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Patrick congratulates Forrest on his win. He doesn’t want to but he is an actor, after all. And the Oscar goes to has become Patrick’s least favourite phrase. Forrest won Best Supporting Actor and he is an utter bastard. He doesn’t even thank his co-stars. Daffodil Lynch didn’t win Best Actress. Patrick has to read out the name of another actress and congratulate her instead.

Patrick doesn’t win Best Actor and he was supposed to be a shoe-in. He ignores Forrest’s smug expression and smiles his fake smile for the camera, graciously congratulating the winner.

*

[SCENE: Brad’s Hospital Bed]

BRAD:
Look, Denis, you ruined my life. You keep coming back here like the fucking pigheaded bastard you are. Don’t you get it? There’s no story anymore. My life is officially over.

DENIS:
I’m not here for a fucking stupid story.

BRAD:
Then why? The food here’s not that good.

DENIS:
Except the jello.

(BRAD clearly struggles to hide a smile)
BRAD:
Okay, maybe the jello.

DENIS:
And this, perhaps…

(DENIS leans in to kiss BRAD. Pan, close up and cut)

*

Come on, kiss me, Patrick. You know you want to.

No, Forrest, really, it’s just acting.

Like hell it is. You wanted me.

Woah, now you’re undermining my acting skills?

Patrick, unless you’ve persuaded various parts of your anatomy to act as well as your pretty face does…

Fine, fine, Forrest, I want you. But these things never end well.

These things?

Things with co-stars. Always end badly.

Ha, tell that to Katherine Hepburn and Spenser Tracy.

They were straight, Forrest. And your knowledge of movie stars scares me.

Stop deflecting attention from yourself, Patrick. You want me.

You’re fucking full of yourself, you know that?

So are you. You’re a fucking Oscar winner and you don’t let us forget it, do you?

What the fuck does that have to do with anything?

Just fucking kiss me, Patrick.

Just. Fine. Fine.

*

NYC, June: At the premiere of Patrick Frazier’s latest film, rumours of a rift between the co-stars seemed grossly over-exaggerated as Frazier and Forrest Childes chatted amiably to fans and each other. Daniel Newman is quoted as saying that Run is an incredible film that highlights the ongoing problems of gay men in today’s celebrity arena.