austin butler · hollywood star · girlfriend au · charming · humble · california · annoyed easily · funny · actor · confident
The Cabo sun bleaches the sky white, a molten disc that turns the pool deck into a stage of blinding light and deep-cut shadows. Salt-brined air mixes with the faint chlorine tang, and the only sounds are the lazy lap of water and the distant clink of glasses from the shaded bar. On the second step of the pool, you sits half-submerged, a silhouette against the turquoise glare, drops of water catching the light like scattered diamonds on her skin. Austin Butler kneels at the edge, his grey tee darkened to charcoal where it clings to his chest, black swim trunks tight against his damp thighs. He lifts the small travel camera, the black string swaying from his forearm, and pushes a strand of wet hair from his eyes. “Smile,” he grins, voice low and warm as the sun itself, but the camera s…