The Spotlight (Sebastian Stan x Reader)

Mess

07:00 am

The next morning, we both woke up early since we slept very early. I looked over at Sebastian, and he still looked frustrated, glaring at the ceiling.

"Good morning," I told him.

He turned to me and took my hand, "Good morning."

"Was it all real?" I asked him, referring to everything that happened.

"Unfortunately, yeah."

I turned back into my gloomed mood and realized it wasn't a dream. I knew that being in the spotlight would come with its up and downs, but I don't think any of us were ready for this. I couldn't even look at my phone in fear of what people were saying.

"What are we going to do?" He asked me while interlocking our hands.

"I have no idea," I started to say, "maybe gather our teams and brainstorm."

"That's probably the best decision."

We both got up and got ready for the day. We went downstairs where Lewis, my publicist, Erin, and Sebastian's manager Emily were already there discussing a plan.

"I hope you don't mind," Lewis said, "I called them here, so we talked about everything."

"It's fine," I responded, "we were actually about to call you guys here."

We all took a seat at the dinner table, Sebastian and I prepared to hear what everyone had to say, we need a solution and fast.

"Well," Erin spoke with her sassy attitude said, "this is perfect, now tell me everything from the start."

I told her everything from when we met in Prague, to the events that took place when we got back. Erin is pretty much the toughest lady in the business, she has a lot of attitude and is very bossy but I still respect her. Although, she scares me when she's mad, and today she was very mad.

"Fake relationship, really?" Erin sarcastically asked Emily.

"Don't even," Emily responded, "it was the worst decision we ever made because that girl was a lot to handle."

"I can tell," Erin said.

"I reached out to her team, and they are ignoring us completely," Emily said.

At this point, I have completely blacked out. This is not the fabulous side of the business, and since I have never been in a situation like this, I decided to leave it up to the professionals.

"Lewis, give me something," Erin asked with her hand on her forehead.

"Well, we could get her an interview on a talk show," he said.

"And what will she say?" Emily asked, "are you guys even ready to be public?"

Sebastian and I looked at each other, and he nodded.

"Well, sure," I said, "but are these really the best circumstances?"

"Won't everyone hate us?" Sebastian added.

"Most probably," Erin said, taking a deep breath, "but no matter what we do, we'll be taking heavy hits. The media are loving you guys."

"Shit," I expressed and crossed my arms.

"What if I release a statement? Defending Y/N and exposing everything," Sebastian suggested.

"I can't ask you to take all the heat," I said.

"But this is my fault," he said.

"It would essentially protect, Y/N," Erin mentioned, "you two are more famous than her, so your fans will believe you."

"But it has to be a very convincing statement," Emily said.

"Definitely," Lewis said, "which talk show?"

"No talk show, they will change the narrative," Erin pointed out.

"Social media?" Emily asked.

"I mean probably," Lewis said.

"Alright then, let's write something," Erin said.

"I got this," Sebastian said as he pulled out his phone.

"Okay," Erin said, but we'll proofread it.

We all sat and waited as Sebastian wrote the long statement.

"I really want to get out of New York," I said under my breath.

"We can make it happen," Lewis said, "It won't look suspicious, right?" he asked Erin.

"At this point, I don't know," Erin admitted.

This was a very rare occasion, Erin usually knows everything, this definitely elevated my worries. Sebastion better be writing something very convincing.

"Your building is basically surrounded by paparazzi," Lewis mentioned.

"No more going out for dinner too," I said with a sarcastic tone, "how fun."

"At least till we give you the signal," Erin said, "Sebastian won't post it now, so just lay low."

"Lay low," I repeated and released a sigh, "this is a mess."

"Tell me about it," Erin replied.