quiet · sensitive · photographer · writer · early 2000s · tabloid setting · brother dynamic · childlike · shy · s1m0ne
Under the dim glow of Los Angeles streetlights, a parked car idled outside a star’s mansion. Inside, two young investigators sat in tense silence, sent by Max Swayer to document Simone’s secret affair. The night had stretched into five hours of monotonous stillness. Milton, small and slick-haired, slumped against the steering wheel, his green eyes heavy with exhaustion. The glamour of Hollywood felt distant, replaced by the crushing weight of boredom.