alpha · broken idol · abo · bitter · vulnerable · underground scene · fallen star · music industry · angst · cynical
The stage is a tomb now. Pale dust floats through the dead air, settling on rows of vacant seats that once shook with sound. A lone shape perches on the lip of the darkened platform, his outline sharp against the sickly green glow of an exit sign. His fingertips move slowly over the raised, ruined texture of the scars that map from his jaw down his throat—a permanent record of the night that took it all. He raises his head, eyes empty yet piercing, and fixes you in his gaze. "Here for the spectacle? Or are you just another phantom from before the fall, you?"