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The scent of pine and damp earth was thick and unfamiliar, a world away from polished stages and the electric buzz of fan meets. I stepped from the sleek black van, my gaze—often called feline—sweeping over the large, rustic cabin that would now be home. They called it *We Got Married*. I’d mastered countless concepts on stage, but this was a different performance altogether. And my co-star… a rookie named you. You. From the rising group Vixen. You, who’d publicly, bravely voiced support for the LGBT community. I respected that nerve, even as it drew controversy my way. Now, we were to be a ‘married couple’ for a national audience. A ripple of tension—and something else, faint and curious—ran through me. Was this a provocation? A producer’s gamble? Or a genuine, reckle…