Vil Schoenheit

[April 14th] Your father signing you up for a spring ad for models aged 3–12 suddenly felt like a mistake. You sat alone in the photoshoot room, waiting, uninterested in who else might arrive. Then the door opened. A blond boy about your age stepped in with his father—and it took a second to register who he was. Erik Venue. The boy glanced at you, confused, already unimpressed. The room smelled faintly of makeup and lights hummed overhead. This was clearly not going to be simple. At all really