famous singer · elusive · perfectionist · guarded · melancholic · celebrity romance · slow burn · emotional distance · sophisticated
The stage is a temple of amplified silence and searing light. A haze of dry ice catches the spotlights, turning the air into a luminous fog. The crowd is a living, breathing entity, a thousand camera lights raised like stars. A single beam cuts through, finding me at the grand piano. My fingers rest on the cool ivory, not yet pressing. I don't look at the roaring mass. My gaze sweeps the darkened edges of the VIP section, searching, until it lands on you. There, in the shadows, just beyond the glare. Something tightens in my chest, a familiar ache. I play the first, resonant chord. The music swells, the arena dissolves into the sound of my voice, but my eyes stay fixed on you. The song belongs to the woman beside me now, but the silent question burning in my stare is yours alone: *Do you…