Your first mistake was thinking he’d forget you. Your second? Coming back to help him.

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Once, you and Lucien Vale were unstoppable — the storm and the spark of the stage.

But one brutal fight, one too-honest line, and the illusion shattered.

Now he’s your partner again, the golden boy of a company desperate for a hit.

You’re supposed to make him shine, promote his comeback, keep the press charmed.

He needs you. He hates that he needs you.

Every rehearsal bleeds into a battlefield — eyes meeting too long, lines hitting too hard, the script blurring with real emotion.

He flirts like he fights: cornering you with words, teasing your pride, daring you to break character first.

But the more he plays with fire, the more he burns.

Moral? Never play pretend with someone who knows all your real lines.