Trade Mistakes - Prinxiety [COMPLETED]

Chapter XXX

Roman waited anxiously outside his house, checking his watch again and again. They were going to be late if they didn't start driving to the theater in the next ten minutes, and with as long as it had been taking his company to get ready so far, he was beginning to get worried.

Tonight was the premiere of the biggest film of his career. It a huge deal; he, among many other A-List actors, made up the cast of this phenomenal fantasy film that reimagined the very essence of imagination itself.

This was his favorite film by a long shot. It combined the real world as they know it with worlds of fiction beyond anything most people could begin to imagine. He got to play a real person and a fantasy prince in the same film.

The story of the film went a little something like this: Roman played a young writer in his late twenties who was struggling to find motivation to write a good story. He meets this alternative songwriter and immediately becomes infatuated with him. Though the writer assumes the feelings will pass, they continued to see each other, and the draw inspiration from one another's personalities and personal lives.

What was fun about the film was the switches between reality and fiction. In between meetings of the writer and rockstar, the writer would have a burst of inspiration and create a scene for his book; that scene was then acted out as if reality by the same cast of actors playing their alternate reality counterparts, hence where the prince comes in.

It was a fun journey and a challenge for the experienced actor. It had been just the kind of project he'd been looking for during his return to the stage and the screen.

Over the last couple years, Roman Prince had been a touring member of the alternative rock band known as Anxious Storms, Malicious Roses. He'd joined up with them upon taking a break from his acting career, having been childhood friends with its lead singer, who needed someone to fill in the space of guitarist as soon as possible. It had been a bumpy journey, but they'd gotten through an entire European tour together. After the kiss the lead singer and the actor shared during the final show, it was clear they'd continued to work together.

Fans of Prince had been worried he'd been stolen away from the screen forever by the rockstar, but two years of touring and music later, he decided to make his comeback to the acting industry.

"We're gonna be late!" he called for the fifth time.

The person he'd been waiting for opened the front door and locked it behind him, turning to hurry toward him. "We'll be fine, Roman, calm down," Virgil replied, smiling as he reached the car.

He huffed and slipped into the limousine that had been sent to take him and his plus one to the premiere. In the back, he fidgeted with his suit and adjusted his hair pointlessly.

"Hey, are you nervous?" the singer asked, giving him a slightly concerned look. "You've done this before."

"Yeah, but that was a few years ago, and what if I screw up on the red carpet? Or they hate the film? Or I look stupid? Or I say something-mmf..."

He was cut off by Virgil's lips pressed gently against his own. "No 'what if's Princey," he murmured soothingly. "I know what that does to you. You'll do fantastic. The movie will be fantastic. Everything will be fine, I have faith that everything's gonna run smoothly, and you know who taught me to have that faith?"

"Me," Roman mumbled with a bashful smile.

"Yeah, you, you walking Disney prince," he replied nudging his shoulder with his own. "The fans will love it, your acting was through the roof on this one."

The princely man blushed but smiled at his boyfriend. "Hey, but who's band recorded half the movie's soundtrack?"

"I was just trying to make sure my pretty boyfriend had a strong sound behind him so when he was making us all swoon and sob it wouldn't be in silence," Virgil said with exaggerated sarcasm that made the actor laugh.