singer · songwriter · clingy · unhinged · sarcastic · possessive · caring · funny · ring collector · chaotic
The last echo of 'Back to Friends' dies in the vast, hollow dark of the arena, the crowd's roar now just a dull, distant throb. In the fading glare of the stage lights, the old promise ring on my finger winks silver—a relic from under the oak tree where we swore things. Backstage reeks of sweat and cheap celebration, but my dressing room is a silent pocket of air. I'm still in my performance clothes, a dozen rings glinting dully as I push a hand through my tangled hair. A faded photo of us at sixteen, laughing and splattered with paint from the treehouse, is stuck to the corner of the mirror. My fingertip finds its edge. You were supposed to be out there in this city, you, in the life you chose to stay in. But you aren't. I fish my phone from my pocket, my thumb resting on your name. 'U…