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#ALEX FUCKING PLAY ALL I WANT BY OLIVIA RODRIGO
priincebutt · 4 months
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from that 100 dialogue prompt post, 85 please! :)
85. “I almost didn’t recognize your voice when it’s not yelling at me.”
(Funny you requested this -- I've been wanting to do a "bad idea, right" by Olivia Rodrigo fic for so long, and this lent itself perfectly to that scenario. So, here's the start. Probably going to develop this into a hatef*ck smut scene down the road but I was so pleased with the start of it I wanted to post it!)
“I almost didn’t recognize your voice when it’s not yelling at me.”
Henry can hear the smirk in Alex’s tone – it’s right there, bright and haughty and self-righteous; it sings ‘I knew you’d call,’ and Henry, well, he hate’s that he’s stooped so low.
It’s just that… they’re both in Paris for fashion week. Henry had seen Alex’s picture on the glossy covers of tabloids, June’s arm draped in the crook of his elbow, dressed from head to toe in fucking Louis Vuitton, and he looked like a goddamn dream. A dream Henry can’t shake, a dream that isn’t his anymore. He’d made that abundantly clear when he’d broken up with Alex at the palace all of those months ago.
He’d screamed. He’d cried. He’d told Alex to leave when Alex asked for the words.
Nothing had hurt that much, but this – Alex’s smugness – is a blow straight to his pride.
“Yes, well… I saw you were in town, and…” And what, Henry? Wanted to relive the glory days? After all, Paris was where they’d first woken up beside each other. Paris feels special still, because his heart aches for those days even if he’d given all of that up. “It’s stupid, I shouldn’t have called.”
“No, you shouldn’t have,” Alex bites out, and the words sting, and affirm that Henry is, in fact, a massive masochist. He’s a sucker for whatever pain Alex is willing to inflict on him.
The line is silent as both men think long and hard. Then there’s a sigh from Alex, and Henry feels that dangerous flutter in the cavity in his chest where his heart was, before he’d decimated it. “What do you want, Henry?”
“Have dinner with me tonight.” It’s out before he can think better of it, and he immediately bites his lip, knowing it was the wrong way to go. If Alex knows he has something Henry wants, he’s going to make him work for it. Really and thoroughly work to deserve it.
“No. You broke up with me, remember?” Alex sets his boundary, and Henry backs off, respecting it.
“How can I forget?” He mutters, more to himself than to Alex, though it does earn him a harsh chuckle. “Come to my hotel then, after whatever dinner you have planned.”
“Are you really booty calling me – in fucking Paris – at noon on a Tuesday?”
Henry lets out a crisp sigh and nods emphatically, then remembers that Alex can’t see him and turns the conversation around. “You’re going to the Louis Vuitton Men’s wear show at 2, right?”
Alex is quiet, making Henry wait, playing hard to get, and Henry knows he deserves it. “Yes.”
“Then you’re going to go to a dinner with some people you don’t really like very much, and you’re going to be bored out of your mind. You might as well get something out of this trip, right?”
Once again, Alex drags the silence out, and Henry’s sure he’s relishing it. “What, hate sex with my ex who chose his duty to his country over me? I’m not interested.”
“Are you sure about that?” Henry’s voice is curious, genuine and raw, because he can hear the hesitation behind Alex’s words, the way his sentence structure is crumbling with want to say yes. It hasn’t been long enough for Alex to be moved on, and Henry doesn’t know if he wants Alex back, or if he just wants to have some really fucking good sex, which he’s not had since the last time he’d been with Alex.
It had been a bold move, but he doesn’t regret it. And he internally cheers when Alex lets out another dramatic sigh.
“Fine. Where are you staying and when should I meet you?”
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I’m imagining a Percy jackson-esque scene where Peter is missing for 6 months/a year and on the day he finally comes back to his universe the X-Men are finally holding a funeral for him. He just appears and sees his photo near an empty casket and is like “WTFF”
Bonus points if Scott is giving a teary speech about how much he misses peter and how he would do anything to get his roommate back, and then he just sees Peter’s face among the crowd and is like “YOU QUICK BASTARD!”
Everyone is overjoyed and he gets a bunch of hugs, Scott just bitch slaps him and then gives the BIGGEST HUG OUT OF THEM ALL, and jubilee is like “Jean are you SUURE he’s your bf?”
Jean shrugs.
you really get me i think. you really do.
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gingeraleluke · 3 years
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𝗺𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
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𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: vinnie hacker x black!fem!reader
𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: vinnie and his girlfriend can’t seem to arrive at a birthday dinner without getting mobbed by fans.
𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: the whole birthday controversy (racism), reader has anxiety, some swearing, fluffy stuff, i made the reader a swiftie bc why tf not, talks about race
𝗔/𝗡: i hope that i did all of my black readers justice with this one, and that you all love it! this was a request from @phobiccniea <3
i tried my best to be as respectful as possible with this one considering the event that took place. i love you all so so much.
the pov for this one is all over the place, i’m sorry 😭
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“ugh, are we almost there? because, i’m not sure how much more taylor swift and olivia rodrigo, i can take.” luna looked back at you through the rear view mirror. her blonde ponytail was sleeked back and stayed in place, despite the wind that blew from the open window. her hoops were large enough that they would clash up against each other if her head wasn’t in the way.
“yes, we are— and what’s so bad about liv and tay?” you asked, amused at her annoyance. the whole car ride there, luna complained about how she didn’t have the aux cord. you would have given it to vinnie since it’s his birthday, but he insisted that he didn’t care about what you guys listened to.
“nothing! i don’t mind, but…. come on?! it’s the same few songs you play, every time!” luna and you had been best friends since the fourth grade. while you had your similarities, you were both also polar opposites. she had offered to give you and vinnie a ride to the birthday dinner that everyone was attending. she felt bad for not being able to attend it, having a late dentist appointment and all, so she felt obligated to give the two a ride.
“okay, and?!” your voice grew louder as your hand gripped the back of luna’s seat. you and vinnie sat in the back, not wanting to sit up front and instead be with the birthday boy, leaving luna alone up front. your long, pink to white ombré acrylics, dug into the leather of the seat as you perched yourself forwards.
“and?! how many times do i have to listen to evermore and willow? pick one, you can’t have both.” you gasped and held a hand up to your chest.
“girl, that’s fucked up of you to say… but since you asked, evermore stays.” a smile formed on your face as the car began to park.
“your dad and brother are there already, right?” your hand grabbed onto vinnie’s shoulder, comfortingly.
“mmhm, they just got in.” you muttered a ‘cool’ before unbuckling your seatbelt and grabbing your sunglasses. the black leggings you wore, hugged your body just right and the oversized balenciaga hoodie that vinnie gave you, smelled just like him as your straightened hair draped over it. “alex said it’s mobbed with fans and photographers..”
suddenly becoming aware of the dilemma, you snapped your head back to look at him and shifted your body closer to his. he wore his snapback to hide his messy locks and he kept his eyes locked on his phone. “hey.” you lightly pushed his phone down so he would look at you. “are you sure you’re okay? we can just postpone this and go back home, i’m sure they’d understand—“
“no, y/n. it’s fine.” he rubbed his hand over his face as you heard the small clicking noise of his phone finally turning off. “it’s just… being called a racist and trending worldwide on my fucking birthday and then having to see paparazzi is just not something that i want to do..” he stated, materoffactly. vinnie had spent the past few hours scrolling through twitter. a video of him had resurfaced and people had claimed that he said a racial slur, when in reality, he was just thanking a fan named nikki for a sub. he knew he didn’t do anything wrong, but it still hurt him, and y/n could understand why.
“aight, listen, do you want me to do something?” you blurted, jumping into his lap so you balanced on his thigh. “seriously, vin. if you want me to say something i can—“
“no, baby, it’s not your problem to deal with, okay? i promise. just, don’t feel obligated to do something, because you aren’t, it’s my mess and you shouldn’t be getting dragged in it. i already tweeted about it, i’m just waiting for all of the stupidity to die down.” your eyes locked with his and you couldn’t help the small smile that formed on your lips as you looked at how adorable he was.
“i know.” you nodded, “i know, it’s just…. god, people can be so stupid and i’m so fucking pissed that they decided to pull some dumb shit like this on your birthday of all days!” vinnie looked up in adoration at you. “it’s ridiculous how jealous some people can be. because that’s what it is, vin. it’s jealousy. you did nothing wrong and if people wanna be stupid and claim that you’re a racist, when you clearly aren’t and they have literally no reason to think so, just let them— it’s nothing you did, vinnie, it’s just them wanting to make accusations. they look stupid as fuck. you’ve done nothing wrong, and this isn’t something that white people have any right to dismiss. it’s not their apology to accept.” you could tell that vinnie didn’t feel like talking, so you continued.
“i’m glad that they called you out on that, though. people of color need to hold white people accountable for their inadvertent racism. but, you didn’t say it and it was all a misunderstanding, so please don’t feel guilty. i know you aren’t that kind of person, babe.” you could tell that vinnie was close to tears. he hated the idea of hurting someone, and knowing that there were black fans out there who were hurting over what they thought he said, was breaking him apart.
“they’ll come around,” you caressed his cheek, “and if they don’t? fuck em, they’re missing out on such an amazing and caring person. they’re awful for making such a serious and inhumanizing claim in the first place. watch, next week they’ll say that you hate women and spit on fans.” vinnie let out a laugh. “i’m serious! they say whatever they can to get you cancelled— it’s like the obama calendar all over again!” your boyfriend was now in a laughing fit. the two of you sat like that, in silence for a brief moment.
“are you nervous that they’ll say anything to you?” he fiddled with your fingers.
“if they do, i’ll go off on them and set the record straight.” his smile grew bigger at your words.
all he could think was, god i love her.
“are you gonna be okay?”
“i think so.” he nodded, sitting up as you hopped off of him.
“okay, guys? i’m gonna miss my appointment if y’all don’t get the fuck out of my car.” luna warned.
you and vinnie laughed as you looked at him and grabbed his hand. “after this, we can go home and eat ice cream, okay? i promise. let’s go have fun, baby.”
he laced his pinky in yours.
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as the restaurant came into view, the two of you were immediately met with a few fans, wandering around with phones in their hands. as you looked down the walkway, you noticed people standing as if they were waiting for you guys to greet them.
oh boy.
vinnie held his phone in his hand and you wrapped an arm around him, protectively. you’d normally just hold his hand, but you could tell that he was still feeling down, so you rubbed his back with your fingers as you continued walking. feeling your feet start to wobble, vinnie could tell that your anxiety was kicking in. he whispered a small “i love you.” to help calm your nerves.
“hey, vinnie. can i have a picture with you?” a boy asked, following after you.
“yeah, sure.” vinnie stopped, and faked a smile as he leaned over the boys shoulder. you stood and watched before you began walking again. you didn’t get much farther, before another fan approached. this one was a little girl and was far more excited than the other was.
“oh my god— vinnie can i get a picture?!” she smiled at him and adverted her eyes towards you; giving you a dirty look.
“sure!“ while your boyfriend posed, you felt your heart drop, somewhat. she was only around twelve years old, so you didn’t hold it against you. y/n wrapped her hands around vinnie before breaking apart, yet again.
he stopped and took a photo with a paparazzi man as you felt yourself become agitated. he sent you a sorry glance, his features lit up from the photographers camera.
“vinnie, happy birthday, man.” you two shuffled awkwardly by him while he spoke. “thanks, i appreciate it.” you looked up, seeing a sincere look of gratitude on his face.
finally, someone acknowledged his birthday!
suddenly, you felt a tap on your shoulder. flinching slightly, you looked down to see a short girl with long box braids, looking up at you.
“y/n?”
a smile formed on your lips, vinnie too preoccupied with the paparazzi to notice the girl. “yes?”
“hi!” her braces shown as she smiled.
“hi! how are you?”
“i’m great, wow. i um…you actually followed my fanpage a few days ago… it was uh— on instagram. it was an update page on you and vinnie—“
“OH! that?! that’s you?” the girl nodded ecstatically. “mmhmm.”
“wow, it’s an honor to meet you! i’m a huge fan of that page, give me a hug.” you engulfed the teenage girl in your arms. she smelled of sweet perfume and you held her hand as you broke the hug. y/n’s eyes fixated on the girls nails.
“oh my god, i love your nails!” unsure of what y/n would say, the girl stood there anxiously before checking her manicure herself. y/n played with her fingers, watching how the holographic rainbow pattern sparkled. “the rainbow is gorgeous! i need to get my nails done like that.”
“oh, thank you!” the sound of cars honking from across the street, drowned out her words. the group continued walking, y/n lightly placing her hand on the girls back so she wouldn’t get swept up in the crowd.
“did you want a picture with vinnie?” you asked.
“oh, yes, please! and you too!”
“of course!” you touched your boyfriend on the shoulder and he looked down at the girl. “what’s your name, sweetheart?”
“kathy.”
the three of you posed for a photo before walking off and leaving the girl starstruck. you weren’t famous, and were barely an influencer, so when fans approached you, you were always excited. sure, they may just know you as vinnie’s girlfriend, but it’s better than dirty looks. speaking of dirty looks, you watched vinnie speak into a fans camera, a small group of girls your age huddled around him. a thin blonde girl pointed at your shoes, making another girl in the group laugh.
you looked down at your white and red nikes, your heart pounding as you gulped.
what the fuck is wrong with my shoes?
“y/n, vinnie! can i get a picture of you two together?” finally, you both reached the door and posed for a finale photo. you kissed him on the cheek, leaving some of your clear gloss stained on his skin. men with cameras began shouting questions about the controversy to vinnie, making you instinctively pull him away to see his friends at the entrance. jett greeted you two and trailed after vinnie.
meeting with bryce, kouvr and alex, you assumed that the coast was clear, until a fan shouted your name.
“y/n, your lashes are bomb!”
vinnie giggled as you replied with a swift, “thank you!”
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“dude, how many fucking hats is that?” jett asked, opening the restaurant door.
“i don’t know, like five?” vinnie laughed, lightly tipsy after being burned by his friends for not drinking on his birthday. you hadn’t planned on getting drunk, but here you were. vinnie held your hand and laughed at your stumbling feet. “fuck, i can’t trip infront of everyone!”
“alright, make a shield, guys!” vinnie motioned with his hands while liza and eamon walking ahead of you two, attempting to hide you from everyone.
“do i look okay?”
“duh!” vinnie smiled, kissing you on the neck as you exited outside.
“i’ve got hats! i’m a wearer of hats!” vinnie shouted, making you laugh like crazy. you held your head down, hiding behind liza’s body. the flicker of white flashes could be seen in your peripheral, but you couldn’t care less; too invested in how ridiculous your boyfriend was being.
speed walking, he swerved multiple fans and said small hello’s as jett rushed ahead of you. throwing vinnie his car keys, vinnie raised his hands in victory.
“finally, my car!” a hat flew off of his head, y/n leaning down to pick it up.
“wait, baby—“
“what?” placing the hat back on his head, he smiled at you. dropping down off of the sidewalk, you began to enter his car. “hold on, let me get it!” he opened the door for you and watched you sit.
“y/n! i love you!” you heard a fan shout.
“i love you more!” you yelled back, ducking down and into the car. a fan gave vinnie a gift as paparazzis started asking questions again.
“let me answer this one!” you poked his shoulder, pouting your lip out.
“okay, my girlfriend is gonna answer this question for me— you’re welcome.” he handed something back to a blonde girl and reclined his seat back so the man could talk to you.
“no, vinnie hasn’t been payed for the fight!”
“hell, yeah! goodnight, everyone!“ he rolled up his windows, feeling the grip of your hand on his leg. the two of you laughed; you laughing at absolutely nothing and vinnie laughing at how drunk you were. “see, this is why i only took two shots, i knew she’d get drunk.”
jett, liza and eamon all laughed at his words. the night sky peeked through y/n’s window as you buckled your seat. “oh, shut up birthday boy.” he flashed a toothy grin, backing out of the parking spot.
“now, it’s time for that ice cream.”
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sapphosclown · 3 years
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I’m sorry I gotta come to Madison’s defense here. She’s not bullying Charlie at all. Everytime she talks about Charlie in her live is because people brings him up constantly and it’s annoying. Also OWEN DOES THE SAME THING!!! he ALWAYS talk shit about Charlie so is Owen bullying Charlie??? No, he’s not and neither is Madison. And can I point out that Madison does the same thing to Charlie’s face. It’s playfulness and Charlie is such an easy target because as much as we love that kid, he’s a weirdo and she spent/spends (they seem like they talk on the phone a lot) the most time with Charlie to get these little teasing stories about him. I feel like if there’s any information Charlie doesn’t want to be getting out, Madison wouldn’t put it out there. She’s very careful with her words unlike Charlie and Owen with the whole HC of Alex/Luke are exs thing. (Not bashing the dudes love them both but wish they were more cautious about that HC... i mean Owen had said that’s he’s not a writer so he doesn’t know but people still believe that it’s canon... sorry that’s a different rant)There’s plenty of bullying among cast mates but it’s not among JATP cast.
And I see it happen a lot where a WOC with a white love interest always have the actor playing their love interest getting brought up when it’s about them. People do it to Candice Patton about Grant Gustin, people do it to Anna Diop about Brenton Thwaits and now people are doing it to Madison about Charlie. And it’s annoying and frustrating and you can tell Madison is frustrated by it.
Sorrry for the rant... but I am tired of people saying Madison is bullying Charlie when she’s not.
YES SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!!
as a fan, i’m exhausted seeing people only like ig the female lead bc of her love interest, especially when the female lead is a woman of color. that shit also happened with olivia rodrigo and joshua bassett like... can y’all shit the fuck up for a minute and realize that the woman of color lead is not and extra account for the white boy. they are incredibly talented individuals and i can only imagine how it feels when a fandom treats you that way.
friends tease each other. friends get frustrated with each other. and. CHARLIE IS A GROWN MAN! if he can’t handle his friends light-hearted teasing that’s his issue lmao. but he can bc. their friends lmao idk what else to say ab it 💀
anyways anon is right and said it better than i ever could thank you anon 😌
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davidobitch · 4 years
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All I Want | Ilya Feddy
(A/N: I have to repost this cuz idk what happened but literally the entire writing just disappeared after I posted. good thing i write everything on google before i transfer it all to tumblr. i love being smart sometimes. anywaysss this is kinda based off the song All I Want by Olivia Rodrigo. its a a cute song and kinda hits home so why not use it as inspo!)
It’s been about a year and a half since you moved to L.A. to be with Natalie and David. You were truly living your best life. Kind of.
Working for David was insane. Every day was different, you had some of the best friends you could ask for, your boyfriend was perfect...on paper.
He did nice things for you. Like open doors, send you bouquets of flowers to your place, he even drops everything when you’re going through one of your days.
But he was lying to your face almost every weekend.
It was hard keeping a big secret when more than half the time it eats you alive and you can’t tell anyone about it. You knew if you did everything would turn to shit and you would be alone again.
You started thinking back to Chicago. Everything there was perfect, too. But all good things had to end.
Like your relationship with Ilya. He was perfect on paper and on screen. You knew nobody would compare to him but your love didn’t last. It was hard fighting for love that wasn’t being met halfway.
Your thoughts were interrupted with David telling you the news.
“I bought Ilya and Alex plane tickets to stay for the weekend,” He said causing Natalie to squeal from happiness as she missed her best friends.
You faked a smile, trying to convince everyone around you that you were happy with this. You were more excited to see Alex than Ilya. Sure Ilya’s been to L.A. countless times to visit, but you found yourself “busy” whenever he was he, clearly avoiding him.
“I’m gonna go pick them up in like an hour. If you could get the house cleaned a little that would be great,” David said as he retreated back to his room, probably to finish editing.
You could feel Natalie’s eyes burning holes into you. “What, Natalie?” You said, letting out a sigh as you dropped down on the couch.
Mimicking your actions, Natalie sat next to you, nudging your side. “So. Ilya. You gonna be okay with this?”
You shrugged your shoulders, not knowing yourself if you were going to be okay. “Yeah, we’re on good terms. I’ll probably be out with Nick anyways,” Your fingers tugged at the hem of your shirt, trying not to let your lies consume you.
“Oh come on. You and I both know that’s a lie. David’s too dumb to realize it but I see right through you,” Natalie replied, giving you a look.
Your mind was racing. She knows. How does she know? Fuck.
“What’s a lie?” You asked, playing dumb and hoping she wouldn’t say what you worked so well on covering up.
“That you and Ilya are on good terms. And you’re definitely not going to be okay.”
You let out a breath that you didn’t realize you were holding in. “I’ll be fine, I swear,” you said before getting up to clean the house.
Natalie let out a groan not happy that you weren’t opening up to her.
The hour came and went as you watched David rush around his place, trying to find his keys and wallet before finally leaving to pick up his friends. 
Quickly cleaning the rest of the rooms, you took a quick shower, not wanting to look so gross in front of your friends. Even though they’ve seen you in worse conditions. You were hoping that once you were done getting ready, you would still have time to sneak out before David got back. But with your luck, as soon as you stepped out of the bathroom the front door opens and loud voices boom through the house.
“I’m so happy you’re here!” You hear Natalie yell as you round the corner to see her hugging Ilya.
“(Y/n)! What’s up!” Alex yells as he makes his way to you, pulling you into a hug. You haven’t seen him since you moved and his arms made you feel like you were back home.
He let you go just in time for your eyes to fall onto Ilya, who was already looking at you.
You didn’t know what to do, so you smiled softly at him before he made the move to hug you.
You relaxed under his touch as you nuzzled your face into his neck.
Now this is home.
“How are you?” He asks as he pulled away.
“Good...great, actually,” You said, barely believing your own words, “How are you? How’s Chicago?”
Ilya ran his hand through his hair before going back to where everyone else was standing. “I’m good, Chicago’s okay. It’s kinda boring without you guys though.”
You all make your way to the living room to finish talking.
“Well it’s a good thing everyone’s coming over later. It will definitely be everything but boring,” David laughed and shook his head. He knew by the end of the night, this place would be trashed again.
You got up from the couch getting ready to leave when you were stopped.
“Where are you going?” Ilya asked, his eyes not leaving yours, “We just got here,”
You tried breaking eye contact but his stare was holding yours hostage, “I, uh. I forgot I had plans with Nick later. We’ll be back later if we have time.” You said, finally breaking free from his stare.
You quickly said your goodbyes and left before anyone else could say anything. As you sat in your car, trying to control your feelings, you heard a knock on your window. Almost jumping out of your seat, you roll it down to be face to face with David.
“Everything okay?” He asked, “I know it’s probably weird with Ilya and everything but I figured you would be over it by now.”
You were taken aback by his choice of words. He of all people should know what it’s like to deal with a breakup but still having to be around them.
“Shit, no. Sorry. I meant that I thought you would be over him. Y’know with like Nick being in your life and everything.” David tried to explain himself.
You shook your head, letting it go, “It’s fine. I’m fine, really. I actually have to go though,” You say before putting your car in reverse.
David backs away, letting you leave, “Fine but promise you’ll stop by later. I know Alex and Ilya miss being around you.”
You open your mouth but close it, repeating this a couple times before finding your words. “I don’t know, Dave. I’ll try.”
You waved goodbye before pulling away from his house. On the drive home you couldn’t help but think of Ilya. You missed him. As your best friend. As your boyfriend. Life was better with him in it and you wished things worked out between you guys. 
When you got to your house, you saw that your boyfriend’s car was in the driveway, immediately feeling guilty about thinking of another guy that wasn’t him.
Just as you were getting out of your car, you see him coming out the door with a suitcase in hand.
“Hi baby, I’m sorry. I have a work thing this weekend. It’s last minute and I have to leave now or I’ll miss my flight,” your boyfriend says, only stopping for a second to kiss you.
“I thought we had plans?” You said, trying to hold back tears. 
Not even turning around, Nick shouts over his shoulder, “I know I’ll make it up to you when I come back. I promise.” He puts his luggage in his trunk and gets in his car. Just as you think he’s about to leave, he gets out and runs up to you. He grabs your cheeks and pulls your face to his, kissing you more passionately than he ever has.
“I love you, I wish I could stay for the weekend,” He says as he pulls away, pecking your lips once more before officially leaving.
You let out a quiet groan as you walked inside your home, letting the tears fall the second the door closed behind you.
You fell to the ground as the emotions you’ve been feeling for the past forever came out at once and you couldn’t hold anything back. Tear after tear, sob after sob, you let it all out. Not caring if your neighbors could hear your frustrated screams coming from your home.
When you finally decided you’ve had enough crying for the day, you picked yourself up and changed into more comfortable clothing. You spent the rest of your day on your couch, catching up on all the shows and movies you haven’t seen in a while.
You didn’t realize you fell asleep until you were awakened by your phone going off, almost for a minute straight. Coming out of your sleepy haze and looked around for your phone soon to realize it was in your purse across the room. You let out a sigh of relief when it stopped ringing, concluding you didn’t have to get up anymore.
Another 10 or so minutes before you heard your phone ringing again. You grabbed it out of your purse and retreated back to your spot on the couch. Looking at the home screen, you saw you had 3 missed calls from David, 1 from Ilya and countless messages from a group chat you were put in with everyone from Vernon Hills. Most of the messages were about going to David’s for a party. Something you certainly didn’t want to do tonight.
You opened Ilya’s message last, wondering why he was texting you.
When are you coming over? Wanted to catch up
You left him on read along with everyone else. The last thing you wanted to do was be around people, let alone drunk people and your ex...who you still had strong feelings for.
Another hour went by with your phone being silent for once. Just as you were finding yourself drifting back to sleep, you heard a couple knocks at your door. Putting your TV on mute so whoever was there didn’t hear you were home, you quietly sat and waited for them to leave.
They knocked again, this time a little louder. “(Y/n). Open the door, I know you’re home,” you heard David’s voice behind the barrier, “I’m alone. Please let me in.”
You let out a huff and let him in, quickly closing the door behind him. Instead of greeting him, you went back to where you spent the last 4 hours.
“So what’s up?” David asks, sitting across from you on the couch.
You kept your gaze forward while you shrugged your shoulders. “Shouldn’t you be at your house to maybe supervise your party?” you ask, genuinely curious as to why he left his very expensive house in the hands of drunk people.
“First of all, Natalie is keeping an eye on it. Second of all, don’t change the subject,” David said sharply, making you flinch slightly from the anger that laced his words. “We’ve been friends for how many years? And you’re seriously going to sit there and not talk to me? Cmon (y/n).”
You could feel the tears building up again as you started to think about everything that was going wrong. Quickly covering your face, you let the tears fall. David pulled you into his side to comfort you, not caring if his shirt gets drenched.
“All I want is love that lasts, Dave. But apparently that’s too much to ask for,” You say in between sobs. “Is there something wrong with me?”
“Hey, what? No no no, (y/n) you’re incredible. Did something happen with Nick?” David asks, moving the stray hairs that stuck to your face.
You couldn’t help but roll your eyes. Everything happened with Nick. Running your hands through your hair, you tried to think of words to fit your sentences. But every time you opened your mouth, you were on the verge of crying even harder.
“I know he goes out and cheats almost every weekend,” You finally say, barely audible. Fiddling with the blanket on your lap, you didn’t dare look at David. You could already feel his judgemental stare burning holes into your head.
“Is that a joke? (Y/n) why the fuck do you stay with him if he’s going out and doing shit like that?” David hisses, more mad at the situation than he is at you. 
“I don’t know, David, okay! I don’t fucking know why I stay. Maybe because he’s the only guy that’s ever met my expectations and didn’t leave when things got rough!” Your voice boomed through the room. As you glanced at David, you could see his entire body soften, knowing who you were talking about.
He let out a sigh as he played with his hair, for once not knowing what to say. You two sat in silence for a couple minutes before he finally said something, “He didn’t leave because things got rough, (y/n). He left because he was scared. And he didn’t want to make things worse for you,” David says, playing with the ends of his hair.
When you were with Ilya, almost a year into the relationship you started to figure out he had an alcohol addiction. But when you confronted him about it, he froze up and wouldn’t talk to you for weeks. If he did, it was short answers and always bailed on plans. 
“I don’t get why he couldn’t just tell me what was going on. We were best friends and now we’re just...nothing.” You said, looking at David for answers.
“I don’t know why he does anything but I promise you he never had any intentions on hurting you and I know that doesn’t help anything. But I know Ilya, he never wanted to end things with you. He loves you, (y/n), he just didn’t know what to do.” David ruffled his hair, slightly messing it up.
Sitting in silence once again, you moved over to David’s side, cuddling into him. “I miss the good old days. When we were all together every day. We were so young and naive, yknow?” You said, reminiscing on your childhood. “I always thought the perfect guy would come and find me. But I guess happily ever after doesn’t really come so easily,” You let out a little chuckle, realizing how different everything is now compared to how you thought it would turn out.
“It definitely doesn’t, but that’s the good thing about life. You find someone new who shows you what you want and what you don’t want. What you need and what you don’t need. And I can tell you right now, what you don’t need is Nick. You don’t need someone who can easily go out and cheat on you every weekend, not caring that you’re home by yourself most of the time.” David traced circles on your arms, keeping you calm through this whole situation.
“I think I want to talk to Ilya. Like tonight. I need to do something before he leaves and I know if I don’t do it soon, I probably never will.” You said, moving away from David’s grasp and standing up. You could see the confusion in his face but he still had a small smile playing on his lips.
The drive to David’s was nerve racking. You tried to think of words that made sense but all you could come up with was nonsense. You felt your palms become clammy as his house came into view. The music could be heard miles away. As David pulls into his driveway, he looks over to you and asks, “You ready?”
You nod your head once before getting out. You felt a sudden wave of confidence crash over you as you stepped through the door, your eyes immediately landing on Ilya. Heat ran through your body as you saw how happy he looked, something you haven’t seen in what felt like an eternity. You heard everyone yell your name, happy to see you, but all you were focused on was him.
Slowly losing your confidence with every step, you made your way to Ilya who started to meet you halfway. “Hey,” you said when you were finally face to face.
“Hey,” Ilya replied, shoving his hands in his pockets. “You came in here pretty fierce,” he said, laughing at his words.
You couldn’t help but smile, “Can we talk, please?” You asked, motioning your head towards David’s room. You watched Ilya nod his head and followed him into the room, locking the door behind you.
Keeping your eyes straight, you sat next to Ilya on the bed. The two of you sat in silence for a bit as you didn’t know what to say.
“So…” Ilya says, breaking the silence. You could hear him smiling.
“Nick’s been cheating on me almost every weekend. Probably since we’ve started dating.” You blurted out, not really sure why you were telling him this. “He thinks I don’t know because he keeps telling me it’s for work. But I’ve seen proof. And nobody goes on that many business trips.” You were expecting tears to prick your eyes but you only got more annoyed.
“(Y/n), I’m sorry. You don’t deserve that. Have you talked to him about it?”
You shake your head. You weren’t sure why you never confronted him about it. Maybe because you didn’t want to lose the sense of security you were so used to. “I guess I knew that if I asked him about it I would’ve lost someone again. And I don’t think I could have handled that.” You admitted. 
You looked over at Ilya, seeing his eyes soften with guilt. He opened his mouth to talk, but you quickly cut him off. “That’s not what I wanted to talk to you about. This entire day I kept thinking about you and us and everything that happened. I wish you would have stayed. I wish we could have worked out. I don’t think you realize you were the best thing that happened to me.” You paused for a second, letting Ilya take in what you just said.
“You need to understand that I never meant to hurt you like that,” Ilya responded, grabbing your hand, “I just got defensive and I didn’t know what else to do, (Y/n).”
You turned your body to face Ilya. He looked broke and hurt but also happy. “I guess what I wanted to tell you is that I still love you and I know I shouldn’t because of Nick but fuck him. You are what I need. You were always what I needed. I want to make this work. I miss you, all the time.”
You waited for Ilya to say something. After a few seconds you were worried that maybe he didn’t feel the same anymore and you crossed the line. But everything happened so quick, next thing you know Ilya’s hands are cupping your cheeks and pulling you into him for a kiss.
Your body relaxed into his as you smiled into the kiss. Ilya pulled away too soon for your liking, “I guess maybe you should end things with Nick.” You couldn’t help but groan at the thought of him. Pulling out your phone, you texted your now ex-boyfriend telling him everything. That the relationship was over and you knew he was cheating. You told him there would be a box of his things at his door tomorrow.
You tossed your phone behind you and tackled Ilya down to the bed, immediately kissing him again. 
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