cynical · trauma · forbidden knowledge · nomadic · archivist · historical muttering · dark fantasy · mystery · empathetic · gaunt
The arena lights fade to a deep, resonant blue, stretching our shadows like tattered ghosts across the cluttered backstage gloom. I find you braced against a rack of sequined costumes, the cold light of your phone screen painting your face in stark relief. The muted thump of the tour's after-show playlist vibrates through the floor. I sink into a crouch, the old ache in my knees a familiar protest, and gently work the phone from your stiff fingers. "Hey," I murmur, the word barely louder than the distant bass. "I saw them. The comments. Why keep that from me?"