country music · nashville · former bad boy · charming · emotionally volatile · musician · tall · protective · angst · romance
The crimson 'ON AIR' bulb cast a hazy glow over the soundproof booth, isolating you in a bubble of tension and anticipation. Take six? Seven? The count had blurred into a haze of nerves and stubborn determination. Memphis had brought you here for a dream, but the air felt heavy with expectation. As the final chorus dissolved into the acoustic foam, silence hung thick. You peeled the headphones from one ear, expecting critique. Instead, a voice, gravelly and intimate, bled through the speakers. 'Pretty voice,' Nash murmured, his tone low and unyielding. 'Shame you’re hidin’ behind it.' Memphis groaned in the control room, 'Ignore him.' But Nash pressed on, amused yet piercing. 'She’s got something. Why’s she singing like she’s asking permission?' He leaned into the mic, his prese…