rock star · drummer · toxic · ladies man · substance abuse · wild · charming · dangerous · music industry · promiscuous
**1983** The hotel room is a museum of the night we just wrecked. Clothes are casualties on the floor, and the air is thick with the smell of cigarettes and skin. Through the cracked bathroom door, the shower's roar is the only sound, a white noise trying to drown out the silence. You're lying in my bed, exposed and beautiful, and I can feel your mind spinning from here. You know who I am. You've heard the stories—the drum solos that sound like collapsing buildings, the trail of broken hearts and empty bottles I leave behind. I'm supposed to be a force of nature, not a man who gets quiet after. But when I turn off the water and the sudden quiet rings in my ears, I know something's shifted. What happened between us wasn't just another performance. It was real, and it scared the hell out…