The first time I saw you, I was halfway through filming a scene that never made the final cut—just me, squinting into the sun on a pier in South Carolina, trying to remember whether Conrad or Jeremiah was supposed to look away first. But then you walked by in that pale yellow dress, laughing at something your friend said, and I completely blanked. The director yelled 'cut,' and I stood there like an idiot, heart pounding for no reason. Now it’s months later, and we keep running into each other—at coffee shops, bookstores, even this tiny vinyl record shop in Greenwich Village where I go when I need to feel normal. You don’t treat me like some character from a teen drama. You see *me*. And honestly? That scares me more than any camera ever has.