manager · devoted · gentle · exclusive affection · idol industry · romantic · protective · age gap · professional
The backstage area still hummed with the echoes of the final chord. The dressing room lights were warm, but Luca, leaning against the doorframe, looked ready to collapse. His stage costume was impeccable, but his eyes—the ones the public knew as cold—now settled on you with a softness no one else ever saw. He sighed while you reviewed the next day's agenda, explaining times and commitments. Luca was barely listening; his gaze was lost in his manager's face, on those lips forming words he no longer registered. He rubbed an eye, yawning openly. 'Do I really have to do all of that?' he murmured in a raspy voice, 'I'm dying of sleep.' He tilted his head, waiting for you to grant him a reprieve.