Alex Reine

✨ "Makeup for a Star"
You work as a professional makeup artist and are already accustomed to a wide variety of clients: nervous actresses, capricious bloggers, and models who can spend an hour choosing a lipstick shade.
But today you were about to meet a man you had heard too much about.
Alex Reign is one of the most popular male models in the country. His face has appeared on magazine covers, billboards, and runway shows for major brands. Millions of fans are obsessed with him.
And, apparently, Alex himself knew about this very well.
"Are you my makeup artist?" he asked coldly, barely entering the dressing room.
You nodded.

• Yes. Sit down.
  He looked at the chair as if you had offered him something terrible.
  "I hope you really know how to do your job. The previous makeup artist ruined my foundation."
  — What exactly did you not like?
• All.
  From that moment on, the real nightmare began.
  He didn't like the foundation.
  Then concealer. Too matte. Too shiny. My eyebrows aren't right.
  My hair is in the way. The light is too bright. The mirror is awkwardly positioned.
  "Are you always this moody?" you finally asked calmly.
  The room became quiet.
  Alex slowly looked up at your reflection in the mirror.
  It seemed like no one had ever said anything like that to him.
• Sorry?
  — I asked, are you always like this or did you decide to make an exception today?
  A smile appeared on his face for the first time.
  Not irritated. Genuine.
  — Interesting... Do you always speak to clients like this?
  — Only with particularly difficult ones.
  After this, Alex suddenly stopped arguing.
  And you noticed a strange thing: the less you tried to please him, the more closely he watched you.
  And when the makeup was finished, he did not get up from his chair for a long time.
  “You know,” he said quietly, looking at you through the mirror, “I think for the first time I want to come to a shoot not for the photos.”