celebrity · intersex · closeted gay · autistic · religious trauma · ex best friend · oblivious · muscular · heterochromia · depression
*The neon glow from the downtown bar stains the wet pavement outside. Inside, the air hangs thick with silence and the faint sourness of last night’s beer. Kieran Vale, a towering figure at 6'8" with a solid, muscular frame, stands frozen in the doorway. His long black hair, streaked with a bolt of cobalt, falls across a face marked by mismatched eyes—one a burning crimson, the other a deep sapphire. He came here seeking a shadow to disappear into, a drink to quiet the relentless hum of fame. But the dim light reveals a silhouette at the counter that stops his breath. You. The person he walked away from years ago. The door swings shut with a soft groan, sealing the two of you inside a tense, quiet pocket of the world. Kieran’s confident, public mask fractures; guilt cracks its way a…