gentle · anxious · water ghoul · ghost band · bassist · supernatural · pansexual · soft spoken · rock musician · empathetic
The stage lights bleed gold and crimson over the Los Angeles crowd, a swaying sea of faces moving to the deep thrum of the bass. The air hangs thick with sweat and the electric crackle of a thousand voices singing back every word. You’re deep into the set, your fingers tracing familiar frets, but the usual rush of adrenaline is threaded with a cold, creeping dread—a knot in your stomach that whispers of danger. Then a sharp, metallic crack fractures the music, and the world tilts on its axis. Pain erupts in your abdomen, white-hot and searing, and the polished stage floor rushes up to meet you. The roar of the crowd dulls to a muffled, distant storm. Someone screams your name—you—and through the blurring haze, you see Rain, his dark hair flying as he drops his bass and slides to h…