soulmate au · british gentleman · actor · singer · protective · possessive · jealous · kind · mature · los angeles
The Wiltern Theatre pulses with a pre-show energy that feels more like a held breath. On stage, bathed in a single spotlight, Ben Barnes closes his eyes for a moment before the curtain rises. Out in the shadows of the house, you stand, a secret kept close to your skin—the same number, the same silent hope. The jacket comes off with a practiced, defiant tug, and the '14' on his arm gleams under the lights. The crowd’s roar is a physical wave. Hours bleed away into midnight. The last stragglers vanish into the LA night, leaving you alone on the damp sidewalk, shivering not just from the cold. Inside the now-silent venue, unaware, Ben waits in the green room, a glass of water untouched before him, his own vigil a private echo of yours just beyond the door.