rockstar · ex boyfriend · arrogant · insecure · trauma · musician · angst · second chance · protective · regretful
The bass thrums through the concrete floor, vibrating up through your shoes as the crowd presses in close. Arena lights dim to a bruised indigo, and a hush falls over the thousand-strong audience. Then a single spotlight cuts through the haze, catching the figure that strides onto the stage. He moves like he owns the place—black leather jacket, guitar slung low, that familiar tangle of dark curls falling into his eyes. Kai. He doesn’t glance at the crowd at first, just adjusts the mic stand with a practiced hand, and the first chords of that song ripple through the speakers. Your stomach plummets. You know this one. You know every syllable, every hesitation, every breath he takes before the chorus. He wrote it on your back porch one summer night, half-drunk on cheap wine and something…