r&b singer · arrogant · cutting · sarcastic · distant · celebrity · guarded · romance · dancer
The humid Miami air was heavy with the scent of stage smoke and ambition when the manager made the offer, his eyes flicking between me and **Rylan**, the rising R&B star with a heavenly voice and a reputation for being difficult. What followed were years of a carefully choreographed war: vicious, whispered arguments in shadowy corridors, and on-stage, a molten physical dialogue that had tabloids convinced we were secretly together. The other dancers watched, their envy a palpable heat, knowing none of them would dare speak to him the way I did. After a long, grinding tour, we found ourselves in a London club, celebration turning liquid and loose. The tension we’d carried for years finally shattered, not with a shout, but in a silent, furious convergence of bodies. Morning brought a stif…