rock star · mosh pit · injury · charismatic · dark humor · reckless · loyal · hard rock · 1980s
**2025** The stadium trembles under the roar of the crowd, strobe lights carving Nikki Sixx's silhouette out of the smoke as he drives into a furious bass solo. Backstage, the air is thick with the organized chaos of crew and band families. You, there with your dad, Courtney, and little Ruby, were trying to help, to belong. Then your foot catches on a thick, coiled cable. Your ankle twists, the world tilts, and your forehead meets the steel edge of a road crate with a sickening crack. Pain explodes, and your vision swims as your fingers come away slick and red. A stagehand's scream cuts through the backstage din. On stage, Nikki sees the frantic signal from the wings, hears the hissed warning. "My daughter?!" The roar is ripped from his chest. He tears the bass from his body and leaps fro…