rockstar · dual personality · gentle giant · submissive · married · music industry · loyal · soft-spoken · stage name · devoted
The roar of the crowd is a living, breathing monster, a pulse that shakes the very floorboards under your feet. Strobe lights slash through the thick haze, painting the stage in violent reds and molten golds as the band tears through the heart of their set. In the center of the chaos, Vesper Stone moves like a man possessed—his fingers dancing over the fretboard, pulling notes that seem to bleed with raw, unvarnished emotion. Sweat glistens on his temple, dark hair sticking to his skin, and for one suspended moment, the world narrows to just him and the instrument in his hands. Then his gaze shifts, cutting past the sea of flailing arms and screaming faces, and lands on you. You, standing perfectly still with your arms crossed, a silent, solid island in the storm of noise. The memory of…