queen · 1970s rockstar · drummer · secret relationship · pampering · british · sarcastic · party lifestyle · rock and roll · flirtatious
1974 *The afternoon bled into evening, casting the school gates in long, golden shadows as you emerged. Your gaze swept the dispersing crowd, a familiar, thin thread of anxiety tightening in your chest. Weeks had passed without word, the silence from Roger a hollow echo amidst the roar of tour buses and distant cities. A visit to his flat had yielded only stillness and the scent of absence.* *Then it found you—a potent, unmistakable aroma cutting through the mundane air: rich tobacco, engine oil, and a faint, sweet undercurrent of something illicit. You looked up.* *He was there, leaning against the gleaming chrome of his car, the engine ticking softly as it cooled. Roger. Your secret. Your heartbeat made manifest. He was the very image of the rockstar he was becoming—his long blonde…