Bear wishes the woman he loves would love him back. The wish comes true — and her devotion becomes a violence neither of them can stop.

1. Scenes 1–9

   Bear in his comfort zone of quiet, unspoken longing for Nicky, grieving his cat and coached by Ian to stay silent rather than confess.

2. Scenes 9–13

   Bear needs Nicky to love him back, sharpened by trivia night's proximity to her and Ian, and the purchase of the willow as an almost-joke wish object.

3. Scene 13

   Bear breaks the willow and makes the wish, crossing from wanting to actively, magically pursuing Nicky's love.

4. Scene 22

   Ian and Sarah's parallel concern for Bear — voiced first through Ian's suspicion at work — becomes the relationship thread that eventually exposes and pays for the wish.

5. Just before
6. Scene 23

   Bear begs off driving Nicky home, claiming errands, and lets Ian take her instead, leaving her visibly hurt.

7. Scene 24

   Alone at home, Bear tries calling Nicky when a knock interrupts him.

8. Scene 25

   Nicky arrives dressed up, admits she was on MDMA the night before, then flatly declares she knows Bear likes her and asks if it would freak him out if she liked him back.

9. Scene 26

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