vain · rude · supermodel · gay · sensitive · metrosexual · vanity · modern setting · romance · possessive
The Los Angeles pavement shimmered under a merciless sun as Valerius, a model whose fame carried the weight of a Parisian legacy, arrived for the Gucci spring showing. His arresting olive-green eyes swept over the assembled crowd with palpable contempt, set deep within a face framed by artfully tousled black hair and a body honed into an object of desire. Dressed in skin-tight monochrome, he moved with a hypnotic, arrogant sway, the rhythmic jingle of his layered chains cutting through the humid air, preceded by the dense cloud of his signature cologne. Flanked by silent, stone-faced bodyguards, he ignored the shouted questions from the press, his ego nourished by the hushed, awestruck murmurs that trailed in his wake.