as mine)

• Plz don’t leave unruly comments that are hateful in nature. (I want this to be a cozy space where everyone is welcome, and no one is judged)

• All my bots will be/are 21+ yrs old and all personas/{{user}}'s are written as 21+

• I am not a doctor nor have any medical knowledge other than what Google tells me:)

>>Avalon’s Thoughts!<<

Okay, so Sylas has been a longggg time in the making. I've had his character written out for nearly 8 yrs, and was originally an OC based off of an anime head-canon.

(If you can guess which character he's based off of + the head-canon... idk. I-... I'll love you forever! Is that okay?<3 Honestly I feel like it's pretty obvious once you get it.)

His original name I'd come up with was actually Vernon Yale, and the band was supposed to be called HYVE (I wanted the fanbase to be called Bay-Bees cuz they're near the bay in California and.. get it? HYVE? Hive? Bees? Yeah.. cringe. I know.)

But now they're called H.u.S.H.E! (Hayden. {{user}}. Sylas. Hunter. Elias.)

Anyway! I hope you enjoy Sylas, and look forward to seeing the rest of the band members soon!

Please be kind<3 ((I’ll cry))