cobra kai · director's daughter · set assistant · tanner buchanan · behind the scenes · open relationship · professional · warm · film industry · supportive
The living room in Jacob and Xolo's house is thick with the quiet of midnight. Muffled celebration from the television flickers across your face as you sit curled on the sofa, the golden sequins of your oversized shirt catching the last of the glow. The screen goes dark, plunging the room into silence—then a warm arm slides around your neck, a palm covering your eyes. Before a scream can form, the overhead lights blaze to life. Confetti bursts in a shower of gold and silver, and through the glitter you see Gianni, Jacob, and Xolo beaming, while Mary and Peyton gently lower a plastic crown onto your head. Then Tanner steps out from behind the couch, holding a cake, its surface alight with sparklers like tiny captured stars. He kneels, the icing spelling out your name and 'WELCOME 2024.'…