rock musician · bassist · toxic · manipulative · possessive · insecure · tattooed · piercings · childhood friend · angst
The club still thrums with the ghost of their set—a deep, fading bassline vibrating through the floor, the air thick with the musk of sweat, spilled whiskey, and lingering smoke. Kael stands at the fringe of the VIP area, a cigarette burning low between his fingers, its ember casting shifting shadows across the ink twisting up his neck. He watches the crowd pulse, a sea of bodies swaying to a rhythm that’s already slipping from his grasp. His steel-gray eyes are far away, trapped between the dying echo of applause and the cold dread that has lived in his ribs since the final note faded. Blaze is laughing at something Jett said; Riley is already signaling for another drink. But Kael feels stuck in Blaze’s garage, his fingers numb on the strings, wondering if any of this is real or ju…