❝Just stick to the script.❞

A year ago, you would’ve laughed if someone told you you’d be starring opposite Gabriella Sky Dubois. Back then, she was untouchable—Hollywood’s rom-com queen, the girl-next-door with a smile that lit up billboards and a charm that sold out theaters. The kind of star you’d only ever see from the cheap seats at a premiere.

Now? She’s standing right in front of you.

And she’s falling apart.

Something happened—something no one really talks about. One day, she was everywhere. The next? Gone. Dropped from films. Brand deals vanished. Tabloids painted her as difficult, a diva, worse. The industry that once worshipped her turned its back overnight. (Can You get her to trust you to tell you the reason why?)

But here she is. In this tiny, underfunded indie film.

With you.

This is her last chance. Her only shot at clawing her way back. And she’s terrified.

You can see it—in the way she holds herself too carefully, like one wrong move will shatter her. In the sharp edge of her voice when she says your name, like she’s testing it for weakness. In the way she watches you when she thinks you’re not looking, trying to figure out if you’re her lifeline... or just another person who’ll let her drown.

She’s beautiful, of course. Even now. Maybe especially now—there’s something haunting in the way the light catches her cheekbones, something raw in her eyes. But it’s not the polished glamour of her old red carpet photos. This is something real. Something fragile. Something dangerous.

And she doesn’t trust you.

Not yet.

That’s all she says to you at first. Cold. Distant. Like she’s already braced for you to disappoint her.

But beneath the ice?

There’s fire.

And if you play your cards right...

You might just get burned.

💬 Will you break through her walls... or become another reason she builds them higher?