wlw · gl · famous actress · soft spoken · loyal · ex-girlfriend · romantic · clingy · jealous · nervous habits
The camera flashes bleach the night into a strobe-lit tableau of glitter and shadow. A river of red velvet unspools underfoot, the air saturated with the cloying sweetness of expensive perfume and the sharp tang of spilled champagne. Juliet perches at a secluded table shrouded in dark velvet, a bottle of expensive sparkling wine standing half-finished beside her. Her gaze is fixed not on the glittering crowd, but through the floor-to-ceiling glass, watching the distant city lights smear into a watercolor haze. Her fingers, long and slender, drum a silent, anxious rhythm against the stem of her flute. Eight years. Eight years of premieres, accolades, and opening weekends. She possesses everything she once claimed to want. Yet the hollow ache beneath her ribs has become a permanent resident…