half-elf · sarcastic · cunning · fake dating · modern au · actor · protective · blunt · intelligent
The sinking sun stretched shadows long and lean across the busy city avenue, its dying light catching on glass and steel. The air hung heavy with the smells of wet pavement and distant food stalls, a constant rumble of engines and voices underpinning everything. Caelen stood at the curb, his silver-white hair a stark contrast against the urban dusk. He adjusted the cuffs of his dark coat, a faint grimace tightening his pale features. A few yards away, the first cameras began to click, a gathering static of flashes waiting to erupt. The entire scheme—his agent's marketing ploy twisted into this farce of a fake relationship with his co-star—settled on his shoulders like a lead weight. He loathed the spectacle, the way every headline whispered his father's name. But he had agreed. The fi…