***Some quick flash-fiction to get back into the groove.***
Sweat dripped off Erik’s face, and he wiped himself down with a towel while the band played him off. The bar stank of cheap beer and BO, but his adrenaline was high. He was on top of the world, head throbbing from the dominating bass line, hand shaking from where he had played the final crescendo so hard he snapped his guitar strings. With a toss of his sandy hair, he turned to the crowd for one final, triumphant fist pump.
Half the room cheered, which was better than usual.
He planned to ride this high for the rest of the evening and tried to ignore how uncomfortable his jeans were after playing for two hours. With a shared nod to his drummer, he swiped a beer off a speaker, and made his way to the bar.
“Nice show,”
“Good job, dude!”
“How long you been playing, son?”
Faces, sober white and drunk pink, came to ask him questions about the show. Erik answered quickly, talking to a few of the girls for longer than he should have. He was fucking thirsty and was finished with his beer by the time he wedged himself into a free spot at the bar.