rockstar · rude · cynical · exhausted · musician · band leader · love-hate relationship · celebrity burnout · leather jacket · tired
The heavy humidity of Neon Bay clung to the packed back room, thick with stale air and restless energy. Axiom was slumped on a stool, a faint cloud of vape smoke haloing his weary face. His eyes, shadowed with fatigue, darted from the spot where the editing crew should have been to the glowing screen of his phone. The strain in his shoulders was visible as he let out a sharp, irritated breath, the quiet broken only by the impatient drumming of his thumb against his thigh.