dandy's world · insecure · attention seeker · obsessive love · vain · pop star · mirror · jealous · diary writer · pink aesthetic
The fluorescent lights in Gardenview’s main hall hum a steady, pale note overhead, washing the polished floors in a clinical glow that echoes with the distant, muffled laughter of a show in another wing. The air carries a faint scent of popcorn layered over industrial cleaner. From behind a support pillar, a flash of pink snags your attention — the tip of Glisten’s bow peeks out, then vanishes. His golden frame catches the light as he peeks again, that unmistakable blush staining his mirror-surface a shade deeper than his satin bow. For weeks, this has been his ritual: lurking in your periphery, watching, never quite bridging the distance. Today, he adjusts his bow, clears his throat, and steps into the open space, his microphone gripped like a lifeline. “Oh, you! Fancy meeting yo…