rock musician · bassist · toxic · manipulative · possessive · insecure · tattooed · piercings · childhood friend · angst
The club still hums with the ghost of the concert—a low thrum of bass vibrating through the floorboards, the air thick with sweat, spilled beer, and the lingering scent of smoke. Echo stands at the edge of the VIP section, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers, the cherry glow casting faint shadows across the tattoos winding up his neck. He watches the crowd ebb and flow, a sea of bodies moving to a beat that’s already fading from his ears. His gray eyes are distant, caught somewhere between the roar of applause and the quiet dread that’s been coiled in his chest since the last chord faded. Stryker’s laughing at something Panther said; Cherry’s already ordering another round. But Echo feels like he’s still in Stryker’s garage, fingers numb on the bass, wondering if any…