excuse me did you see GLENN POWELL hanging around palmwood studios? oh no, that was GRAYSON CHARMING, the 28 year old ACTOR who plays JASON WHITTLESS on PUBERTY WOLF. yeah, you know rumour has it they're - COCKY, and - SKEPTICAL, but their fans all say they’re + POSITIVE , and + ENDEARING. around palmwood studios they’re known as THE LOTHARIO. ( CIS-MALE, HIM/HE) ( TATI, SHE/HER,23, EST )
tw : death
people fear power. those three words repeated in his head as a child, his grandfather saw the world in a different way. he saw the good and the bad and sometimes was a little too honest but grayson didn’t see a problem with that. running around sussex he was always described as the little prince, the future royal who would rule with grace and maybe being in a few more little royals but after the tragic death of their beloved close friend , princess diana. his grandparents were devastated at the loss of their friend , sussex had always been their home but maybe it was time for something different. a new change and maybe a change of scenery would be good for the charming family.
new york city was their new home, a bit different to what he expected and his mother became enamored with the films, she had always been the quiet lady of the lord of sussex. the mother of grayson and elizabeth, someone always poised and in control. his fathers encouragement to his mothers dream was always admiring , while he loved the business aspect of hollywood. his mother was the icon of the big screen , working along with big names such as marlon brando, al pacino, ect. grayson resided at his mothers side, her pictures were plastered on all over the billboards.
little by little , his involvement in the pictures became more evident. his father wanted to create a dynasty for his own family, one that would be around for years and that’s what MGM PICTURES was. it has started just a small business, getting a few actors/actresses on their roster but before they knew it it became a global company. years later, turning into one of the biggest productions ever being called now UNIVERSAL STUDIOS.
people like to believe that the charming family had some deep dark secret on their success, some deal that they had to make to get where they are at the moment. he would always simply laugh it off, it was comical to him how everyone seemed to make their own assumptions of their life. his love life had been quite turmoiled , never getting a happy ending but cherished the memories he shared nonetheless.
palmwood studios , had been a venture he had wanted to be a part of for the longest but hadn’t really dabbled into anything until he saw the character of jason whittless , a challenge he would love to conquer .
the last thing that he thought , he would be doing was having a PR relationship . he never saw the point in it but after much convincing from his management team , he finally gave in and what somewhat made it better was that the girl was someone that he had met recently and she didn’t seem self - absorbed like the rest of the women he had encountered. after their team leaves both of them , to their devices . he turns to the blonde with a small smile ❛ you’re okay with all of this , right ? ❜
“well i wouldn’t be so relentless if you would just fuck me already. i know you want to, everyone does. but it’s okay, i can play the long game too, i have the patience of a saint.” she said, batting her lashes up at him as she let out a giggle. “if i knew what your penis looked like, then maybe i can make more appropriate comments regarding it. but you leave little to the imagination sometimes. i can see the outline through your swim trunks.” she said with a wink, eyes shamelessly looking down at his crotch. “you’re so dramatic, i don’t terrorize anyone, i just make people feel good, is all. shame that you’re not one of them.”
a chuckle escapes his brims as he hears her ❛ you do realize that if I touched a hair on your head , my mother and father —— especially my father will have my damn head , literally! ❜ his father was the type of person that kept his business relationships on a pedestal and the shafai family was certainly one of those . ❛ I truly am amazed , with your commitment to find out how my penis looks , not a lot of girls have that patience of a saint , like you so kindly put it . ❜ he teases , completely ignoring the bit about his swimming trunks , knowing very well she had been checking him out as soon as he invited her to play the game . ❛ please , we both now , that not for all the money in the world , you can stay out of trouble . ❜
she approaches , nervous —— it’s not like her to seek out others , but since they’re costars , she figures it won’t be that easy to reject her. “would you want to - uh - run lines with me?” bambi eyes peering upwards , bracing herself for either side of the teeter-totter answer.
grayson is in his own mind , which is very unlike him . hands rest between his legs as she sits down in the break room , chewing on a few m&m’s that he had been working on , since he began to go over his lines . though as he hears her voice , he shoots head head up and sees who it was . a small smile paints his features and is followed by a nod of his head ❛ yeah , sure ! ❜ digits run through blonde locks as he looks towards her once again ❛ what’re we doing ? ❜ he adds on , skipping through the pages of the script .
she’d be lying if she had said she was expecting any company tonight, she would have much rather preferred to have a quiet night in than go out, but it had been one of her closest friends that had convinced her to go out. after their fourth round together, she was more lively than ever before, letting out a small laugh at the other’s words. “is that even a question? of course, team cap!” she replied with a smile, taking a sip from her glass. “i mean, he is america’s ass.”
after everything that had happened in chile and dealing with every women in his life , that certainly wanted to rip his head off . it was nice to have a conversation with someone that didn’t want to ring his neck , hearing her response . he shakes his head , a hand over his heart dramatically . ❛ I was already planning a june wedding , dj luv, you break my heart . even though , i can admit he has a great ass . team iron man all the way , sorry not sorry . ❜ he says with a shrug of his shoulders , followed by a wink sent her way . turning to the host who has their table ready , he stands up grabbing his drink and offering his arm out to dj.
regina sat with her back against one of the outside walls, legs crossed at the ankles and an open book resting on her lap . armed with a lonesome twizzler dangling from sugar-reddened lips and a pencil in her hand . she sucked the rope of ruby candy into her mouth, chewing loudly as she doodled on the margins of the novel she’d chosen to help her pass the time between takes . she felt more than she saw someone approaching, “if you were caught in a zombie apocalypse, what would you do to kill time when you’re not running from the undead or post-apocalyptic dictators?” she looked up, finally, shielding the sun’s glare from her eyes with her free hand . “what would your zombie killing theme song be?”
mondays in palmwood were the easiest to the day the least , just script reading and changed to be done and then some sparring scenes , nothing too crazy. which is why , he’s walking out now with his duffel bag , hanging over his shoulder . script on his right hand, phone and keys in the other . though what disrupts him from his walk to his car is her voice , he’s not sure where it comes from at first but once her voice travels , he spots the brunette and her question is certainly entertaining . ❛ to be honest , I think I would be infected by the time the first wave was done but I’m thinking eye of the tiger or something with a beat , how about you ? ❜ he inquired as he tilted his head to the side ❛ what has brought all these inquiries to your mind ? ❜
her shoulders tensed the more they spoke on the topic of what they used to have, though her features remained mellow. a soft sight left her, taking a step back into something for reliance as she brought her hand up scratch the back of her neck. “ i know, grayson–i know you cared for me. ” but there’s a stark difference between caring and loving, one hermina has never even been close to feel but she can tell. she only has strangers as reference of a love look and her parents, none of her exes ever gave her the look of love and neither had grayson at all, that much she could tell. and up to a certain point, she’d been okay until she was no longer ignorant and her feelings began to grow. “ but there’s caring and wanting someone. ” she said. at his question of why she’d never brought it up, hermina took a slow, but deep breath as she had to hold back the urge from leaving the room. hermina could tell this as closure. but one she had no need for, because she didn’t want it. because it would really be opening up wounds she’d poured alcohol on for quick healing. “ … why would i ? ” she let out. “ there was no reason to, we had an amicable break-up, i’d say. ” but then when he questions why she thought they broke up, hermina gives him the truth. “ because i wasn’t your focus. and i don’t mean to say something like a priority. but i wasn’t the one you wanted a relationship with despite the fact we were in one… you liked someone else, and i could tell. now, who it was, i don’t know. ” she remembered back to the days when they were together, when realisation would begin to come on as to what their relationship actually was–hermina would remember laying in bed, empty gaze and chest to the ceiling, something heavy and ugly weighing her body. “ i could tell that i was a replacement for someone else… but, that’s the past, grayson. i’ve moved on from that. ” no, she hasn’t. she carried on that experience much like she did with her ex from university, that she was only a filler for a space they wanted or needed. but she would never realise that herself despite her feelings on it.
he’s well aware that what they had was in the past and the last thing that she wants to do , is relive it . yet that’s not what he’s trying to do , he’s not trying to find some easy excuse to get them talking about their once upon a time . even if that’s how he referred to it , she didn’t . his next step is reaching for her hand , thumb caressing the back of her hand as he steps a little closer , maybe force of habit or maybe he really did miss her ; with grayson you never really knew . hey words sting because he did want her , he wanted her and that’s why he had chosen her but deep down , he knew that he was forcing himself to forget about her . he wants to disagree with her but as soon as he hears , the reason they truly broke up . he drops his hand from her but doesn’t move , instead he steps closer to her , his hand rising to her cheek . ❛ I never meant to make you feel , like you weren’t enough for me because you were that and more ——— you were perfect hermina, it was my fault and my fault only that I didn’t see what a great girl I had and I’m sorry, I really am —— for not appreciating you , when I did have you . ❜ he adds on , thumb caressing her cheek. ❛ it’s not that you weren’t enough , I just didn’t want to subject you , to a love I could never give you ❜ maybe that was the reason why , yes he loved lilah but he also loved hermina and she deserved better , she deserved better than empty promises and a half love that would never amount to anything .
“if there’s anything i’ve learned in my life it’s that everything’s a big mess. whether is a big messy mess or a big beautiful mess is up for the universe to decide. but i think it’s always worth the risk.” she said with a nod. she had been impulsive to a fault sometimes, and she may have been dealing with the consequences of that as recent, but she’d never stop chasing the fairytale and she’d never discourage a friend from doing the same. “listen, i don’t even know what i’m saying half the time, if i knew as much as i said, i don’t think i would find myself in the situations that i do.” she said with a sigh and a shake of her head. “well unless you’ve been living under a rock recently, i’m sure you saw the blast…which basically catches you up.”
if there was anything that he enjoyed about persephone , it was certainly her candor . no matter how into his head he was , she always , somehow made him look at the brighter side of things and everyone needs someone like that in their life . ❛ the thing is , now I have this PR thing that my team is pushing and i just don’t know what to tell her ? like what if she thinks that this is something serious , for years I’ve held back my feelings but now ? what if I’m too late ? ❜ he’s aware that persephone wasn’t having the best time in the blogs and even though he was subjected to it , it wasn’t as bad as hers ❛ I don’t tend to believe everything the media writes , half the time is a little truth , infused with a bunch of lies and if it’s true , you don’t owe anyone an explanation . ❜ he muses towards her with a small smile , giving her a gentle shove.
“You are definitely improving my opinion of men. If they were all like you, I would probably sleep with more men,” she said with a soft laugh as they walked to the bar, her toes slipping through the sand of the beach easily. “My poison is handsome men with beautiful smiles. But if we’re talking about drinks, I’ll take a vodka soda.”
her prose causes a small smile to play on his brims ❛ we’re not all that bad but then again , i can only speak for myself . ❜ he says candidly as they take a seat in the stools at the beach bar . turning to the bartender ❛ let me get a vodka soda and a whisky straight , whatever you have on top shelf if not then just a black label . ❜ he wasn’t picky when it came to his drinks , comes to worst he would have gotten a small cocktail . ❛ so, what brings you here today ? surely it wasn’t the game or the festival . tired of the endless blasts from tmz , I’m guessing ? ❜ it’s not like she was stranger , he knew of her , he just hadn’t met her officially.
he didn’t think that he would have any company tonight , he really didn’t expect it all but one thing led to another and here they were on their fourth round , that is if his mind serves him right. ❛ alright this is the bonus question , this right here determines everything ; team iron man or team cap ? ❜ he inquired as he takes a sip of the drink in his hand .
Charlie’s warm smile is her thanks as she takes the phone he’s offered, an exuberant thanks following. “You’re a life saver,” she looks down at the screen and dials the numbers she’s memorised. The call doesn’t go as planned and the conversation becomes somewhat heated. “-no, that was not part of the plan, and nobody mentioned anything about a follow up interview,” she speaks into the phone, attempting not to become too angry. The calls ends with an exasperated sigh, and she holds the phone back out to the other. “I’m so sorry you had to hear that, but why do people insist on springing things on me at the last moment?”
he shakes his head at her prose ❛ don’t mention it , I’ve been out of juice many times ! ❜ there is times that he thinks his phone is charging and half way through the day it dies , though his mother has sent him multiple portable charges , he somehow always forgets to even use them. as her voice raises , he takes a few steps back , trying to give her as many space as possible . as she ends the call , he grabs his phone once again and shoved it into his pocket. ❛ oh it’s alright . ❜ her remaining prose causes a nod of his head ❛ best advice i can give you , is always make sure you’re knowledgeable about your events of the day , that way you’re always aware of the slightest change , has helped me immensely but I’ll get out of your hair , I’m sure you’ll want to get back to the party . ❜
“ooo, anastasia steele, do you wanna be my christian grey?” she asked with a bat of her lashes, tip of her fingernail slowly running down his bare chest. she knew for sure she’d be scolded for flirting with the son of the charmings, her parents valued their friendship with his family immensely, after all. and while they encouraged their daughter’s bad behavior more often than not, they didn’t encourage it when it came to him. she pouts her lips with a heavy sigh as he wraps an arm around her and begins leading her towards the food booth. “i meant your hot dog, you know, not whatever mystery meat they’re serving up.” she said, grinning over at him, the grin only widening when he asked what trouble she had been getting into. “me? getting into trouble? i wouldn’t dream of it.”
❛ you are relentless , you do know that , right ? ❜ he says , followed by a shake of his head . he was used to her usual game , he simply laughed it off because he had too much respect for her and never wanted to make her feel used , even if he was sure that was what she liked . ❛ don’t you ever get tired of the same thing , you comment my very beautiful penis and then I decline the offer , very graciously if I might add . ❜ he finishes with his usual cheeky grin . as he hears her say that she wouldn’t dream of getting into trouble , he rolls his eyes ❛ please , trouble is your middle name . whose poor child have you been terrorizing ? ❜
lilah just got on really, really well with grayson. ever since they were kids. he was her best friend and she couldn’t even fathom losing him. which is why she’d always kept her feelings to herself and she always would. he wasn’t worth losing. and for a while, when she’d met her ex, it’d been even easier to keep those feelings at bay, she had a distraction. not that she hadn’t loved her ex, she really, really had. which explained the strong heartbreak she felt, was still feeling. but it all went away when she was around grayson. “gray, i could never, ever get tired of you. i want you around me forever.” she told him and pressed a gentle kiss to his cheek. “ooooh i’m bringing my bikini then ! maybe a change of clothes, i might as well just stay the night now.”
for the longest time , he always thought that they would be something more . that one moment of tension would cause him actions to jump star and kiss her but there had been several times that he had the chance to make a move and he never did , always second guessing himself and by the time , he did want to make a move , it was too late . ❛ oh please , I’ve called it , if we’re not married by the time we’re forty . can you please just have my child , you have good genes and I mean , I’m not that bad looking , deal ? ❜ he saying jokingly towards him with a hint of the truth but it’s not like she would ever truly know . ❛ yeah , just pack like a bag for tonight , we can order in take out and watch our favorite movies . ❜