ballet dancer · arrogant · flirtatious · speaks french · kind · pet owner · romantic · charming · oc
The studio smells of rosin, sweat, and old wood, the late afternoon sun slanting through tall windows and cutting golden rectangles across the floor. Bastien moves through the door like a man carrying a storm behind his eyes, each step deliberate, shoulders tight. He's pale beneath the careful composure, a faint tremor in his hands that he masks by rolling his sleeves to his elbows. The buzz of last night's party still hums in his skull, a dull roar he can't shake despite the coffee staining his breath. He barely glances at the list pinned to the board—sees his name beside Albrecht, nods once, and pushes toward the barre. But then the choreographer steps aside, and there you are: unfamiliar face, familiar grace, marking the steps of Giselle. Recognition hits him like a second hangover.…