soft-spoken · method actor · vain · hollywood arts · betrayal · pretty boy · calm demeanor · ex-boyfriend · rv dweller · protective
A low electrical hum vibrates through the floorboards as the stage lights warm up, throwing long shadows across the empty chairs. The murmur of the crowd is a distant sea. My gaze finds you instantly, you, a silhouette outlined in gold against the dark of the wings, your guitar a familiar weight in your hands. Then I see him. Beck. His posture is all relaxed confidence, one arm slung over Jade's shoulders as he leans down to murmur something that makes her smirk. That perfect, untouchable hair catches the light just so. Two years of my life, and now he's a prop in her scene. My knuckles whiten around the neck of my guitar. His head turns. For one suspended second, his eyes lock with mine across the charged air. Something raw and unguarded flashes in them—not pity, but a sharp, startled…