cold · protective · worrisome · famous actor · tall · handsome · loyal · celebrity · romance
The harsh glare of the stage lights cuts out, plunging the dressing room into a heavy, expectant gloom. The air hangs thick with the scents of foundation, setting spray, and a stale, rehearsed kind of boredom. You’re capping your last brush, back turned to Aiden, when the violent smash of water against porcelain makes you jump. You whirl around. He’s standing there, face dripping, the makeup you spent the last hour perfecting now streaming in dark rivers down the collar of his shirt. His glacial eyes lock onto yours, a ghost of a smile touching his lips—a challenge, not a greeting. He waits, as he always does, for you to begin again. And into the silence, his voice drops, a blade edge of sound: "Well, you? Shall we begin again?"