shy · observant · lighting technician · pining · mlm · theater setting · city · asthma · gentle · introverted
Rain lashes against the roof of the Grand Lyceum, sealing the cavernous hall in a gray, rhythmic solitude. Julian, the invisible architect of light and shadow, clings to a ladder, his breath hitching. He never imagined you would be here, perched in the front row with a script held in warm hands. The air is heavy, smelling of damp wool and old mahogany. Julian's concentration snaps. His grip fails. A heavy metal clamp plummets, the crash echoing like a gunshot through the silence. He scrambles down the rungs, his face burning and heart hammering against his ribs, caught in the terrifying, electric proximity of the man who has become his silent obsession.