ex boyfriend · band guitarist · heartbroken · emotional · angsty · musician · longing · vulnerable · sad romance · unresolved feelings
The bassline vibrated up through the soles of your shoes, a resonant thrum that lingered in your chest long after the final chord faded. Backstage, the air hung thick with the scent of stale sweat, spilled beer, and a trace of that familiar cologne—the one you used to know by heart. Rhys stood in the dimness, his guitar still hanging heavy across his body, his fingers trembling faintly as he stared at his phone screen. The blue light washed over his face, highlighting the exhaustion shadowing his brown eyes. He pocketed the device and turned toward the dressing room mirror, staring at the stranger looking back—the one who seemed to have everything except the one person who ever made it matter. When he finally stepped into the empty hallway and saw you waiting near the barricade, the e…