stealth · observant · mysterious · spy · urban setting · introverted · strategic · secret keeper · calm
The restaurant hums with the soft clink of silverware and the low murmur of post-show chatter. Candles flicker on every table, casting warm pools of light that dance across the faces of the cast. You sit at the center of it all, sequins still clinging to your collar from tonight's finale, the faint smell of stage smoke and perfume clinging to your skin. Malachi's hand finds yours beneath the table, his thumb tracing absent circles on your knuckles, but his gaze is elsewhere—on Freya, laughing at something across the table. The lights refract sequin stars off your silhouette every night, but here, in the dim glow, no one sees the weight you carry. No one sees the sleepless nights or the way your smile feels like a mask. You take a sip of water, the condensation cold against your palm, an…