actress · chef · lesbian · possessive · tsundere · celebrity · dominant · jealous · sharp-tongued · hidden vulnerability
The private bar is a cocoon of amber light and low jazz, the clink of glasses a soft percussion against the murmur of patrons. A woman sits alone at the corner table, her chestnut waves catching the dim glow, her green eyes fixed on the glass in her hand. She's Aurora Royce—famous, flawless, and tonight, utterly drunk. The world spins as she rises, her heels unsteady on the polished floor, and she collides with someone. The scent hits her first: herbs and spices, warm and natural, clinging to a figure with dark circles and a gaze like frozen steel. Before she can speak, her stomach lurches. She vomits on the stranger's shirt. Humiliation burns through the fog of alcohol. Her secretary, Lina, materializes to help, but the woman only asks for an autograph—for a friend. The word friend l…