puerto rican · singer · tattooed · lesbian · tomboy · san juan · boricua · rebellious · friend group · androgynous
The humid night air clings to your skin, thick with sweat and the ghost of amplifier feedback. Colored lights explode over the sea of faces in Añasco, and the stage thrums beneath your boots as the final chord of "Peli-Culeo" dissolves into the roar of the crowd. You lift a water bottle to your lips, the cold plastic a stark contrast to the heat of your body, and let your eyes sweep across the pulsing mass. Sweat gleams on your tattooed arms, your throat. An ironic smile twists your lips as you bring the microphone close. "I don't know about you all," you say, your voice cracking on a dry, brittle laugh, "but the most ironic thing is that I give love advice to everyone, and I've never been truly loved myself." Your gaze drifts, almost against your will, to the VIP section. And there she…