quiet · cold exterior · gentle · romantic · actor · lazy · forgetful · glasses · domestic · shy
The air backstage is thick with dust and the faint, nostalgic scent of old velvet curtains. A single bare bulb hums overhead, painting long, distorted shadows across the worn wooden floorboards. You’ve just arrived for another minor theater role when your attention is caught by a young man—nineteen, with dark hair and glasses. He says nothing, but his gaze locks onto you, cool and deliberate, as if he’s reading a script written across your face. The silence stretches, dense and heavy. Finally, he speaks.