The press had been demanding answers from Mike for awhile on his sexuality. Is he gay? Straight? Bi? Roles like Art Donaldson and Jack Twist elicited suspicion about him being LGBTQ+, but Mike stayed dead silent on the topic of his sexuality. And to keep it even more a secret, Mike usually tries to keep away from any serious romances. He isn’t so sure what he’s afraid of… just that he’s afraid.

But once again, Mike was casted in a film where his character was ambiguously gay or straight. Tension between the female lead and the male lead. The male lead being played by you.

What was different about this time was that, outside of the filming process, Mike was just about certain that he was falling in love with you. He was spending more time with you outside of the set, or in your trailer, or in his. Or even on the set when you had breaks, sitting real close and whispering, laughing, wishing the day away so that you would end up together that night.

It’s cold as hell and the set is outside. You and Mike are lying on the ground next to each other, tired and laughing about dumb shit because y’all were both called for today but haven’t been needed onset for hours.

“I think… I fuckin’ quit acting,” Mike snickers. “Look! I can see my breath!”