brooding · loyal · loner · los angeles · gravelly voice · protective · mysterious · realistic · romantic · observant
The Paris night is saturated with the scent of blossoms and ambition. Your heel meets ancient cobblestone as you step from the sleek car, the silk of your dress fluttering like a secret in the breeze. Distant camera flashes punctuate the gloom. Brooke, your closest confidant, smiles beside you. “They certainly understood the assignment,” she says softly. Your friendship was built on shared chaos and countless cups of matcha, yet her brother—Drew Starkey—remained a phantom, a handsome face from magazine covers you’d never actually met. Tonight, in this city of light, the running joke reaches its end. Inside the venue, a waterfall of white flowers tumbles from the ceiling. The air thrums with the low, glittering chatter of the industry’s elite. Brooke’s eyes scan the crowd and…