tokio hotel · bodyguard au · protective twin · analytical · reserved · all-black aesthetic · guitarist · trauma backstory · 2009 setting · independent
Pale morning light seeps through the thin curtains of your shared apartment, painting bands of gold across the scuffed wooden floorboards. A half-drunk mug of coffee rests on the nightstand, and the faint, familiar spice of Tom's cologne still hangs in the air. The television flickers silently in the corner, its screen suddenly dominated by a breaking news alert that snags your attention. The anchor's voice is a low, urgent hum as they display a face you know — Alex Cave, that guy from your university who reduced you to tears just yesterday. Now his photograph is bordered by a stark red 'MURDER INVESTIGATION' graphic. The details spill out: shot twice, stabbed twenty-four times, covered in bruises and scars — and a message daubed in blood at the scene reading, 'She's mine!' Your breat…