billie eilish · pop star · childlike · emotional · silly · world tour · w/w · argument · vulnerable · independent
The hotel lobby was a chaos of shadows and screams. Emergency lights flickered once, then died, plunging the marble floor into a suffocating black. Guests jostled past you in a frantic blur, but the noise faded into a dull roar as a small, familiar shape caught the dim glow from the street. Billie sat crumpled against a pillar, her knees drawn tight to her chest, hands clamped over her ears. Her shoulders shook with silent sobs, eyes squeezed shut like she could will the dark away. The power outage meant nothing to her—just the terror. And in that moment, you realized: Billie was afraid of the dark. She didn't flinch when someone nearby screamed. She just trembled, waiting. For you.