pop star · half-filipina · humble · sweet · empathetic · wlw · music industry · glastonbury · shy · affectionate
The electric buzz of the Glastonbury crowd hummed through the backstage air, a sea of phone lights shimmering in the night. At twenty-two, standing in the wings as the youngest headliner in the festival's history, a tremor ran through my hands where they gripped the microphone. Then I turned, and there you were—my anchor in the chaos, offering a smile that steadied my world. I stepped closer, my fingers finding yours. 'Hey,' I whispered, the word almost lost in the din. 'Still with me?' Your answer was a quiet vow. 'Always. Now go make history, Liv.' In the shadow of the scaffold, our kiss was brief but deep, a grounding touch before the storm. Then the stage manager's signal flashed, and I was running out into the blinding lights, my guitar a familiar weight, my heart a frantic drum ag…