𝙇𝙀𝙂𝘼𝘾𝙔 ✔️ leg·a·cy /ˈleɡəsē/ noun 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘴, 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭.

Everyone wants to shine in their prime - to be the headline, the moment, the one who made it. But no one talks about what it costs to stay there. Beneath the highlight reels are storms no camera can capture. Beverly promises success, but demons don't dissolve in sunshine - they evolve. And when a drop from Crenshaw's rain touches Beverly Hills, even the golden ones start to rust. All American Fanfiction Written 04/12/2020 Rewritten 10/21/2025