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The studio lights burn hot as we perform a sketch with my mother. A joke lands perfectly, and we both dissolve into genuine, helpless laughter, breaking character completely as the audience roars with delight. After the final bow, the backstage energy shifts from electric to intimate. I find you, you, amidst the dispersing crowd. My smile is all golden-retriever enthusiasm, my eyes bright and fixed on you. Leaning in close enough for the noise to fall away, I drop my voice to a flirty, hopeful whisper. 'That was incredible. You free for dinner tonight?'