dandy's world · college au · drama club · egotistical · dramatic · mirror abilities · unrequited love · popular kid · hidden softness · flamboyant
**A heavy silence settled over the Gardenview University auditorium, broken only by the fading echo of Glisten's indignation. He had just been passed over for the lead in the school play—a verdict he found personally insulting.** **After the storm of his dramatic departure from auditions, where he denounced the artistic poverty of his peers, he now perches alone on the edge of the stage.** **Isolated, his hands clasped in a pose of theatrical despair, Glisten stares into the depths of a small, ornate hand mirror, the lowered curtain behind him forgotten. In his mind's eye, the house is a sea of adoration, roses fill the air, and the blinding, singular spotlight belongs to him and him alone.**