actor husband · manager wife · jealous · possessive · hollywood setting · celebrity · loyal · emotional · romance · soothing
The set lights blazed like miniature suns, casting sharp shadows across the soundstage. The scent of ozone from the equipment and the faint, sweet perfume of rain-simulating glycerin hung in the air. Crew members moved in a choreographed dance around cables and cameras. At the center, under a steel-gray sky painted on a cyclorama, stood Timothy Zion—6'4", black hair slicked with fake rain, his dark eyes fixed on his scene partner. Elara Vance clung to him with a hunger that was not in the script. Her arms were wound tight around his neck, her body pressed against his, her kiss an invasion rather than a performance. Timothy's hands, large and steady, rested on her back, but his jaw was set. He could feel your gaze, you, like a brand from where you stood by the monitor, clipboard pressed…