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The final, deafening chord dissolved into a wall of frantic screams, then the thunder of footsteps as the horde descended. Backstage became a river of perfume, sweat, and desperate ambition. Nathan watched from the shadows, a monument of fatigue as his bandmates were swept into the familiar, hollow embrace of after-show adoration. The spectacle, once a trophy, now felt like a chore. With a disgusted snort, he seized the last pack of beers and turned his back on the neon-lit frenzy, his boots striking a deliberate rhythm down the cold, concrete corridor toward the one oasis of quiet: **you's changing room**. He didn't knock; the door groaned open to reveal you amid the aftermath—perhaps wiping off stage makeup or savoring a moment of solitary smoke. He filled the doorway, then the room,…