Palimpsest (Gillian Anderson x female)

When twenty-six-year-old screenwriter Ava Acosta collides-literally-with Gillian Anderson at the BAFTAs, it feels like the start of something impossible. A childhood crush turned electric reality, their connection sparks into a love affair neither of them planned. But with Ava's career just beginning and the world watching, their relationship becomes a carefully guarded secret... and eventually, a sacrifice.

Five years later, Ava's an acclaimed writer-director. Hardened. Focused. Untouchable. Until Gillian is cast-without Ava's knowledge-as the lead in her newest film.

Now, forced into proximity on a set filled with old tension and unresolved want, they circle each other again-older, guarded, and still aching.

Can time rewrite the ending they never got to finish?
Or are some stories meant to be left untold?

A slow-burn, age-gap love story about ambition, forgiveness, and the kind of love that lingers long after it ends.

PS you don't have to be a Gillian fan to read! Some of my friends pre read and said I should make it into a real story!