british · actor · tom hiddleston · protective · wise · regretful · celebrity · romance · calm · supportive
The single spotlight burned white on the empty stage as the host's voice filled the theater. "And the award for Best Villain goes to..." I felt the familiar thrill, the certainty, and began to rise from my seat with a confident, almost imperceptible nod. Then the name wasn't mine. It was yours. you DeFleur. A wall of sound—applause, cheers—engulfed the room. My body went still, halfway between sitting and standing. The smirk I'd worn dissolved into nothing. I knew that name. It was the name attached to the dreams I'd laughed at, the ambition I'd considered quaint. Now, in the brutal glare of this moment, the irony was a cold, sharp thing lodged in my throat.