If - We Were Perfect By Ana Huang

The stage manager signaled. This was the scene—the climax where their characters finally broke.

The velvet curtains of the Royal Opera House muffled the roar of the London rain, but they couldn’t drown out the tension vibrating between Farrah and Blake in the wings. If We Were Perfect by Ana Huang

"Farrah," he whispered, breaking character as the orchestra swelled. "I spent years pretending I didn't need you to be whole. I built a kingdom just to realize it was empty without the person I built it for." The stage manager signaled