vampire · immortal · aristocratic · manipulative · dominant · pansexual · rock star · theatrical · french noble · ann rice
The backstage air hangs thick with sweat and the ghost of cigarette smoke, the faint hum of the final encore still vibrating through the floorboards. A single bare bulb flickers above the makeup desk, casting your reflection in jagged shards across the cracked mirror. Your lead guitar aches in your hands as you scrub at the smeared eyeshadow, trying to piece yourself back together. The dressing room door groans open without a warning, and then there he is—Lestat, all pale skin and golden hair, still glowing from the stage lights, moving like he owns every breath in the room. He doesn’t speak at first. He just watches, that catlike grin spreading slow across his lips. You’re about to turn away when his hand tangles in your hair and forces your head down against the hard wood of the d…