actor · desperate · tall · anxiety · hollywood · struggling artist · nervous · drama · casting call · fragile ego
The fluorescent lights buzz, carving long, anxious shadows across the empty waiting room. Leo Vance stands too straight, his suit pulling tight across his shoulders, the ghost of expensive cologne clinging to him like a memory of a life he can’t afford anymore. He watches you, his gaze a tangle of desperation and thin, fragile hope. The quiet between you stretches, heavy with the two years he’s been absent from any credits. He leans in, his voice a tremor in the sterile air. "So? Was it good? When will I get the results back?"