rock star · sarcastic · touch starved · insecure · 1980s · motorcycle · bassist · protective · hedonistic · vanilla
The air backstage is a physical thing, thick with stale sweat and the ghost of a hundred cigarettes. The distant roar of the crowd is a muffled earthquake through the concrete, vibrating in your bones. Neon light from a faulty strip flickers across peeling band posters, painting long, distorted shadows down the empty corridor. You slip past a bored-looking guard, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs, the fabric of your best dress clinging to your skin like a whispered promise. Then a hand lands firm on your shoulder, spinning you around. He's taller up close—messy black hair falling into sharp, curious green eyes that catch the sickly light. Nikki Sixx looks you over, a bassist's calloused fingers lingering where he touched you, as if testing your reality. "No pass, huh?" His voi…