Obsession · written by Curry Barker · 2026

Bear finds his house turned into a shrine to their relationship with Sarah's corpse propped in a chair; when he whispers a wish for Nicky not to love him, she appears wearing Sarah's copied tattoos, shoots Ian dead, threatens suicide, and forces Bear to scream he loves her.

Scene 59 of 61 · ≈ 4 min on screen · Act three

Bear
Nicky
Ian

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:32 into a 1:39 film

The story so farBefore scene 59

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.

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.
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.
Scene 13
Bear breaks the willow and makes the wish, crossing from wanting to actively, magically pursuing Nicky's love.
Scenes 14–30
Bear adapts to Nicky's escalating strangeness, paying the cost of denial and rationalization as the relationship forms under increasingly disturbing terms.
Scenes 25–31
Nicky confesses her love and the relationship becomes real — Bear gets exactly what he wished for, at the exact moment the cracks (the dad lie) start to show.
Scenes 32–48
The price escalates from self-harm and terror to Sarah's murder, the heaviest cost of the wish coming due.
Scene 51
At sunrise, Bear reads Sarah's acceptance letter, breaks down, and resolves to find a way to undo what he's done.
Just before
Scene 56
Bear tries to convince Ian the Willow is real magic and begs him to wish Bear's original wish away; Ian, humoring him, instead jokingly wishes for a billion dollars, and cash rains from the ceiling, confirming the magic is real and leaving Bear devastated that his one chance is gone.
Scene 57
Bear walks away from Ian's house as money keeps falling through the open door.
Scene 58
Bear approaches his own house, Willows in hand, wary of the empty driveway.
Scene 59
This scene

59INT. BEAR'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY

Bear cautiously enters. The room is stark, unsettling.

The table is set up like a shrine in his memory - flowers, a prominent photo of Bear and Nicky. Ian and Sarah are CUT from the pictures. A collection of Bear's life - personal items, childhood photos. Bear's gaze sweeps over the eerie homage.

BEAR

Nicky?

Nothing. Bear opens a One Wish Willow.

BEAR (CONT'D)

(whisper)

I wish Nicky didn't love me.

In the b.g. we slightly see a dark figure, edging closer.

NICKY (O.S.)

(a sad whisper)

I think you'll want me to love you, Bear.

Bear finally looks up from his trance to see, right in the corner ottoman, SARAH'S LIFELESS AND NAKED BODY sitting upright, eerily stiff.

He freezes at the sight, then slowly turns around. Nicky stands there, holding the brick she used to kill Sarah.

NICKY (CONT'D)

She had to see us...

Nicky's head, covered in dried blood, has a brownish tint. She's in Sarah's floral dress, with Sarah's tattoos crudely copied onto her arm and chest. Casually, she takes a drag from a joint.

BEAR

Nicky.

She inhales over and over again, aggressively sucking the smoke into her lungs. Suddenly, a knock on the door.

IAN (O.S.)

Yo, Bear, this shit's crazy!

She starts to cough. Instead of putting it out, she slides the lit joint into her mouth, wincing at the brief pain and swallowing the joint.

NICKY

You like me better now?

BEAR

No.

NICKY

You love me better now, Bear?

BEAR

NO, NICKY!

NICKY

(desperate)

Why don't you love me?

(screams)

WHY CAN'T YOU LOVE ME?!

Nicky takes the brick and SMASHES HER HEAD in the same way she killed Sarah.

BEAR

STOP! NICKY STOP! YOU DON'T LOVE ME!

She throws the brick on the ground and