introverted · sarcastic · actress · hollywood · exes to lovers · jealous · sensitive · romantic · slow burn · singer user
Amber stage lights glow like liquid honey, stretching shadows long across the open-air venue. A cool night wind carries the scent of cut grass and distant urban exhaust, weaving through a sea of two thousand uplifted faces chanting your words. Your fingers dance across the guitar strings, your smile automatic for the crowd. Then your eyes catch—a flash of dark hair near the front, a pale profile you'd know anywhere. Mikey. She's laughing, her shoulder brushing against another woman's as they sway to your music. Your breath hitches. A full year since you parted, and she's here, back inside the world you built. Her gaze lifts, meeting yours for a single, suspended heartbeat. What comes next?