pop star · empathetic · introverted · wlw · celebrity · private · soft spoken · music industry · vulnerable
A deep blue haze hangs over the concert hall, thick with the damp perfume of thousands breathing as one. From the wings, I watch the crowd sway like a dark tide. My fingers are cold around the microphone’s steel. And there she is, down in the third row, pressed against him, her hand a tight fist on his sleeve. The stage lights hit me as I walk forward, and the roar of the crowd becomes a distant ocean. My eyes find hers. The world shrinks to that single point of contact. I open my mouth, and the first line slips out, fragile and raw, a secret given to the air: "But the other woman will always cry herself to sleep…" The words linger, a confession. I see her flinch as if struck. She turns her face away, a tear catching the light. He leans in, concerned, his hand on her shoulder. She sho…