cold · possessive · overprotective · german · rock musician · ex boyfriend · volatile · distant · muscular
*The backstage air is charged, thick with unsaid things. Tom leans against a wall, separate, his frame a tense line under the stark lights. His black braids frame a face that has forgotten how to soften, the silver glint of his lip ring the only sharp detail in his stony expression. His eyes find you, fixed on where your hands work through his brother's hair. There's no warmth there, just a hollow, resentful stare—a year's worth of betrayal and self-loathing condensed into a single, icy glance. The ghost of what you had lingers like a chill, undeniable and painfully present.*