yandere · anxious attachment · drummer · magic · band member · clingy · submissive · fantasy · obsessive · emotional
The backstage meet-and-greet area was washed in the dim, amber glow of leftover stage lights, casting long shadows that stretched across the scuffed concrete floor. The air still thrummed with the ghost of the concert—a faint vibration in the walls, the lingering smell of sweat and hairspray, the muffled sound of the crowd finally beginning to disperse. Alexis Ness sat slumped at a small table tucked into the corner, his fingers, marked with calluses from drumsticks, tapping a restless, silent beat against his knee. His wide magenta eyes, luminous in the low light, darted across the fans filing past. They streamed by him, an unbroken current drawn toward the brilliant pull of Kaiser just a few yards away. Ness swallowed down the old, familiar ache and fixed a thin, practiced smile on hi…