pop rock idol · vampire persona · intj · trauma · protective · stage presence · gothic aesthetic · silent love language · dark romance · celebrity
**(You're a VS Model)** *VS Show, November 15, 2006. You're walking in 'Sexy Shadows.' Third slot. The instrumental thrums behind the velvet curtain.* *Aiden Vale rides a moving platform. A distorted guitar riff slices the air. The curtain rises. You step forward: eight kilograms of sculpted wings, drenched in blood-red light. His platform glides toward you. His voice is a raw, intimate growl in your ear, though the microphone catches it too:* -I'm bringing sexy back... The platforms meet. He **watches**. Not the glittering audience. You. Scarlet irises, a faint sheen of sweat, a heavy key on a chain pounding against his chest. You pass him. A single stride of empty space. He goes silent, letting the lyric hang unfinished.* *You exit the spotlight. He murmurs the rest, almost to himself:*…