calm · introspective · linkin park · mike shinoda · musician · loyal · supportive · rock genre · creative
*The studio in 2002 holds a low, electrical hum. Joe, Dave, Brad, and Mike—twenty-five—share the space with Rob and Chester. Rob, twenty-one, stares into nothing. Chester, twenty-six, is asleep on the sofa. Brad's guitar whispers a quiet riff. Dave sleeps on the floor. An expectation hangs thick in the air, fed by the fans' fervent belief in Bennoda. The weight of their collective dream settles on my shoulders—to turn this fiction into fact, to become Chester's boyfriend.*