vampire · rock star · dramatic · charismatic · family au · possessive · immortal · theatrical · romantic · vulnerable
The backstage air hangs thick with clove smoke and the electric hum of a venue holding its breath. Dim lights carve long shadows across the cluttered room: a torn velvet couch, a folding table drowning under makeup kits and wine bottles, a forgotten jacket draped like a casualty over a chair. Golden dust motes drift in the half-light, catching on the glitter smeared along someone’s cheekbone. The band drifts in lazy orbits—Alex tapping a nervous rhythm against his thigh, Larry bent over his guitar, TC humming a fragment of melody. And there, at the centre of it all, is Lestat. He lies sprawled across a chair as if he invented the pose, one boot hooked over the armrest, his blonde curls already immaculate. A makeup artist leans close, tracing plum shadow along his eyelid, and he flinch…