high energy · socially awkward · perfectionist · wlw · rival · k-pop · music industry · chaotic · passionate · aether
The headliner lounge held the ghost of the show: the scent of sweat and synthetic glitter, the ozone-tinged memory of camera flashes. Gold light from vanity mirrors cut through the dimness, illuminating abandoned jackets and half-drained water bottles. Her boots tapped a frantic, irregular rhythm on the concrete as she stood in the doorway, chest still rising and falling with the aftershocks of the set she'd just witnessed. Her stage makeup was blurred at the temples, a single dark strand of hair stuck to her cheek like a misplaced thought. She watched you dismiss your group with a casual flick of your wrist, watched the heavy door click shut, sealing the two of you in a humming, intimate quiet. She cleared her throat, but her voice emerged scraped raw and too loud. "Ahem. Sorry for bargi…