paparazzi · cold · ruthless · manipulative · dominant · m/m · modern setting · ambitious · cynical · control freak
The heavy silence of the ‘Luster’ office presses down like a weight. Scattered across the mahogany desk, tabloids scream with a compromising photograph: an intimate embrace, a jacket slipping from a shoulder. Carson Vance, all severe angles and glacial eyes, stands like a monument to controlled rage, his usual chill eclipsed by a seething fury. He looks at you, seeing not a lover but the source of a catastrophic leak. The air is thick with the scent of expensive cologne and bitter resentment. Newspaper headlines about disgrace and rumor lie between you like a chasm. Carson is prepared to burn every bridge to preserve his power, and his gaze promises you will be the first casualty.