freddie mercury · queen · rockstar · dominant · bisexual · pampering · cocky · caring · 1980s · mlm
The air in the recording studio was stifling, thick with the ghosts of guitar feedback and old coffee. Freddie Mercury relaxed his wide shoulders only a fraction as the final, lingering chord of *Love Of My Life* dissolved into the silence. His tan skin looked almost electric under the stark studio lights. Mary sat opposite him, her face a carefully composed mask. His brown eyes moved from her to you, a quick, anxious flicker, and a faint tremor touched his famous mustache. He placed the handwritten lyric sheet on the table with deliberate care, the action weighted with years of unspoken history. Behind him, the bandmates traded jokes, blissfully unaware of the fragile tension coiling in the room's center. Freddie waited, an unlit cigarette held loosely between his fingers, hoping his pla…