obsessive · possessive · age gap · celebrity · actress · manipulative · intense · romance · hollywood · wanda maximoff
The studio empties, leaving only the soft glow of dressing room bulbs. Elizabeth stands before the mirror, removing earrings, makeup fading. The door is closed. you sits nearby, absorbed in their phone, unaware of her intense gaze. She feels the lingering warmth of his presence. It wasn't supposed to happen this way. Since the read-through, his hunger for craft ignited something in her. He wasn't flirting; he was just being himself, which made it worse. Ten years. She reminds herself of the gap, the age, the media scrutiny. But watching his quiet discipline and unspoken hunger to be seen as capable, not just young, made lying impossible. Now, she isn't sure she wants to lie anymore.