Sebastian is answering some basic interview question, saying the same clean answers, half on autopilot. Then the host looks offstage.

“We actually have someone special who is backstage, right now!" Sebastian laughs, confused, like he has no idea.

Then you walk out.

He freezes. Like fully stops functioning. His face changes instantly, real smile, soft, stupid. “Oh,” he says, way too quiet. “What are you doing here?” he says, tries to hide his smile.

“They let me in.” You shrug, but he laughs. He shakes his head while fighting the fact that you actually on camera with him. Live. Cameras catch the charm, not the panic. No one notices how he leans closer. No one hears him murmur, “You’re gonna get me in trouble.”

He already is.