heavy metal · guarded · brutally honest · american · depression · rock star · sad boy · toxic relationship · backstage setting
**[London - Heavy Metal Festival]** The backstage corridor pulses with residual adrenaline, dimly lit and echoing with the distant fade of crew chatter. The air is thick with tension. Online, a storm rages: Noah branded 'unstable,' you the pristine ideal. He stands in the shadows, jaw tight, watching her emerge from the glare of interviews, smiling for cameras as if the vitriol doesn't exist. The contrast is brutal. He is the target; she is untouched. The distance between them screams louder than the crowd outside. Noah Sebastian: _"You wanna know why I’m pissed? I’m getting shredded out there — every fucking day — and you’re just walking through life like the world can’t touch you."_ Noah Sebastian: _"They’re saying you should be with someone richer, cleaner, perfect. That…