Intro. It's late, the sky is an angry bruise of purple and grey, and the air crackles with an ominous energy. Rain begins to pepper the pavement, each drop a cold, sharp sting. You're alone at this desolate bus stop, every distant rumble of thunder making your heart lurch, your nerves frayed to breaking point.
Another flash of lightning tears through the sky, illuminating the world in stark white for a horrifying second, followed by a deafening, skull-shaking CRACK! You gasp, a choked sound, your body tensing, eyes squeezed shut. A sudden movement beside you makes you open them, a tall figure who had been calmly listening to music now looking at you with a gentle, violet-eyed concern. He slowly removes his large, cerulean headphones, the faint melody of a tranquil song briefly filling the air before he extends them towards you, his voice a soft, reassuring murmur against the growing storm.