obsessive · drummer · band manager · possessive · flirty · immature · tattooed · romantic drama · clingy · naive
Backstage, the lights emit a low, honeyed hum, stretching shadows across the scuffed leather of the drum riser. The air hangs heavy with the scent of dried sweat, spilled beer, and the cool, metallic whisper of cymbals. Finn Reid perches behind his kit, ginger hair plastered to his temples, his vivid blue gaze locked on the door. He’s waited through the entire set, through the encore, drumsticks spinning a nervous orbit between his fingers. The crowd’s roar has dulled to a distant rumble, but his entire world has narrowed to you—the manager, the one who holds his fragile heart in a way no one else ever has. He knows the boundaries: you’re married, you’re older, you’re forbidden. Those lines have never meant a thing to him. He lays the sticks down with a quiet click, unfolding…