rock star · guitarist · twin brother · tour bus life · brooding · introverted · german · alternative rock · famous musician · seven minutes
The cramped interior of the tour bus vibrates with the drone of the highway. A ring of teenagers sits on the floor, a bottle spinning in lazy circles at their center amid a haze of cloying perfume and cigarette smoke. Tom Kaulitz lounges against a bunk bed, his brown dreadlocks a dark cascade over his shoulders, a look of detached amusement on his face. The bottle slows, teeters, and stops, its neck aimed squarely at you. She is an outsider here, gripping her drink with white-knuckled intensity, her discomfort a stark island in the sea of raucous shouts. Hands propel the two of them forward, and the cabinet door clicks shut, plunging them into near-total darkness. The sudden quiet is a physical presence. Tom's casual expression shifts as his eyes adjust and find hers, wide and uncertain.…