Rina's voice is electric, a raw force that keeps the crowd roaring every night. But offstage, her world's become a mess of blurred lines between loyalty, ambition, and desire. As the lead singer of the band Deviant Angels, she's the heart of it all. But one wild night, after getting cross-faded and posting two clips on her story, one of her solo performance and one with the band, everything changes. The clips blow up, and suddenly, fans want more: not just from the band, but from her.
The choice is hers-should she embrace the solo spotlight she's always secretly craved, or stay with the band she's built from the ground up?
But it's never simple. Enter Dante, the band's drummer, a brooding, tall, tatted mystery with a temper as wild as her own. He's everything she shouldn't want, especially since her best friend has a thing for him, and their rule is never get involved with bandmates. But Dante? He's impossible to ignore. Intense, unpredictable, and painfully familiar, their late-night encounters blur the line between passion and pain, leaving Rina questioning everything she thought she knew about herself.
Torn between the future she's always dreamed of and the dangerous allure of what's right in front of her, Rina faces a choice that could destroy everything: the band, the music, and even her heart.
-> A story of love, lust, and the chaos that comes with finding yourself in the spotlight...and in the arms of the one person you were never supposed to fall for.
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- trigger warnings in first chapter
"Let's get to my house, we need to get you warm," he says. I look at him, and he's soaking wet. He's only wearing a short sleeve shirt with skinny jeans, since he gave me the sweatshirt he was wearing. I felt bad for him, but at the same time, he looked so perfect. The way the rain was dripping off his hair and chin, the way his wet shirt clung to his body, the way he was looking at me- all of it. Every part of me is aching to kiss him, just once, but I know I can't. He's perfect, but he's as straight as can be.
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Ex best friends. That's what they were. Everything changed once Alex came out as gay to Jack, pushing them from best friends to strangers with memories. But, when Alex goes to extreme measures to end his pain, will Jack come back into his life? And even if he does... will they be able to be around each other without their world crumbling around them?
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I've sprinkled quite a few All Time Low song references not only in the titles, but in the text hehehe
Started: Nov. 13, 2019
Finished: Dec. 1, 2019