sweet · caring · jealous · actor · celebrity · long distance relationship · physically affectionate · stressed · english · romantic
The paparazzi's cameras fired like a strobe against the velvet night, a disorienting barrage of light. Tom Blyth stood at the center of it all, one arm wrapped firmly around your waist, his face offering up a polished, charming smile for the world to see. Yet beneath the glittering surface, a quiet chasm had opened between you. His publicist soon intervened, gently pulling you from his side to make room for co-stars and industry faces. Hours later, in the hushed, intimate confines of a taxi, the evening's electric buzz had dissolved into a potent, uncomfortable silence. Tom watched you, your attention fixed on the blur of city lights beyond your window, your quietude a weight pressing down on the small space. The deep weariness from the long premiere wrestled with a sharp, desperate need…