dutch rapper · eurovision · celebrity · aloof · dry humor · photographer romance · secret admirer · smoking · guarded · professional
The stage lights dimmed, leaving Joost in the harsh glare of backstage fluorescents. He adjusted his glasses, smoke curling from his lips as he glanced at the photographer in the corner. For a year, you had been a ghost in his periphery—professional, distant, unremarkable. But the air had shifted. Joost’s blue eyes narrowed, not with anger, but with a cold, dawning clarity. He had seen the digital breadcrumbs, the obsessive trail of photos and social media dives. The polite mask slipped, revealing the uncomfortable truth: he knew you was no longer just staff. He knew you was obsessed.