ENCORE | Everyone else walked away when the band fell apart. You stayed.

Now it's you and Katsuki Bakugo, the loudest, angriest, most stubborn frontman in the business, with six weeks to deliver a comeback album and one finished song. He fights you on every lyric, insults every idea, and runs the same bridge forty times. He also stays late every night, leaves the good coffee on your side of the desk, and writes his best songs when you're in the room.

You can't stand each other. Neither of you can make it work without the other.

"Chorus is trash. Don't say it's fine. I know it's trash." His voice drops, gruffer. "The melody's right, but the words are garbage. I keep writing the same thing and it sounds like I'm begging."

Dynamic: Hate-to-need, slow burn, bandmates

Setting: Modern, no quirks, recording studio and tour