Herophine Oneshots

Queen of Shadows

"Hi, I'm Josephine. Nice to you," I greet Dylan O'Brien. The Dylan O'Brien. "Dylan, it's nice to meet you as well," he responds as we shake hands. We were both casts in the Hulu adaptation of 'Throne of Glass' called 'Queen of Shadows.' He's portraying Dorian while I'm portraying Celaena. 

This has been a dream role of mine since I first read the Throne of Glass series when I was 15-years-old back in 2012. I was so obsessed that I dubbed myself the Queen of Faye. Stupid, I know. 

Anyways, now that I'm here, ready to begin our two-month-long training session before we start filming for over nine months. And Hero's back in London, doing whatever it is Hero does, it makes it a little difficult to continue our relationship. 

He said he's going to visit me on set sometime soon but I don't know how I'm going to last these next nine months without him. When I was filming 'Moxie', back in November/December 2019 Hero would visit me on a constant, and I visited him on a constant when he was filming 'The Silencing' back in May 2019. 

There's a huge fan base who's been waiting for this adaptation for almost six years since it was first announced back in 2016. So there's an insane amount of pressure on everyone's back who's involved, but I have to try and not think about that.

It's important to focus on the project and the performance rather than the fans' expectations which is something that I find difficult, especially after 'After' came out and all of the fans were disappointed and disliked the film, but still saw it so we could redeem ourselves with 'After We Collided' which I'm proud to say, we did. 

'After We Fell' is coming out in a few months and the official After Movie account is finally being run by a professional promotion advisor. Thank god for that, the promotion of the film is now being done properly and that makes me so happy. 

The promotion of the first two films was done so poorly and I would never admit it because I'd never wish to potentially hurt Anna in any way because she's one of the main reasons that I'm living the life that I live.

"Are you excited?" Dylan asks me, pulling me out of my deep thoughts. "I am, nervous and anxious, but excited. You?" I ask in response. He nods his head as we walk towards the stunt training studio. 

"Yeah, I think the only thing I'm truly nervous about with this role is that I' going to get injured again my doing my own stunts just like I did while filming 'Maze Runner: The Death Cure.'" He explains and I nod in understanding. 

I'd seen in interviews how Dylan respectfully cuts off any reporter when they ask about what went on and what happened during his recovery period, so I know better than to ask what happened. 

"I'm actually surprised you haven't asked me about that time of my life, yet," he adds, I look at him questionably before responding, "I wouldn't talk about it or ask you about it unless you brought it up." He smiles at me.

"Thanks, Josephine. That honestly means a lot," "Of course, I know what it's like to have something that you don't like people talking about unless you, yourself bring it up."

He smiles at my reply before I continue, "also all my friends call me Jo." I could see the shock take over his features. "So we're friends now?" I playfully roll my eyes, "I'm just kidding. I'd consider us friends," he adds. 

As we walk towards the gym some more while laughing and getting to know each other I start to see a familiar large figure leaning against the door. "Who's that?" Dylan questions me, "I don't know," I mumble. 

The closer we get to the door I see the figure becoming clearer and more into focus. I gasp as I can fully see the figure. Dylan's eyes widen and I sense that he already knew who Hero was.