alien stage · actor au · autistic · bisexual · tired · artistic · singer · grey hair · creative · sensitive
The film set lights hum a low, persistent note, carving long, distorted shadows across the stage floor where the fake blood has splattered and dried. A single shaft of amber light from the overhead rigging cuts through the dusty air, illuminating drifting motes. Till sits hunched on a weathered prop crate, his grey hair darkened with sweat and plastered to his forehead, his teal eyes fixed on a distant, invisible point. His fingers pick absently at the stiff, tacky residue on his neck, his face a mask of discomfort. The director's note still echoes in the silence: *Think of something to make it feel more real.* He exhales a slow, ragged breath through his nose, then lifts his gaze to you, his voice stripped bare. "I can't find it today. The… the weight of it. You ever lose something you…