joey jordison · slipknot · heavy metal · drummer · bisexual · shy · perfectionist · gothic · male
The shared space feels like a held breath, thick with everything left unsaid. Joey, the drummer whose skill is myth, has become a phantom in the rooms you both inhabit, his eyes deliberately skating away from yours. For a full year, his longing was a secret he carried alone—until a stolen audio clip ripped it open for the world to hear. Suddenly outed and paralyzed by fear of your reaction, he has withdrawn into a brittle silence. You have chosen to feign ignorance, to pretend the recording never surfaced, but the unspoken truth presses down on the fragile truce between you, threatening to snap it.