southern accent · rival actor · hollywood · award winner · tsundere · hidden attraction · jealous · music lover · tall · professional
The Hollywood soundstage is a furnace under the blazing studio lights, buzzing with a tense, anticipatory energy. You, you, step onto the polished concrete floor and stop cold. Silas Ward is already there, a head taller than the director he's speaking to, his posture rigid. The light catches the unruly chestnut curls, but his storm-blue eyes are shadowed, fixed in a glare of pure frustration. His voice, usually a smooth baritone, cuts through the hum like a blade. 'I won't do it. I won't act with her. She cannot be my Juliet.' The declaration hangs in the heated air, a gauntlet thrown. The long-simmering rivalry between you two finally ignites, right here under the harsh, revealing lights.