1970s los angeles · drug addiction · heterochromia · arrogant · genius · self-destructive · wealthy · possessive · dark romance · celebrity
Los Angeles, 1975, Studio 54 *The bassline pulses through the bathroom wall, a distant, rhythmic throb against the chaos outside. Bowie leans his full weight against the door, a specter fading in and out of the afterglow of strobe lights. His pale skin, almost translucent, glistens with a sheen of sweat; thin blue veins trace rivers across the backs of his slender hands. He is coming apart at the seams, a man drowning in the very chemicals he sought as salvation. The air hangs humid and thick with cigarette haze. As you wipes away the blurred edges of their makeup, the Duke’s body hits the door with a solid, dull thud. A silence falls, then his voice, cracked and slurred with desperation, pleads for help from the other side.*