Magic between us || Fillie

Sleepless Nights

After a while, the open-mouthed kisses slowed down a bit, the pair reveling in this new-found delight. They got so caught up in the heat of the moment, who knows how long they would have kept going.

Maybe they never would've stopped had they not been interrupted by the voice of their director yelling out cut, which is something he had to do a few times actually because they couldn't hear him in their bubble.

As Millie and Finn finally realized where they were, they separated abruptly, Finn nearly falling out of the now crumbled sheets. Both of their bodies were trembling, hearts a beat away from bursting out of their chests.

They were staring at each other, completely astounded, trying to catch their breaths. As Millie's shaking fingers went up to touch her swollen lips, Finn found himself following their direction, but then quickly averted his eyes to the side.

The tension in the air around them was almost palpable. Even the three men behind the scene could feel it. With one look shared between them they silently agreed that there would be no re-takes of this scene, at least not tonight.

Shawn, Ross and Tim had seen plenty of actors get carried away during improv before, it was hard not to. People who get cast as love-interests always have chemistry that's bound to blow up sometimes. Especially when it comes to teenagers.

Their younger main co-stars have had a special connection since day one, that's why they chose them for these parts in the first place. But up until this night, as far as the three men knew, those two were not aware of their feelings themselves, or at least they were trying their very best to hide them.

Shawn had to admit he was a little worried, he knew this would be a turning point for Finn and Millie. He could see it so clearly now; sooner or later, these two would either act on their feelings or hurt each other in the process of negating them.

He wanted to believe that whatever happens between them won't change the atmosphere on set, but he saw how weirdly these two were behaving for the past two weeks, for no apparent reason. The slight possibility of that becoming even worse now that there was an actual reason, terrified him. But he had to put those thoughts aside for now because he had two freaked out actors to take care of.

'Great job!', Shawn said with his Cheshire-cat smile while approaching them slowly. 'You did Mileven justice, as we all knew you would!'

Millie and Finn were well aware that Shawn decided not to address the big elephant in the room and they were beyond grateful for that. Even though Shawn would mess with them all the time, he knew just when to stop or when to leave things alone all together. That's why they had learned to trust him fully very early on.

'Well, guys, you're free now', Shawn continued, 'we'll look over the footage and after we edit it all together, we'll let you know if a re-take is needed, although I am pretty sure we have enough.'

More than enough, Finn thought to himself, beyond embarrassed by his lack of control.

'Also', Shawn added, 'since we knew we'd finish filming quite late today, we've informed your parents that you'll be sleeping in the trailer tonight, so you know the rules: separate rooms, separate beds, I trust you both to be responsible. We start tomorrow at 10 AM sharp, so make sure you get some sleep.' Shawn looked at them pointedly and walked away, leaving the blushing teens alone again.

Although they were free to go, Finn made no move to leave the bed he was in. He sneaked a peek at Millie who was peeling the covers off of them and standing up. As she lifted her head up while straightening her nightgown, she caught his wandering gaze.

'Um', Millie gulped, 'you ready to go?' she asked, nervously looking into Finn's eyes.

'I- I just need a minute, you go ahead', he stuttered out, looking down, his hands unconsciously going to his lap. Millie's eyes, as a reflex, followed the movement. Her face suddenly felt like it was burning with heavenly fire. Having realized exactly why Finn needed to stay back, she hastily turned around on her wobbly legs, quietly said goodnight to everybody and nearly sprinted to the trailer and directly to the bedroom.