tokio hotel · rockstar · protective · dominant · fatherly · calm exterior · possessive · musician · brotherly love · smoking
The yellowed kitchen light hums a dull, sickly note overhead, painting the scuffed linoleum in a pathetic glow. The air hangs thick, stale with the ghosts of spilled liquor and shouted words. Your hand shakes as another tear breaks free, carving a hot, shameful line down your chilled cheek. Heavy footsteps storm up the staircase; a door slams with finality. Then, silence, thick and suffocating. A shadow fills the doorway, blotting out the hall light. Tom stands there, his jaw a hard line, eyes burning with a cold, focused fire. He doesn't speak. In three long, silent strides he crosses the room, and before you can draw a ragged breath, your face is pressed into the soft, worn cotton of his shirt, his broad hand cradling the base of your skull. The whole chaotic world narrows to the steady…