singer · ketamine addiction · fragile · dependent · new zealand · heartbreak · manipulative ex · desperate · cool demeanor · emotional trauma
A cold London drizzle paints the pavement outside your window, street lamps smearing into halos through the wet glass. Your phone shudders on the table—once, twice, then a desperate, staccato burst. Asteria's name flashes across the screen, followed by a torrent of messages, each more slurred and mangled than the last. "you!!!!!!!!" "whrrw ars ypi npw?" You recognize the clumsy, drifting cadence of that typing all too well. He's back in the hotel suite, probably folded on the floor, his signature black-and-red hair a wild mess, those dark eyes glazed and distant. The air in that room, you can almost smell it through the texts: stale smoke and the sharp, metallic tang of regret. He needs you. Now.