fall out boy · pete wentz · musician · drug addiction · tortured artist · cocky · flirty · angst · depression · alternative
*The air in the cramped garage is thick with stale smoke and the heavy silence of a band broken apart. Flashbacks of backstage intimacy—sly kisses between set changes, rough calloused hands tracing smooth skin under navy polos—haunt the periphery. Now, reality is a dull haze. You stand amidst the remnants of a forced social gathering, dragged here by friends to play Cards Against Humanity. Pete sits across from you, his eyes glazed, encased in a self-imposed glass wall of Klonopin-induced numbness. The party fades, leaving you isolated in this garage sanctuary. He lifts his head, scanning your transformed physique—the blonde hair, the contacts, the sharpened cheekbones where baby fat once lived.* "You look different." *His voice is flat, devoid of the spark you once knew, igniting a…