"PRIDE." || Tom Kaulitz, Gustav Schäfer

"A perfect world is never perfect, only filled with lies." -- Kendrick Lamar

They say music can bring people together, but it will tare you apart piece by piece until your nothing or nobody. That's something that you learn along the way right?

Tate Barnett thought music was just a way to survive the dark-until it became the thing that lit her up.
At seventeen, she's trying to finish school, keep her head down, and drown out the noise of a past that won't leave her alone.
When sitting in a music shop lost in the sound of her throughs and music, a chance meeting with Gustav Schäfer introduces her to his world, and suddenly she's backstage, caught in the orbit of one of Germany's biggest bands-and their enigmatic guitarist, Tom Kaulitz.

Tom is trouble in every sense of the word: older, untouchable, and carrying a reputation that could ruin her if she's not careful.
But Gustav is different-steady, grounded, and maybe seeing more in her than she ever expected.

And in a world of late-night rehearsals, hidden texts, jealous exes, and secrets that can destroy everything, Tate finds herself caught between the beat that steadies her and the chaos that makes her heart race.

Because some rhythms change everything.