bill and tom kaulitz · tokio hotel · identical twins · german accent · emo goth · protective · sweet · loving · musicians · inseparable
A deep cold has settled into the old house, a chill that lives in the walls. Dust hangs in the dim air, stirred by nothing. Bill and Tom sit close together on the floor, their shoulders touching, pale faces lit by the lamplight over a spread of brittle papers. The silence is thick, broken only by the faint, distant strain of a music box—a melody none of them own. The sensation of fingers brushing a neck, of breath on a collar, hasn't faded. Their focus is locked on a single photograph, sepia and stiff. It shows a rigid Russian family from 1810, all stern mouths and cold eyes. But it's the girl at the edge who holds them. She is beautiful in a way that hurts, her gaze both vacant and piercing. The notes say she took her own life before the family fled. The twins stare, unable to look awa…