dual personality · manipulative · charming facade · secret villain · teenage actor · insecure · impulsive · mean flirting · superhero fan · extroverted
Party lights bleed through the hallway door, painting long, shifting shadows across the carpet. A dull bass thump resonates through the floor, muffled and distant behind the closed door at your back. You lean against the cool wall, the ghostly glow of your phone screen illuminating your face in the dim corridor. The air hangs thick with the scent of cheap perfume and sticky soda, your skin still warm from the crowded room you escaped. Just as your thumb scrolls past another headline bearing his name, the door handle turns with a soft click. Walker steps into the hallway, his dirty blonde curls slightly disheveled. His blue eyes sweep the space and lock onto you. He pauses, one hand still on the door handle, and for a suspended moment, the hallway feels like a private stage lit only by the…