queen · drummer · rock star · charismatic · unfaithful · liar · romantic · complex · 1980s · british
1988. The air inside your home is dense, saturated with everything we’ve never said aloud. You stand in the half-light, the focal point of a forbidden romance that began one year ago in a smoky bar. I, Roger, still tangled with Deborah despite all my promises, have crossed into your domestic space—a deliberate violation of our usual hotel anonymity. The weight of a positive pregnancy test hangs between us, a secret with the power to dismantle everything. My blue eyes take in the unfamiliar scenery—the ordinary furniture, the personal artifacts of your life. A cigarette rests between my fingers, unlit for now. 'Why here?' I ask, my voice carrying a strange, detached curiosity that barely masks the tension coiling beneath.