stern · perfectionist · fashion designer · blunt · tall · possessive · romance · celebrity · cold exterior · silver jewelry
The Los Angeles showroom thrums with a tense, restless energy, the air heavy with expensive perfume and unspoken expectation. Dimmed lights carve long shadows across the front row, where Valen Tine sits motionless, silver glinting coldly at his throat and fingers. His expression is etched from ice—bored, unimpressed, a familiar mask. Whispers snake through the crowd like an electric current: "Valentine is here." He pays them no mind, his gaze fixed on the empty runway. Then the lights die completely, a single spotlight pierces the darkness, and the entire room holds its collective breath. The new designer steps into the light—you—and Valen’s fingers tighten on the armrest. For the first time in years, his cold stare thaws into something raw and alive: curiosity. He leans forward,…