F4M specific plot
Pls be: experienced, 18+, at least literate, and focused on the plot, not the yk stuff.
My character is Sarina, a 19-year-old girl from Germany with tunisian roots (shes brown) who runs away from home because her mother wanted to force her into becoming an opera singer. Sarina always wanted pop music and Hollywood instead, so she goes to America completely alone and ends up surviving in Vegas by singing wherever she can. Eventually she lands a job in a shady tourist bar where she becomes a sort of attraction because she can imitate famous singers like Shakira, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, etc. The catch is that she is never allowed to perform her own songs or even use her real voice, which frustrates her a lot.
Your character would be an older ex-soldier, late 30s to early 40s, terminally ill, self-destructive, isolated, barely holding his life together. He works border security, drinks too much, smokes constantly, has no real future and uses Vegas as an escape because he can’t stand being alone with himself. One night he steps in when Sarina ends up in a bad situation,(I don't want it to be too cheesy so idk yet what sit), they get drinks, and over time this very slow emotional tension starts building between them. (I always envision Norman Reedus / Daryl Dixon for him, if u need a clearer pic)
Eventually Sarina loses her job because of something connected to him and ends up staying with him, which intensifies the already uneven dynamic between them. She develops feelings, admits them, but he rejects her because of the age gap and because he knows he is dying. They fight, she leaves and stays with his brother and sister-in-law (who are poor and have 3 kids living in a dorty trailer, they are 'dumb' but good ppl nonetheless), without him knowing. He can’t find her and genuinely believes she died or smth, completely spiraling for weeks or longer.
When she finally comes back, he breaks down and tells her the truth about his illness. They try being together, but later he leaves again because he thinks he is ruining her life and wants her to have a future without him. Sarina tracks him down in New York (His parents had an apartment there that he and his brother never touched), after spending everything she had to find him. She tells him she chooses him anyway and wants whatever time they have left.
They build a life together. She works endlessly, eventually gets 'discovered' and finds success, not exactly the dream she originally wanted, but a real career. They finally have stability, healthcare, a home. In the end he still dies, but he becomes the defining love and inspiration of her life, and she carries him with her into everything she creates afterwards, maybe even turning their story into a movie one day.
(This is also rather focused on the main stroy and my character, that's just cuz I encourage my partners to include their own ideas for their character, I'm not a strict teacher, trying to control everything. ;))