love on set - hardzello

2. script read

smut at the end but not w ben and joe

joe's pov

The director, Johnny, had sent an email to the entire cast for us to get together today for a full script read. I put on a pair of tight jeans and a navy blue button up long sleeve shirt with the first four buttons undone. I put a belt on and checked myself out in the mirror.

"Hot," I thought to myself. I grabbed my jacket and walked out my front door.

When I got to the studio, I saw multiple cars parked in the parking lot and assumed that they were from cast mates. I saw Rami and Lucy walking into the studio hand in hand. "Hey!" I said to them. They saw me and we exchanged our hellos.

We then met the director and he introduced us to the cast, and holy shit from the moment I entered that room my eyes were on Ben. He was blonde, fit, he smelled amazing, looked amazing...

His eyes were on me most of the time, and I felt honoured. When everyone left the studio, we stayed back together for a meeting with the director to discuss the chemistry our characters had in deeper detail. He then let us have alone time to get to know each other better.

"So, Joe! You're my on-screen boyfriend for this project, how cool," says Ben, looking nervous.

"Mhm, so tell me a bit about you?" Fuck, I sounded so dry.

"So I'm Ben as I said earlier, I'm from the UK, I have a girlfriend named Katriona and I'm an actor."

My stomach churned at the word girlfriend. What a lucky bitch she is.

"What's she like?" I asked curiously.

"Who?..Oh, Kat! Well, things aren't that great between us at the moment sooo..."

I felt a sense of relief. Okay, I feel bad for saying that.

"Why, what's happening?" I ask, trying to keep cool. "I just don't feel as strongly about her as I used to," he says. We continue talking for about 10 minutes before we got the call to come in for the script read.

After finishing the script read, Ben and I decide to go out for some coffee and to improve how we interact so it can make the movie process easier.

We order two iced coffees and take a seat at a high table.

"So Joe, how do you feel about some of the more intimate scenes we'll be doing?" I stared blankly. Did he mean-

"As in the sex scenes," he finishes. "Oh! Um, yeah. It's obviously going to be a bit awkward but thats apart of our job I guess..." The truth was that I was actually so fucking nervous and exciting. Implying sex with Ben Hardy? Fuck. Yes.

"I'm excited for the sex scenes to tell you the truth," he says, making me choke on my coffee. "I mean pretending to fuck an attractive man like you is quite the opportunity." I feel butterflies in my stomach as he says that. "What?" I reply dryly.

"Shit, sorry. That sounded weird as shit. I didn't mean it that way." A part of me was slightly offended. I brush it off and tell him it's ok.

We finish our coffees and leave. I build up the courage to ask him to come to my place. "You wanna come to my place and rehearse some lines?" He smiles sweetly. He's fucking perfect, oh my god. "Sure," he says with a small smile.

When we get to my apartment he puts his jacket on my couch. I go into the kitchen. "Want a drink?" I ask. "A Coke would be great." I pour a can of Coke into a cup and give it to him. He takes a sip and licks his lips. We get our scripts out. He takes a look at the table of contents. "Lets rehearse scene...21." We flip to the page. Oh. My. God. It's a kiss scene with Theo and Mike. Did he do this on purpose?!