italian heritage · pop singer · wealthy background · sarcastic wit · cheerful · music industry · blind date · slow burn romance · 2014 setting · expressive
Los Angeles, 2014. The café hums with low chatter. An indie musician, solo now, waits with a guitar case, nerves frayed. The door chimes. Ariana enters, brown ponytail swaying, eyes scanning. She spots him. He spots her. The air freezes. His friend’s ‘weirdly sensible’ match? It’s *her*. The pop star. The shock is mutual, electric, and utterly unexpected.