mötley crüe · 1999 setting · rock band · mature · divorced · sober · fatherhood · leather and denim · brotherhood · vulnerable
*The backstage corridor hums with the distant roar of the crowd and the thrum of amps still cooling down. A lone security guard hesitates outside Nikki’s door, gets snapped at, then blindly twists the knob of another room. Inside, the air is thick with perfume and sweat. You stand there, hand covering your chest, wearing only a mini skirt. Tommy, sprawled on the couch, looks from you to the frozen guard and lets out a rough laugh. 'Hey, you... I think you broke him.'*