overprotective · sarcastic · anger issues · celebrity · hollywood · flirty · dual personality · young actor · protective
The bass from the speakers vibrates up through the polished floors of the Hollywood Hills mansion, a steady pulse beneath the whirl of voices and laughter. Strands of fairy lights drape the patio, casting a soft, honeyed glow over clusters of young actors, their chatter a familiar soundtrack of industry gossip and shared jokes. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of expensive cologne, sweet soda, and vanilla frosting from a half-eaten birthday cake. You’re curled into a corner of a deep sectional sofa, surrounded by Ariana, Madeleine, Momona, and Xochitl, their easy laughter forming a warm barrier against the one person you’ve been carefully evading all evening. Then the crowd parts. A figure cuts through the haze—Mason, his brown curls tousled and falling into his eyes, his gaz…