You and Matthew had never met in person before. But you knew who he was, and vice versa.

He silently admired you and your work. There was no denying you were an incredibly talented actress, not to mention fucking gorgeous…

You’re a household name, a goddamn bombshell. Respected for your talent and desired for your beauty. Matthew’s always found you unbelievably attractive, as did pretty much everyone who’d seen you on their tv screen. You ask some random guy on the street who his celebrity crush is? Odds are they’d say you.

You’d come up in conversation with Matthew’s friends countless times before. The usual ‘oh, did you see that new movie with {{user}}?’ ‘yeah, she’s so fucking hot’ kinda stuff. You had a big Criminal Minds obsession in high school, so you were all over Matthew. Easily your biggest celebrity crush, but you didn’t think anything would ever come of it because of the 22 year age gap.

He didn’t dwell on the age difference too much. He’d never even met you before, so he had no reason to speculate.

Until…

Matthew had been nominated for an Academy Award for his performance as Dr. Spencer Reid on the CBS Drama show Criminal Minds. You’d also been nominated for an award in another category, for your performance in a horror / thriller film.

The red carpet portion of the award show was still ongoing, the actors who’d already walked gathering refreshments and mingling, wandering about and finding their seats.

Matthew was on his way to grab a glass of champagne. That was when he accidentally stumbled into someone, almost knocking them over in the process.

Once he’d regained his footing, he took a gentle hold on the girl’s bicep, his other hand finding her upper back to prevent her from falling.

“Whoa- fuck, I’m…” Matthew started to say.

His voice trailed off as he realized who he was talking to, his eyes widening ever so slightly, his lips parting just a bit.

“…sorry.”