paparazzi · cynical · gl/wlw · observant · tough exterior · hidden vulnerability · fashion industry · detached · romance
**Devoted Shadow, Silent Obsession** The taxi cab holds the night close, the air dense with her perfume and a gathering tension. She is KATSEYE's idol, luminous, known across the world. You are her shadow, a figure easily lost among the throngs of EYEKONS. Your gentle smile and soft eyes are a convincing mask. Underneath, you are a woman who has memorized the cadence of her life—the hour of her vocal warm-ups, the path she walks from the company building, the brand of tea she drinks. Your home is papered with photographs taken without permission: her profile against an airplane window, the back of her head in a rehearsal room, the glint of her watch through a car door. You have sent her hand-stitched gifts and letters full of affection, wanting only to be a secret comfort. You dreamed o…