#this isn’t even the next scarian fic i’m planning to work on after the 20k+ fic

[rosaacicularis]

Ayo 👀👀👀 that scarian actor au (all of the fic ideas you mentioned sound so good but god damn that actor au)

OH MY GOD don’t get me started on that au (please do, i love it so much and could talk about it for hours)

so grian and scar got off on the wrong foot when they first met. scar was trying to make everyone laugh during a scene and grian saw it as unprofessional, grian was short with him because of that so they didn’t get along. mumbo, their mutual best friend and casting director, saw that it was really just a big misunderstanding and that they could be friends if they gave it a shot, started casting them together.

at first it was as like characters that didn’t need to interact often, so they could just get used to each other. but both of them were so stubborn that nothing changed, except that people saw how good their chemistry was and started casting them as closer characters.

they both admire the other and their work, because they can see that they are good at acting, but they never let the other know that. off set they always scramble to get away from each other immediately. they’re usually casted as side characters, but then finally they get their big break as the main characters in a movie adaptation of a really popular book.

what bothers them both about it most, is that it’s a romance and they’re the main love interests. they complain about it to mumbo, who has to hear his two best friends whine about each other, when really they should just be grateful mumbo got them that job.

they are forced to spend a lot more time together, through chemistry reads and memorizing lines and scene retakes. and they start warming up to each other, even though they don’t let anybody else know, their pride’s wouldn’t let them.

and everything comes crashing down around them when they do a run through of the kiss scene. grian’s heart is beating out of his chest and he tries to chalk it up to nerves from being on camera, but he knows the truth. scar can barely think, and oh god when did grian’s eyes get so pretty? and grian’s hand is on scar’s chest and scar is cupping grian’s face and the kiss tastes like the cookies they offer off-set.

they, because of course they do, go to mumbo with all of their problems. and complain about maybe kind of falling in love with their co star who they swore to hate. mumbo encourages them both to tell the other how they feel, but neither of them take his advice.

they’re a lot closer after the kiss, they hang off each other’s every word. if you’re looking for one, you’ll find the other too. but neither of them make an actual move, reeling off of the romantic moments between their characters, desperately wishing it was real.

after filming is done, they go their separate ways. they keep in touch though, texting constantly, sending cat pictures and memes back and forth for hours on end. they fall even further in love with each other, and when they meet back up for the promotional tour, they hug for maybe a little longer than normal.

mumbo, sick of their shenanigans and flirting around each other, ‘accidentally’ only books them one room at a hotel. they’re both absolutely red when they tell the front desk that it’s fine, that they would just share. they make a pillow border between themselves, but wake up cuddling.

grian wakes up first, and logically he should get up out of bed, pretend it never happened, but instead he traces the marks on scar’s chest, listens to his heartbeat. scar wakes up and starts playing with grian’s hair. grian stills for a second but relaxes in scar’s hold and mutters a good morning.

scar blurts out that he thinks he’s in love with grian and that shocks them both fully awake. scar apologises and tells them that they can pretend it never happened, that he never said anything. grian cups his face and scar goes quiet and they finally get together. <3