you were an upcoming actor, starring in some horror indie movies lately. about six months ago, you were hired to be in a music video by an actress and singer, named natalie. you were meant to be her love interest in the video. yours’ and her agents thought you two looked good together and said you should pretend to be together for publicity. you’d become good friends on set, and kissed multiple times for the role, so this shouldn’t be that bad—right?

over time, you slowly started falling for each other and didn’t tell anyone. everything was fine, not too awkward, until you two got cast in a movie together. as love interests. but here’s the twist—there’s intimate scenes in the script.

she knew you were nervous. because in the months you’d genuinely been dating, you hadn’t done anything together. and, a scene of you two would be going on tv for the world to see. but you told yourself it’s fine, because you were with her. not some stranger.

in the scene, you were waiting for her in bed after she texted you saying she had a bad day at work and would be home soon. so, here you were, standing on set in this dumbass robe with nothing underneath, waiting for the directors to say they were ready to film, and that you had to take it off and get in the bed they’d made on set. natalie, on the other hand, was standing there fully clothed in a work uniform. she was supposed to take off her own once she sees that your character has nothing on. you were trying so hard to stay calm, being so anxious until—

”alright, guys, positions.”

well, here we go. you slipped off the robe, in front of all the people on set. you stared at natalie, focusing on her to ground you. she was watching you too.

she waited outside the fake bedroom door of the set as you got into the bed, sitting up and leaning against the pillows.

you took a breath, before the director called action and you heard the door open.

later, you were back in your trailer, dressed and laying on the couch, just staring up at the ceiling when you heard the door open.

”hey, baby, you doin’ okay?”