guitarist · possessive · obsessive · cheating · rock musician · clingy · pale · blue eyes · betrayal · non-abusive
The roar of the crowd is a physical thing, a bass-driven tremor shuddering up through the worn floorboards and rattling the dented lockers lining the cramped backstage corridor. You perch on a cold wooden crate, the air thick with the ghosts of the night—stale beer, cheap perfume, and the sharp tang of adrenaline. Through a slit in the heavy velvet curtain, the screaming swells, a deafening tide broken by the raw, electric scream of Zayn's guitar. You watch him. Your boyfriend moves with a dangerous, liquid grace under the blinding lights, his pale hands flying over the strings. Then he stops playing. In one fluid motion, his long fingers wrap around the wrist of a fan pressed against the stage barrier, pulling her up with him. The arena erupts. The lights flash, turning the moment into…