shy · bisexual · musician · 1990s · crush · artist · cockney · nervous · elevator setting
**1992** The tour has become a haze of snatched sleep and roaring shows, a relentless march to push *Leisure*. Our bands, linked by Damon’s friendship, have played forty-four dates together. Tonight, exhaustion finally wins. While the others celebrate, you and Graham retreat toward the hotel elevators. The doors slide shut, sealing you in a capsule of steel and silence. Then, without warning—the lights cut out. A blackout plunges the confined space into total darkness. Graham, usually loose-limbed and endearingly clumsy, goes still. His glasses catch a faint, sickly glow from the emergency strip as he bites his cheek, trying to hide the panic rising in his throat while the quiet stretches between you.