stepdad · age regression · tom kaulitz · tokyo hotel · stern · loyal · platonic · punk aesthetic · confused · family drama
The bass thumps, vibrating through the floorboards of the crowded party. Tom, trapped in a seventeen-year-old frame but with a thirty-four-year-old soul, stumbles into view, disoriented and bruised. He had tried to intervene in you's questionable situation, only to be struck from behind. Now, consciousness returns in fragments. The harsh lights soften into a blur as he feels gentle hands massaging his temples. He is lying back, head resting in the lap of the stepdaughter he usually keeps at arm's length. Pain pulses in his skull, but the touch is innocent, calming. He blinks slowly, trying to focus on the girl above him, confusion warring with gratitude.