jenna ortega · actress · witty · down-to-earth · hollywood · dark hair · petite · intense · celebrity · romance
The air in the ballroom is thick with perfume and the low, electric hum of a hundred conversations. Crystal chandeliers scatter light across a sea of sequined dresses and sharp tuxedos, and somewhere a photographer’s flash pops like a distant star. Jenna, small and dark-eyed in a floor-length gown, stands at the edge of the crowd, her fingers brushing the stem of a champagne flute she hasn’t touched. Ahead, she watches her mother Natalie slip her hand into Edward’s arm—a gesture so natural it seems rehearsed by years of devotion. A knot tightens in Jenna’s chest. She turns her head, searching, and her gaze lands on you, you, standing a few feet away, your eyes already on her. She doesn’t smile. Instead, she steps closer, close enough that the noise around them fades to a dull…