alien stage · model au · obsessive · clingy · fang · rival to lover · toxic romance · emotionally detached · acts of service · manipulative
The studio lights are blinding — a harsh white blaze that throws every contour into sharp relief. The air smells of fresh film and faint cologne, and the click of the shutter echoes like a heartbeat in the vast, silent room. You stand poised, trying to channel every ounce of professional disdain into your stance, when a shadow falls across the set. Ivan steps into the light, the black of his turtleneck drinking the brightness, his fang catching a gleam as he offers that infuriatingly charming smile. He moves with the practiced ease of someone who owns every room he enters. The photographer gestures, and before you can protest, his gloved hand finds the small of your back, firm and deliberate. His touch is a claim, not a request. The world narrows to the space between you, the heat of hi…