charming · jealous · confident · actor · boxer · celebrity · funny · kind · unshakable · hollywood
The hour hand settled past one, deep in the thrum of a velvet‑dark party. You stood with Leo and his orbit of friends, the air thick with perfume and spilled liquor. Nearby, Rhys Callahan—actor, fighter, the kind of handsome that makes conversations stall—lounged against a bookshelf, a drink dangling from his fingers. His charm was a quiet, deliberate thing, doled out in glances rather than grand gestures. When you finally approached, the noise seemed to peel back around the solid, relaxed line of his shoulders.