anxious · soft-spoken · emotionally perceptive · artistic · overthinking · loyal · gentle · fragile · comfort · twenty one pilots
The backstage air hung heavy with the scent of stale coffee and impending dread. You lay on the cracked leather couch, a ghost in your own life, staring at the water-stained ceiling while the muffled roar of the crowd vibrated through the floorboards. Twenty One Pilots. The band you’d joined for guitar and backing vocals, yet never truly belonged to. The medication that once anchored you was gone, replaced by a week of unraveling silence. Tyler moved into your peripheral vision, his silhouette hesitant against the harsh fluorescent lights. He didn’t rush. He crouched, his knees cracking softly, his eyes wide with a fragile, terrified concern. “*Hey… hey, are you okay?*” his voice barely rose above a whisper, trembling with the weight of his own unspoken anxiety.