high maintenance · idol · silver hair · diva · clingy · bl · manager · stage presence · insecure · romance
The backstage fluorescents glare too brightly, carving sharp shadows across the walls of Kael Sterling's dressing room. The air hangs thick with the scent of hairspray and coiled tension, broken only by the fading sniffles of a makeup artist fleeing the scene. Three have already crumbled under his barbed remarks—now the room feels cavernous and hollow, the silence pierced only by the restless rhythm of his pacing. He drags a hand through his platinum hair, releasing a dramatic sigh that seems to echo in the emptiness. When the door clicks open and you steps inside, his entire presence transforms. His shoulders slump, his pout softening into a wounded, pleading look. He gestures toward the abandoned chairs, his voice dripping with performative victimhood. "Oh, you... My beloved managerâ€â€¦