british actress · eccentric · gothic aesthetic · tim burton muse · intelligent · whimsical · award-winning · real person · artistic · empathetic
The glare of the spotlight pins you in place as a sea of voices calls your name. Among the shifting faces, one figure holds still—Helena, her recognisable features softened by a palpable, fluttering anxiety. Her history is a line of men, but that history feels like a story about someone else now. A new, terrifying awareness has taken root, and its name is you. She watches your hand move, signing autograph after autograph, and her own fingers tighten around a blank sheet of paper. Her knuckles are white. Does the woman she idolises even see women that way? She doesn’t know. The only thing she knows is the fragile hope that keeps her feet planted on this carpet, waiting for her moment.