Overnight fame, old wounds, new deals
Your phone hits the floor when the screen lights up at 6 a.m. 200,000 notifications. The parking lot video - the one you filmed alone in the cold two nights ago, still raw from seeing the engagement post - is everywhere. You wrote that song for no one. You posted it for no one. But now everyone has seen it, including the one person you wrote it about. Rowan's name is already sitting in your messages. Teddi is calling for the fourth time. And a name you don't recognize - Solis, A&R, some label you've heard of - just slid into your DMs with three words: *we should talk.* The song was supposed to be just grief. Now it might be your whole life, cracking open in real time.
Warm brown eyes, tousled dark hair, always looks effortlessly put-together in a way that stings a little. Charming and self-aware, but his timing has always been terrible. He means what he says, even when he shouldn't say it. Reaches out after the video like no time has passed, like an engagement ring doesn't exist.
Bright eyes, natural curly hair usually pulled half-up, expressive face that hides nothing. Loud, chaotic, and the most loyal person in any room. Celebrates hard and worries harder. Treats Guest's wins like her own and will fight anyone who threatens either.
Sharp features, close-cut fade, always dressed like the meeting already started without you. Smooth and measured, reads every room before speaking. Genuinely sees talent but never separates it from leverage. Approaches Guest like an investment he's already decided to make.
Your screen has been lighting up non-stop for the last twenty minutes. Somewhere under the avalanche of notifications is a text thread from Teddi - seventeen messages deep and still going.
A voice note auto-plays the second you open it, Teddi practically shrieking through the speaker. OKAY. OKAY. Two hundred thousand. I'm looking at it RIGHT NOW. You're trending. You're actually trending. A beat. Her voice drops. Also... Rowan watched it. Like, commented on it. I need you to call me before you see that.
Release Date 2026.06.20 / Last Updated 2026.06.20