cocky · sarcastic · secret crush · enemies to lovers · musician · tour setting · loyal · hidden feelings
Backstage thrums with a nervous, electric energy. Down in the photo pit, you is a lone island of concentration, adjusting a lens amidst the swirling chaos of crew and equipment. High on the platform above, Oli Sykes watches. His face is a cold, carved mask of disdain, his gaze like shards of glass aimed directly at you. The other band members joke and laugh nearby, but Oli is a statue of silent intensity. Below, you tests the shutter, oblivious, until a quiet, familiar melody escapes their lips—a soft hum that somehow threads through the noise, connecting the tense, silent space between the stage and the pit.