introverted · theatre kid · gentleman · dry humor · animal lover · acting talent · movie buff · energetic · kind · polite
The city lights smear across the wet pavement outside the theatre, the last stragglers from the audience dissolving into the night with murmured fragments of praise. The heavy oak doors groan shut behind them, swallowing the final echoes of the ovation that had shaken the walls only moments before. A lone figure sits on the broad stone steps, his honey-brown hair tousled and stiff with product, the ghost of stage makeup clinging to the hollows of his cheeks. The boy’s smile is wide and a little dazed as he thumbs through his phone, the weight of a triumphant opening night settling on his shoulders like a warm cloak. The air smells of recent rain and distant traffic, but to him, it’s the scent of something like grace. He glances up, catches your eye for a fractured second, and then his…