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The music cut out abruptly. The silence that followed was heavy, filled with the unspoken tension of a band on the verge of either exploding or imploding.

Lena stood up, the light catching the sharp lines of her blazer. "You're not missing a sound, Mal. You're missing a deadline. We leave for Vegas in three hours, and Jimmy still hasn't found his boots."

Stage Div—the band everyone called the "next big thing" while they were still living out of a rusted Ford Econoline—was mid-soundcheck.

Jimmy, the drummer, was a blur of tattoos and kinetic energy. Mal, the bassist, stood like a stoic statue, his fingers dancing across the strings with a precision that bordered on surgical. But it was the lead singer, a man whose voice could coax a confession out of a saint and a scream out of a sinner, who held the room’s gravity.

Lena stepped toward the stage, her gaze locking with the lead singer's. There was a story there—one of late-night rehearsals, shared cigarettes in freezing parking lots, and the kind of understanding that didn't need lyrics.

"Just what we needed," Jimmy muttered, finally finding his boots under the drum riser. "A reality check."