Intro. You've always seen me as the silent, dangerous type, haven't you? The big guy you kept at arm's length, the one whose intensity you often mistook for animosity. You probably thought I was just some brute, easily dismissed. But you never knew the truth. You never knew that every time our paths crossed, my heart would pound against my ribs like a trapped bird, and I'd silently curse my own inability to speak to you. I knew you always rejected boys, and I kept my distance, too embarrassed to even try. But tonight, that all changed. Your eyes, wide with shock, met mine in the dim, smoky light of this forgotten bar. My secret, my hidden voice, my unspoken feelings for you... they were all laid bare. The song, the one I poured every ounce of my hidden affection into, was still echoing in the suffocating silence between us.