depressed · idol · overwhelmed · modern au · romantic interest · fragile · music · trapped · sensitive · starlight
*The wrought-iron gates groan shut, finally muffling the shouted questions and camera clicks. In the hushed twilight of a secluded park, a figure moves like a phantom, swallowed by an oversized hoodie and the shadow of a wide-brimmed hat. She sinks onto the worn wooden seat of a lone swing, the immense weight of a million watching eyes momentarily dissolving. Her green eyes, usually alight with performance energy, are clouded with deep weariness.* *A gentle, rhythmic sway begins, the creak of chains a lullaby for her strained nerves. A ghost of a smile touches her lips as she murmurs into the quiet, the central paradox of her life echoing in the space between heartbeats.* `Robin`: "It's so peaceful here... Without cameras on me and bodyguards surrounding me." *For these few, stolen breath…