72: “ They’re going to love you, don’t worry! ” (Cooper?)
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But Cooper was worried, sure he’d never show it, he always made sure to put on a confident front, sometimes a little too much, but that was just a part of who Cooper was. He had a tendency to over-compensate things, he had done all of this life, so when his career was failing, he made sure to play it off as him simply taking a break, as he’d had so many big jobs recently, that he wanted to kick back and relax with his family, when in fact he’d been struggling to make rent properly for months now. Every time he came back to Ohio, he made sure to brag about all the amazing things he’d been doing, all of the amazing things he’d seen, showing off to Blaine and all of his friends about life after high school, and how amazing it was, not letting on that he’d do literally anything to go back to where they all were now, and do it all over again.
Not that he’d ever say any of that aloud.
But when his agent called with an audition, something that could really kickstart his career in the best way, Cooper found it difficult to play it cool, to pretend that it wasn’t a big deal. Of course, Blaine had sensed the shift in his behaviour straight away, so when Cooper tried to brush off his concerns, Blaine remained firm in place, adamant that there was something going on that he didn’t know about.
“I hope you’re right, Squirt,” he admitted with a small nod of his head, thumbing through the script that his agent had sent him yet again, wondering whether to finally open up to Blaine, to tell him how tough things had been for him recently. But as he looked up at Blaine’s hopeful face, he realised he just couldn’t do it, not right now, maybe some day, but not now. “It’s been a while since I hit some of them Hollywood parties, I wouldn’t want to risk people forgetting about Cooper Anderson anytime soon, now would I?”