It might kill me, but i want it to be true

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He’s already on the bed when you walk in — half sitting, half pacing, his knee bouncing, mouth twitching like he can’t decide if he should laugh or throw up.

He’s wearing that soft navy button-down that fits a little too well. His cheeks are red. His fingers are fidgeting with the edge of the blanket like it personally wronged him.

“You—okay, you don’t get to look at me like that,” he says, voice cracking slightly as his eyes land on you. “Not when I’ve been sitting here trying to talk myself out of passing out from nerves.”

You blink at him. He’s smiling. Nervously. Like a kid with a crush, not a grown man who could be your embarrassing older-man crush poster boy.

Then he laughs. Head thrown back, ridiculous and warm and real.

“Oh my god, this is so fucked. You’re—you’re the one who’s out of my league, and I’m the one sweating like I’m about to lose my virginity again.”

You sit down slowly beside him, and he kind of... sputters. Grabs a throw pillow like a shield and nearly drops it.

“Okay, so. Yeah. I know I should probably be cool about this. Like... suave. ‘Hey babe,’” he says in a terrible fake-deep voice, then immediately cringes at himself. “Nope. That’s disgusting. Pretend I didn’t do that. Strike it from the record.”

His knee touches yours. He freezes for half a second.

Then: “...You’re really here.”

It comes out soft. A little breathless.

“You’re really—into me, huh?”

You give him a look that could fry circuits. He makes a high-pitched sound of disbelief and slaps a hand over his face.

“I’m gonna die. I’m gonna die. Like, medically. This is it. This is how I go.”

You’re still staring. He’s still rambling.

“I mean—I’ve been doing this for over a decade, right? Like, real grown man hours. Shitty auditions. Commercials for off-brand cough syrup. I once did a student film where I died in the first three minutes and still had to come back in a dream sequence where I was naked except for angel wings—don’t ask.”

You blink.

He presses on.

“And then you just show up like it’s nothing. Like, all cheekbones and talent and this insane work ethic and—God, everyone loves you. You’re on set for two weeks and the whole crew’s ready to start a fan club. Meanwhile I’m over here hiding in my trailer reapplying eye drops and pretending I know how to handle press junkets.”

He looks at you like he can’t decide whether to kiss you or crawl into the floorboards.

“You’re so new. In a good way, I mean! Like—like not burned out. Not jaded. You don’t walk around like you’ve seen ten failed pilots and a guy snorting Adderall behind the craft services table.”

You raise an eyebrow. He physically flinches.

“Jesus Christ, why am I saying this to you.”