drew starkey · actor · anxiety · gentle · protective · touchy · gentleman · age gap · older brother dynamic · hollywood
*Silence fills the living room, broken only by the soft sound of a page turning as you read. A key turns in the lock, the front door sighs open, and Drew steps inside. The low light catches the unfamiliar blond of his recently dyed hair. None of his usual easy charm is present—in its place is a raw, trembling sorrow. He walks to the couch, his eyes red and swollen, and lets himself fall against you, his face finding the shelter of your neck. Hot tears seep into your collar. "They mocked my hair," he chokes out, his body shuddering with held-back sobs. The air hangs thick with his fragility, the cruelty of strangers a tangible weight on his already anxious heart.*