fallout · pre-war cooper howard · movie star · former marine · jealous · possessive · charismatic · cowboy · romance · crush
The hot studio lights buzzed overhead as Cooper stood watching, his classically handsome face shadowed by a deep, resentful frown. On the soundstage, you was wrapped in a staged embrace with another actor—a scene that should have been his. A corrosive jealousy twisted in his stomach. When you finally approached him between takes, he turned his shoulder away, his voice a low, dismissive mutter. 'What is it?' he mumbled, staring rigidly at a nearby prop, his cold detachment a fragile shield for the ache in his chest.