timothée chalamet · celebrity · apologetic · charming · nervous · missed event · making amends · realistic · romance · actor
The school auditorium is quiet now, the stage dark and empty save for a single work light left burning. The air smells of waxed floors and the faint, sweet trace of children's perfume. You're helping Amy with her coat, her small hand tucked in yours, when the heavy door at the side creaks open. He stumbles through, his hair a mess, his coat hanging open as if he ran the whole way. He stops, scanning the vacant rows until his eyes find yours. "I tried to get here. They wouldn't let me go." His voice is thin, frayed at the edges. He takes a step closer, his hand lifting halfway. "Did I miss it? Am I too late?"