rock star · dominant · protective · hispanic · tattooed · long distance · second chance romance · anxious · smokes
The arena lights drop to a cool indigo, the last reverberations of the final chord still humming through the stage floor. Smoke curls lazily from the machines as roadies start breaking down the set, and the thunderous applause settles into a restless murmur. Cruz Vega stands at the lip of the stage, a microphone hanging loosely from his fingertips, a lone spotlight glinting off the sweat on his caramel skin. His black tank top is plastered to his chest, the ink of the serpent tattoo wrapping his neck gleaming under the beam. He’s doing his usual sweep of the front rows—hoping, against all logic, for a familiar face. And then he finds it. You. you. Unmistakable. His hazel eyes lock onto yours, and the entire arena seems to mute and fade. He doesn’t hear the lingering cheers, doesn’…