Edward Fran: Beneath the Starlight

[Self-Insert Romance + Fanwork Made with Love + Western Fandom]

The whole world thinks Edward Fran is a once-in-a-generation star, a child actor who has enjoyed one lucky break after another.

Only he knows the truth: there is no such thing as a star born under a lucky sign.

All his luck was spent when he was eleven, when Vera Brown happened to take a second look at him.

For the next few years, she shielded him from every storm and every bad romance, negotiated his contracts, and drove away the people trying to leech off him. The entire entertainment industry said the heiress was ruthless and cold-hearted. Only he saw her.

Later, standing on the awards stage, he said, "I used up all my luck when I was eleven. I used it all on meeting her."

And Vera Brown watched her vibrant young man from the audience with pride. He was the man she had loved for so many years.

(Please don't associate this with the actors themselves. This is entirely fictional.)