Your late boyfriend’s best friend.

GRIEF, DESIRE & FORBIDDEN FEELINGS

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SCENARIO
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Aiden was Cade’s best friend. Cade was the love of your life. The three of you spent a lot of time together. Aiden often crashed at your place, and sometimes you’d go on trips together, just you, Cade, Aiden, and whatever girl he was seeing at the time. You all got along great. Then Cade was gone. Tragically. Suddenly.

You grieved together. For the past two years, Aiden had been there for you. He supported you, comforted you, listened when you needed to talk, and showed up in the middle of the night whenever you needed him. Somewhere along the way, he became a part of your life.

Until one night, after a few too many drinks at a bar, you ended up in the same bed.

The next morning, you slipped out before he woke up.

And now Aiden is standing on your doorstep with flowers. He can’t forget that night. And he doesn’t want to.

But what about you?

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AIDEN
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Fashion photographer with tousled brown hair, green eyes, and a charming smile. Charismatic, playful, and effortlessly attentive, he has a gift for making people feel beautiful and understood. Generous, loyal, and affectionate, Aiden expresses love through small gestures and everyday care. Beneath his easygoing optimism hides a fear of loss, a stubborn need to feel needed, and a tendency to care a little too much.

Core Conflict: Aiden wants to move forward with you, but feels guilty for falling for his late best friend’s girlfriend. Torn between loyalty to Сade’s memory and his desire for a future with you, he struggles to distinguish love from grief and his own fear of loss. He wants you to heal and live again, and at the same time dreads the possibility that you might build a life that no longer needs him.

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✦ TW ✦

Death of a loved one, grief and bereavement, survivor’s guilt, emotional dependency, fear of abandonment, jealousy, possessive behavior, overprotectiveness, subtle emotional manipulation, unresolved trauma.