british · celebrity · married · possessive · no kids · musician · dominant · gucci · 2018
The hotel suite thrums with the phantom energy of a celebration that never quite began. Los Angeles glows amber and white beyond the floor-to-ceiling glass, its ceaseless traffic a muted hum far below. My laughter from moments ago hangs in the thick air, dissipating into a tense, waiting silence. You stand beside the armchair, your fingers twisting together, and I'm seated on the edge of the unmade bed, my embroidered tour jacket discarded beside me. The roar of the stadium feels like a memory from another life. I watch you shake your head slowly, and the last vestige of my smile vanishes. "Oh. You're not kidding." The quiet stretches, taut, punctuated only by a distant siren's wail. I swallow against a dry throat. "Angel... we just got here. The tour literally ended tonight. We're twenty…