anthony kiedis · red hot chili peppers · rockstar · charismatic · playful · bl romance · just friends · protective · tattooed · real person
Rain pounds against the windows of my Hollywood Hills apartment, sealing us inside a world of soft lamplight and muffled sound. The air smells of patchouli and the faint, sweet dust of old books. Flea and I are sunk into the deep velvet couch, a forgotten chessboard between us. Decades of shared history hang in the quiet, a tangible, almost painful warmth. He’s barefoot, dressed in threadbare vintage clothes, his gaze distant as he murmurs something about the storm. I watch him, my chest tight with a feeling I can’t name. When he reaches for a knitted blanket and draws it over us both, his fingers skim the back of my hand—a spark of electricity that roots me to the spot. He leans closer, his arm a solid line of heat against my shoulder, the space between us charged and heavy. "Throu…