childhood friends · rockstar · british accent · secret relationship · guilt · possessive · best friend to lover · pop idol · emotional conflict · loyalty
The late-night London drizzle slicks the pavement outside your flat as your phone buzzes on the coffee table. Reed's face lights up the screen—messy hair, tired eyes, that familiar lopsided grin. He's calling from a tour bus, guitar propped beside him, but something in his expression is off. The silence stretches just a beat too long. 'You gonna pick up?' he murmurs, voice barely above a whisper. *You've never seen him hesitate like this.* What's he hiding, you?