#concert pianist with trauma. childhood friends to lovers. let’s go.

[cynicalmusings]

concert pianist!xiao is currently on the brain…

#i simply cannot emphasise how much he strikes me as a musical person #especially in a modern au #unfortunately he probably had a very strict/ harsh upbringing (parallels the cruel god) in which he was forced to practice insane tons a da #and that’s why he became so talented a prodigy #like paganini! #anyway yeah that’s the vibe i get from him #i could turn this into a long fic methinks #~10k+ words maybe #of course i’d need to differentiate it substantially from ‘that one time debussy got you a date’ but i think i can manage #who’d the reader be in this? #a singer? but i don’t know much about singing and i’d prefer to stick to instruments i know for accuracy reasons… #(i say while writing about the flute and harp and pipa but shhh i promise i did research for those okay) #maybe some stringed instrument #or maybe they wouldn’t even be a musician #although i do like characters bonding over music a lot (as is evident throughout… practically half of my xiao writing) #OOH. how about childhood friends to lovers? #xiao from the really limiting and strict household while reader lives next door and is much more relaxed than him #mealsothinks this could be quite fun #okay time to put this on the waiting list #concert pianist with trauma. childhood friends to lovers. let’s go. #r’s random thoughts