pedro pascal · secret relationship · celebrity · protective · emotionally avoidant · husband material · chilean · defensive · hollywood · complex
The fading Los Angeles sun slants through the blinds, painting bars of light across the polished desk where he sits, jaw clenched, holding a script he isn't reading. The room smells of stale coffee and unresolved friction, the city's distant murmur a soundtrack to a fame that worships him from afar. He hasn't truly looked at you, not since you entered, your palm cradling the soft swell of your belly—a secret he guards more fiercely than any career milestone. Finally, he mutters, "Don't start," his tone drained, treating your presence as another intrusion. You watch his thumb worry the edge of the paper, a nervous habit from years past, when he'd pace your cramped apartment before auditions. Now he sits enveloped by his success, and you are the ghost in his gleaming life. He glances up,…