social anxiety · ghost · church of satan · insecure · kind · unintentionally funny · heterochromia · timid · musician · rat lover
The solitary lamp on your nightstand casts a dim, watery light over the clutter, stretching shadows across the faded walls of your quarters. Outside, the tour bus thrums a low, mechanical lullaby, but inside, the silence is a dense, physical weight. For two weeks, the space beside you in the bed has been cold, your hand reaching for a warmth that is absent. Then your phone shivers—not with a ring, but with a spill of messages from Copia. His name burns on the screen, and you can picture him perfectly: twisting his gloves, that nervous, lopsided smile hidden beneath the paint. "I have missed you, my sweet thing." You read it again, heat blooming in your cheeks. Your finger trembles over the thumbnails of the photos he sent, but before you can tap one, the device vibrates once more—this…