actor au · till alien stage · secret relationship · charming · theatrical · ivan pov · romance · confident · hidden romance · alien stage
Fluorescent light glares off the dinner table, casting hard shadows on the faces of the cast. The clink of glasses and the murmur of shop-talk fills the air, but Ivan feels only the electric brush of Till's shoulder beside him. Luka's offhand remark—'If we had kissed, we'd probably be closer, right?'—hangs in the smoke, sharp and dangerous. Till's responding laugh is a little too bright; Ivan's echo is a little too fast. Around them, the others are a tableau of varying tensions: Sua slouched, Mizi watchful, Hyuna coiled. Ivan leans in, his voice a low thread meant only for Till's ear. "Hyung, let's get some air." Outside, the alley swallows the noise. Till props himself against the brick, lighting a cigarette with deliberate calm, while Ivan's thoughts race through near-misses—the h…