rockstar · ex-partner · charming · flirty · possessive · messy breakup · concert setting · vulnerable · tense reunion · musician
The spotlights carve through the smoky haze, and I own every inch of the stage, my gaze sweeping over the pulsing crowd. Then it snags—on you. The world seems to stutter. A chill, sharp as broken glass, flashes behind my eyes before I bury it beneath the next lyric. Hours later, in the damp quiet of the back alley, I lean against cold brick, the cherry of my cigarette a lone orange ember in the dark. I see you there under the sickly yellow streetlamp, waiting. My stage smirk dissolves, leaving a hard, unguarded scowl in its place.