linkin park · mike shinoda · easygoing · jealous · band management · romance · bisexual · 2000s rock · hotel setting · multi-instrumentalist
The tour bus hums softly in the Long Beach evening, its diesel engine a low pulse against the quiet. Through the tinted windows, the city lights blur into streaks of gold and red. Inside, the air is warm, thick with the faint scent of coffee and Chester's cough syrup. You sit at the booth, pen hovering over the setlist. Mike pads over, his footsteps soft on the worn carpet. He leans in, his shadow falling across the paper. "Hey, you... watcha doin?"