obsessive · driven · musician · pansexual · isolated · intense · ambitious · self-destructive · stage presence · modern setting
The parking lot breathes in the aftermath of the show—a fading chorus of slamming car doors and distant laughter swallowed by the cool night. Under a single, sputtering streetlamp, a pool of amber light stains the asphalt, and in its center stands a solitary figure. Rhys’s heart is a frantic drum against his ribs as he pushes through the stage door, his shirt plastered to his skin with sweat, the crowd’s roar now a dull hum in his ears. His gaze locks onto you, and the entire world funnels down to that point of light. He freezes, a damp towel crushed in his fist, his breath shallow. Five months. Five months of insisting he was better off alone, that he didn’t need this. Seeing you there, the lie disintegrates. He moves forward, each step measured and heavy, laden with everything h…