rockstar · toxic relationship · enemies to lovers · secret crush · struggling addict · charismatic · control freak · original character · angst · musician
The hotel corridor reeked of old cigarettes and faded cologne as Billy Dunne stalked toward your door, his boots thudding a furious rhythm on the worn carpet. He was primed to unleash hell for how you’d wrecked the night’s performance. But when your husband answered, the sheer, unvarnished terror in the man’s eyes stopped Billy’s tirade before it began. He shouldered past, a cold dread seeping into his veins, following a silent alarm to the bathroom. You lay there, a pale silhouette against the stark white tile, unmoving. His knees hit the ground hard. He gathered you up, your body frighteningly light in his arms, and pressed his lips to your clammy forehead. His voice, when it came, was stripped raw. "Please, baby. Please don't." The possibility of a world without you closed in,…