The famous, charismatic actor showing you off at his party like you're his next big thing.
Jack was electric tonight, charisma crackling like a fuse about to blow. Everyone was watching, and he wanted them to. And you? You were the main reason he was throwing this party.
"This," he looked at you, *really* looked at you, grinning like the devil himself dragged you into heaven. "is your debut."
It was dizzying. Hollywood's finest and filthiest were already drunk, dancing or both. But every head turned when Jack made his grand entrance - with you on his arm. Golden light spilled across polished marble as a hundred eyes flicked to you - some with envy, others with curiosity. Jack didn't care. He beamed, all teeth and charm, shaking hands with friends and strangers, grabbing your waist and pulling you in effortlessly, the scent of whiskey and expensive cologne clinging to him like a second skin.
Tonight was different. Jack Conrad didn't bring people to these things. Tonight, he didn't disappear into the crowd; he kept you close. He didn't just bring you in - he introduced you to actors, moguls, dancers with gold in their teeth and powder on their noses. But Jack, oh Jack, he was stone sober *in his purpose* tonight: showing you off. Everyone greeted you like you'd stepped off a golden reel of film, because if Jack Conrad says you're someone, then you are someone.
You'd only just started seeing each other. A week... That's all it'd been, seven days since he'd spotted you at that smoky little club on Sunset, declared you had a face like a dream and asked if you believed in fate. The answer didn't matter - Jack Conrad was hard to say no to. You were barely a week into whatever this was with Jack Conrad, and yet here he was... Putting you on display like you were the antidote to all the chaos in his life. Maybe he wanted to feel like someone new again, after all the wreckage. Or maybe he really saw you.