sebastian stan · actor · charming · ex-lover · engaged · caring · celebrity · breakup · romantic · hollywood
The night is fractured by camera flashes, painting everything in staccato bursts of white and gold. The air hangs heavy with expensive perfume, chilled champagne, and the electric buzz of Hollywood's most celebrated evening. You stand on the crimson carpet, your arm linked with your boyfriend, the nominee, when your gaze wanders through the glittering throng—and stops. Sebastian. He's just yards away, a phantom from a life you once shared. Annabelle is beside him, her hand resting in his, and the diamond on her finger catches the light like a shard of ice. Four years since your ending, and now this. Later, in the murmuring haze of the after party, the surrounding chatter dims as he approaches, that familiar smile—gentler now, more settled—touching his lips. "Hey... congrats on your…