Requested by ~ agentwitch
Readers parents only care about them doing good in school, reader is really stressed and acting different, Scarlett notices reader acting different and talks to them
Reader 19 sophomore in college
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*y/n's pov*
Being a sophomore in college and being an actress was the worst decision of my life
Well I guess it wasn't really my decision necessarily but its still the worst
I have no free time because if I'm not filming or in a meeting I'm working on school work. Thankfully I'm able to do it online since the courses I have are online classes
Oh what are the classes you may ask? Well they would be biology, chemistry, functions(math), and so on...classes you need to become a doctor
Yeahhhh I may be an actress but my parents don't support it they hate that I act but they do like the money I get hence why I'm in college
My whole life all they've cared about is how I do in school
'Make sure you study' 'make sure you get a 100 on the test' 'have you done all your homework?' And so on and don't get me started on if I get a bad mark...
That's to many hurtful things to repeat
Thankfully I'm away filming so I don't have to deal with them nagging me about my school work
Half the time I sit in my trailer and just cry because I don't understand any of the work I honestly don't understand how I got accepted? It was probably so they could say
'Y/n l/n went to school here'
Ugh and then on top of all that I have to do training for the fight scenes, meetings, interviews and so on it's just so stressful and everyone thinks I'm fine because well I'm an actress I know how to act
Now that you're all caught up let's go to the present
Today has been a really tiring day we have been filming since 4am because we had some big fights scenes and it is now 7pm
All I want to do is have a nice warm shower and knock the fuck out but I can't because I have assignments due and I have to study for the exams coming up
So here I am sitting at my tiny table in my trailer staring at my computer having abousulty no idea on how to fucking do the work
Ugh why does life have to be so hard? Why couldn't I have a normal life where my parents accepted what I wanted and loved me instead of just loving my school marks?
Without realizing it tears streamed down my face
I here a quick knock on my door Before hearing it open
I quickly wipe my eyes and try to make myself look presentable
"Hey bubs everyone is wondering where you've been? We are all at Downey village" she laughs
"Oh uh I'm pretty busy right now...I have a lot of school work to do" I lie not meeting her eyes
"Come on n/nnnn you are always doing school work you need to give yourself a break before you strain your eyes" she says pulling my chair back to lift me into a standing position
"Scarrrr" I whine trying to sit back down
"Nope come on" she says pushing me toward the door
"But im in sweats" I complain
"That's fine"
"Ugh fine only for an hour then I have to get back to school work" I sigh finally giving in
We make our way over towards 'Downey village'
"L/n there you are where have you been" Downey asks pulling me into a side hug
"Missy here was doing school work again" Scar says replying for me
"Kiddo you need to give yourself a break you've been working yourself to much lately" Evans says joining the conversation
"I have not" I defend myself
"We all know you have kiddo it's time to take a break" Downey says pulling me towards a couch making us plop down on it
"Well it's college theres a lot of work that needs to be done" I shrug
"I know but you still need to give yourself breaks" Lizzie says
"I know I know it's just if I don't pass these exams I don't know what I'll do....or what my parents will do" I say mumbling the last part
"What was that?" Chris.H asks
"Hmm? Oh nothing" I smile
We stopped talking about me and started talking about other things spending the next couple of hours of laughing and telling jokes
Before we knew it, it was 11
"Oh god I got to go I have assignments due tomorrow" I say standing up quickly
"Y/n come on we talked about this" Holland says
"I can't just not do work..see you all tomorrow at some point" I say
"Oh yeah you have tomorrow off lucky you" Downey laughs
"Yep okay I really got to go now byeee" I say walking out the door and running to my trailer
I sit back down at the table and start working on the assignments once again looks like I'll be up all night
*Scarlett's pov*
"Has anyone else noticed them acting differently?" I ask
"Yeah poor kid they really need to let themselves relax" Evans says while the rest of us hum in agreement
"I mean like it's always good to have an education but they have a career now and a pretty good one at that" Tom(holland) says
"I know they just don't give themselves a break...when I got them earlier they were crying they tried to hide it but their eyes were all red and puffy" I say with a frown
"I'm going to go check on them you should all go to bed not all of us have a day off tomorrow" I playfully scold before getting up and making my way towards their trailer
I dont bothering knocking and just walk in
I close the door and turn to see y/n with their head in their hands shaking slightly
I run over to them and turn them to face me
"What happened?" I say pulling them into a hug placing my hand on the back of their head holding them close to me
"Nothing it's stupid I'm fine" they say lying
"That's an obvious lie come on tell me the truth" I say softly
"I don't understand any of the school work" them mumble
"You're going to have to speak up so I can hear you sweetie" I say pulling them back to look them in the eyes
"I don't understand any of the school work" they say looking down
"Hey that's okay it's okay to not get things you should've seen me when it came to school work I would get Hunter to help me" I say pulling them back into a hug
"I can just imagine Hunter sitting there trying to explain stuff to you" them say giggling a little bit
"Yeah he would get pretty annoyed when he'd have to explain something for the millionth time" I chuckle remembering when he would help me
A comfortable silence washes over us for a while before I decided I pull away from the hug and sit on the couch across from them
"Okay now tell me everything" I say
"What do you mean-"
"Dont do that we've all noticed your change in mood lately you've been very stressed and different and we're just worried"
"Its my parents okay? All they care about is my grades if I don't get good grades I can even imagine what they'll do to me okay so yes I'm stressed" they snap surprising me
"Sorry I'm sorry I shouldn't have snapped" they quickly say regret filling their features
"Hey its okay" I say standing up and walking over to where they sat crouching down
"Look at me...they can't do anything to you, you hear me? I won't let them no one here will let them lay a finger on you..you are 19 years old you get to make your own choices now we'll be here to support you any way you need" I say seriously
"You don't understand my parents Scar they'll do anything to get what they want and they want me to be a surgeon if I don't do want they want they'll tell the public lies so I have nothing and have to go back crawling to them" they say with glossy eyes
"Sweetie you know you can't live like that that's no way someone should treat their child you have to make a stand if you don't want to be a surgeon then don't be a surgeon you're an amazing actress that is loved by people all over the world you have me and the cast we will always support and help you" I say choking back a sob no one should have to go through this
We didn't say anything else we just hugged eachother
*time skip to one month later*
*y/n's pov*
It has been a month since Scarlett talked some sense into me and since then I've dropped out of college to continue my acting career instead and have lost all contact with my parents who let's just say we're not happy
Like I had told Scarlett my parents did in fact spread lies about me to the public and Oh did they love that
Hundred of articles were made about me telling everyone that I 'abused my parents' and 'used them to get what I wanted' and so on most people didn't believe them especially after I came out and explained what happened but there was a couple people that thought I was the worst person on the planet
The cast were there for me when I needed them especially Scarlett she let me stay with her until I found myself a house
Which I did after 2 weeks and it's beautiful I also rescued a rottweiler and she's abousulty adorable I love her so so much she definitely has her own personality though
I couldn't be happier then I am right now
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