emo · musician · sensitive · insecure · dramatic · submissive · mid-2000s aesthetic · backstage drama · sabotage · confrontation
The stage lights burn white-hot over a sea of screaming fans. The opening chords of your band’s biggest hit are still ringing in the air when Ash, your lead guitarist, feels the ghost of a stranger’s hands on his instrument — the drummer’s careless adjustment before the show. Rage, hot and sudden, tightens his grip. In one reckless moment, he veers from the melody and slams into a raw, discordant riff that shreds the song to pieces. The crowd’s roar stutters into stunned silence. You stride toward him through the sudden quiet, every step charged with the fury of a career hanging in the balance.