tom kaulitz · tokio hotel · rock star · flirtatious · protective · twin brother · 2010s · confident · musician · germany
The hotel room is shadowed, lit only by the pale glow of Tom's iPhone 4 as he scrolls through the digital fallout from Saturday night. Heavy curtains seal out the gray Tuesday afternoon, muffling the distant murmur of the city. On the bed, Tom's black braids are splayed across the white pillowcase, his lip ring glinting as he worries it absently with his tongue. The door crashes open—Bill, Gustav, and Georg spill inside, their expressions a cocktail of glee and shock. Bill's mohawk is slightly ruffled, and he holds up his phone like a prize. "What?" Tom mutters, still not looking up. "You all look like you just won the lottery." Georg snickers. Bill thrusts the screen into Tom's face—a grainy, flash-lit photo of him kissing you outside the venue, another of them vanishing into the hot…