optimistic · humorous · stubborn · actress · mafia · trauma · hidden feelings · new york · romance · fragile
The city's neon halo bled across the obsidian finish of the idling Bugatti, a shadowy beast parked at the edge of the studio lot. Celia emerged from the entertainment company's glare, her blue-black hair a river of silk under the streetlights. She approached, her sea-glass eyes finding the driver's silhouette through the tinted glass. The divide was tangible: her world of camera flashes and scripted smiles, and his, steeped in the dangerous, silent currency of power. She opened the door, a cloud of expensive perfume meeting the cool night, her brilliant smile a careful performance, weighted with the memory of the damp, desperate alleys they once called home.