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carlossainzlusciouslocks · 17 days ago

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Breaking Altitude

Pairing: Natasha ‘Phoenix’ Trace x Female OC (original Character)

Summary: When talk show host Graham Norton accidentally reveals the secret marriage between Oscar-winning actress Manisha Klementieff and Navy pilot Natasha “Phoenix” Trace on live TV, the world is stunned—especially Natasha. Thrust into the spotlight without warning, the couple must confront the fallout.

Word Count: 2.6k

Tags: wuh-luh-wuh (wlw), soft Natasha, soft oc, fluff, angst with a happy ending, fake Instagram post

Warnings: Angst, swearing, argument (only slightly), forced coming-out, forced relationship exposure, switching POV throughout the fic.

Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. I do not claim to know any of the people involved as they are fictional characters.

Note: Hi everyone! I’ve been obsessed with Phoenix since Top Gun: Maverick was released. I’ve also realised that she doesn’t really have many fics so I’ve decided to rectify that lol.

I’ve not really written angst before so I hope you all like it 😬

I decided to use Pom Klementieff’s last name for my OC because I can lol. Feel free to insert a different name when you are reading it tho!

I hope you all enjoy reading it and feel free to comment/ ask any thoughts, feelings and opinions

Manisha Klementieff was one of the most sought after actresses in Hollywood. She has starred in major blockbuster movies such as, Wicked as well as having a recurring role in the Marvel franchise.

The cab pulled up in front of the house. The sky was completely pitch black, not even a light on in any of the houses on the street. She thanked the driver and grabbed her suitcase from the back of the car. She walked the short distance from the curb to the front door of the house.

Manisha unlocked the door and hauled her suitcase inside, trying to be as quiet as possible. She knew how late it was and she knew that no one in the house would be awake at this time of the night. Perfect, she thought, a small smile appearing on her face.

She left her bags by the front door, toed her shoes off and started making her way up the stairs, towards her bedroom. The door to her bedroom was shut. She carefully, and quietly, prised the door open and stepped into the room, closing the door softly behind her. She immediately noticed that the Tv that was on the wall opposite the bed was still on, volume turned down low. She saw that her interview from The Josh Reynolds talk Show was playing on the tv. The interview she had just returned home from. She started walking towards the bed, gingerly peeling back the covers so that she could slip inside. As soon as her head hit the pillow, she was out like a light.

“Oh my god”

Manisha was awoken by a very bright light, and a very loud voice. She opened her eyes, squinting slightly. She turned her head to see that one of the lamps that were placed on the bedside tables on either side of the bed, had been turned on. She turned her head more and saw Natasha stood at the side of the bed, shock covering her face.

“Oh my god what?” Manisha mumbled, turning back to press her face into her pillow once again.

“Your back!” Natasha said, excitedly.

“I know.” Manisha mumbled, as she tried not to slip back out of consciousness.

“Why didn’t you tell me you were coming back?” Natasha whispered, still standing at the edge of their bed.

“I wanted to surprise you” Manisha stated, eyes drooping once again.

After a beat of silence, Manisha spoke once again.

“Can we talk tomorrow? Come back to bed?” She reached out an arm, grabbing Natasha and pulling her towards the bed. Natasha flopped onto the mattress with a soft thump. Manisha pulled the covers over the both of them and pulled Natasha close. Natasha instantly relaxed and curled into Manisha, practically lying on top of her.

The next day Natasha had to get up early for work and she was seriously contemplating calling in sick, not that she would get away with that, she literally worked for the US military. She reluctantly pulled herself out of bed, giving Manisha a forehead kiss before she left for work.

After the mission, all of the Dagger Squad had been asked to stay at Top Gun and complete the missions that no one else in the Navy was skilled enough to complete. Meaning that Natasha, and the rest of the Dagger Squad, could stay in San Diego without fear of having to move to a different part of the country.

“Hey Phoenix” Bob called, running up to her.

“Hey Bob. How was your evening?” She asked.

“Good. Good. I’m not even going to ask how yours was. I’m sure you’ve already seen it” Bob said laughing.

“Seen what?” Natasha’s eyebrows pulled together in confusion.

Bob opened his mouth to speak but before he could answer, they ran into Rooster and Hangman.

“Hey Phoenix. How was your evening?” Hangman asked, teasingly.

“Why does everyone keep asking me that?” Natasha was now very confused. She looked to Rooster for clarification but got none in return.

“Oh my god. You haven’t seen it?”

Great, now Coyote and Fanboy were getting involved. Natasha rolled her eyes slightly.

“Haven’t seen what?” She asked desperately.

Bob pulled her to the side, away from the rest of the squad.

“You really haven’t seen it?” He whispered.

“No!” Natasha shook her head.

Bob pulled out his phone and started typing. He then handed the phone to Natasha. She slowly looked down at the screen before looking back at Bob. The thumbnail of the video was a photo of Manisha on the Josh Reynolds talk Show. Natasha had tried so hard to stay up late so that she could watch the interview live but as soon as she got into bed to watch it, she fell asleep, completely missing the interview.

Natasha pressed play on the video.

*The Video*

“Hello everyone! Welcome back to the Josh Reynolds Show! Now, Manisha, you have never been on the show before” Josh Reynolds said energetically, whilst pointing at Manisha.

“No I have not. Which is quite shocking to be honest” Manisha laughed.

The video then cut to later on in the show when Reynolds was asking Manisha about the new movie that she had written, starred in and produced.

“So, what did your family think of this movie? Because you took them to a local cinema to watch it with them” A photo of Manisha outside of a movie theatre with her parents and her brother came up on the screen.

“Yeah I did! They couldn’t make it to the premiere so I took them to a cinema so that they could watch it with me and it could be our own little premiere for the film” Manisha stated, a slight blush on her face.

“Aww that is very sweet!” Reynolds said.

Natasha was confused as to why she was being shown this video. She didn’t see anything wrong with the interview.

Before that thought could even fully form in her mind, her stomach dropped.

A photo of Manisha and Natasha came onto the screen. In the photo, they were inside of the theatre, kissing in front of the poster for the movie. Natasha’s heart stopped. She watched Manisha’s smile drop slightly, before she quickly recovered, clearly remembering that she was being filmed.

She laughed. “Wow! Where did you get that photo from?” She tried to play the question off as a joke but she was clearly irritated. Irritated that someone had shared this photo, the photo that she posted on her private instagram. Irritated that Josh Reynolds, a queer man, would do something like this with the knowledge that Manisha wasn’t even out yet.

“Wouldn’t you like to know” Josh joked, his smugness practically covering his face.

“Who is that?” He pressed.

“The person in the photo?” Manisha asked, pointing at the photo. Natasha watched as Manisha’s hand shook slightly.

“Obviously” Reynolds laughed, jokingly rolling his eyes. The rest of the audience did too.

“That’s my wife” Manisha said. Clearly Josh was not expecting her to say that. He spluttered out incoherent words, clearly shocked at Manisha’s forwardness.

The video stopped.

Natasha looked up from the phone in shock. Her hands were shaking as she handed the phone back to Bob.

“I have to go!” Natasha managed to get out before she practically ran down the corridor, away from the rest of the squad.

She ripped her own phone out of her pocket, coming face to face with the photo on her Lock Screen, the very same photo that had been shown on the video. A photo that usually brought her so much comfort and joy, but in the moment, only made her feel more nauseous than she already did. She shook her head, unlocked her phone and immediately dialed Manisha’s number with shaky hands.

The phone rang twice before Manisha picked up.

“Hello?” She said, voice groggy, clearly having just woken up.

“What the hell?!” Natasha practically shouted. She caught the eye of someone passing her in the corridor and stormed into one of the empty classrooms that she was passing.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” She was clearly upset.

Manisha shot into an upright position, having previously been lying down.

“Shit” she mumbled. She immediately knew exactly what Natasha was talking about.

“ ‘SHIT’ IS EXACTLY RIGHT! Is this why you came home early without telling me?” Natasha’s voice cracked slightly.

“No. No. No. No that’s not why I came home early” Manisha said rapidly.

“Okay maybe it is. But I did it because I didn’t want you to find out from the internet. I was going to tell you, I promise. I was supposed to get back home this morning, not last night, and I was going to tell you everything when we were both awake and we could talk about it properly” Manisha explained, voice going up an octave or two.

“You- you- I can’t believe you! I can’t believe this situation. How could he do that? How could you do that?!” Natasha was at a loss for words.

“How could I do that? What are you talking about? I had no other choice. It’s not like you didn’t want our relationship to be public so I don’t know why you are getting upset.” Manisha said defensively.

“I-ugh I’m not upset with you. Of course I wanted our relationship to be public. I’ve wanted that for so long, to be able to hold your hand in public and go on dates with you but this is not how it was supposed to go. I’m upset with that- that man. How could he do something like this?!” Natasha said aspiratedly.

“I don’t know. I don’t even know how he found out but he did and now everyone knows” Manisha couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity of the situation.

“Stop laughing” Natasha snapped, she was laughing slightly too.

“I already asked my manager to hire a lawyer as soon as I got out of the interview last night. Don’t worry, go back to work, I’ll handle everything.” Manisha reassured. The knowledge that Manisha would sort it all out, and had already taken action to do so, seemed to calm Natasha’s nerves slightly. Her breathing had returned back to normal, having gotten more and more laboured the longer she talked about the situation.

“Okay. Okay. I will.” Natasha sighed, her hand scraping over her face.

“I love you” she whispered.

“I love you too. Don’t you about a thing. I will sort everything out. Just focus on being the most talented pilot in the Navy” Manisha whispered back, trying to make Natasha smile. Which she did.

Manisha knew that Natasha was trying to be strong for her. Natasha had only just found out but Manisha had already had time to think about and process the situation. Manisha wanted to let Natasha know that she didn’t have to be strong for her, that she could break down and Manisha would be there to pick the pieces back up.

“Are you okay?”

Natasha turned around and saw that the entire Dagger Squad was stood in the doorway of the classroom she was in.

“Yeah I’m okay” Natasha roughly wiped her face.

“It’s okay if you're not.” Rooster said softly.

And that was the rain that caused the dam to break.

“I just don’t understand” Natasha sobbed.

She felt two arms wrap around her, and then another two arms, and then another. She opened her eyes and saw that the entire Dagger Squad had moved from the doorway and had wrapped their arms around her in a comforting, and slightly suffocating, embrace. It warmed her heart to know that she had people that she could lean on during a situation as horrible as this one.

Manisha’s manager had already emailed her the night before with the list of high profile lawyers. Manisha had already contacted the most experienced, and therefore the most expensive, attorney on the list.

Manisha had decided to make a statement online addressing what had happened. She made sure to express her anger and her determination to not let this behaviour stand. The responses that she received were overwhelmingly supportive which only reinforced her confidence in the decision to sue.

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Guess the cat is out of the bag.

Never in my life did I expect that I would not be the one to announce my own relationship, yet here we are.

I am disgusted at how this news has come out. Whilst I am obviously delighted that I can now post my gorgeous wife and show my love for her publicly, I am horrified that this news was published without my knowledge or my consent or my wife’s. We have absolutely no idea how the photo was even found but we ask for you to not share, repost or interact with the photo as it was and continues to be, a massive invasion of not only my privacy but the privacy of my wife too.

There were many reasons as to why I did not share the knowledge of my marriage or share my wife’s face and we both ask that people respect that.

We are still in shock that this has happened. We will be dealing with this accordingly as this should not still be something that happens to anyone, no matter if they are a public figure or not.

This is a completely shocking situation especially when so many people who were, and still are, involved in the situation were part of the LGBTQ+ community. We, as a community, should be empowering each other and supporting each other and yet neither of those things have happened to us in this situation.

Naturally, I will be taking a break from social media as well as any public appearances until this situation is dealt with.

Both me and my wife thank those who HAVE been supportive and have been respectful and we appreciate how kind you have been!

Thank you.

Mishi

Comments

User1: omg congrats! I can’t believe that this has happened to you. Sending you love through my prayers

User2: I’m reporting any posts of the photos

User3: YOUR’E GAY?!!

User4: WOW CONGRATULATIONS! THIS IS AMAZINGGGG

User5: OMG NOW I HAVE A SHOT WITH HER 🫶🫶 jk congrats on the announcement! That man was completely out of line

User6: I can’t believe someone as respected as Josh Reynolds would do something like that on LIVE television. I was in complete shock when I was watching it. Wishing you and your wife all the best!

User7: that Josh Reynolds she be sacked! That is completely unacceptable

User8: I expected better from a queer man. That is not how we treat others in the community. I have never liked Josh Reynolds

User9: Josh Reynolds is a nasty piece of work. How does he even have a platform???!!!!!!

Almost three years later, Manisha and Natasha had won the lawsuit against Josh Reynolds and the Josh Reynolds talk Show. The show had ended up getting cancelled by the streaming network as a result of the lawsuit and the actions of people involved with the show.

The couple had decided that even though their relationship was now public, they were still going to keep their relationship private.

The women had decided that even though their relationship had been exposed without their consent, it may have actually been a good thing. It only seemed to bring the two of them closer together. It also happened to open up a whole new perspective on life for the two of them, as well as new priorities. They had adopted a daughter, Jinni, over two years ago, and were moving on with their lives.

They couldn’t be happier with the life and the family they had built together.

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carlossainzlusciouslocks · 20 days ago

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Hi everyone! Ngl I’ve not really had much motivation to write recently (plus I’ve been superrrrr busy which probably hasn’t helped with writing motivation lol) but I wanted to hopefully change that. I’ve decided that I’m going to focus on my F1 fics. I wanted to write soulmate aus for other F1 drivers because I loved writing the one for Oscar!

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carlossainzlusciouslocks · 20 days ago

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Renting Fate

Chapter Three

Ravi Panikkar X Original Character (female OC)

Summary: Ravi and Gen had a chance encounter in Paris when Ravi was 19 and Gen was 18. Almost 10 years later they saw each other again when Gen went to view an apartment in the apartment building that Ravi owns.

Word Count:

Warnings: Throwing up (only mentioned in passing, no detail)

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Taglist: @verztappen @nightrose-18

Gen had decided that she wanted to punish Ravi. Which is why when she thought that she should just ignore him. He was clearly so eager to try and speak to her again, which is why she thought that her plan was perfect.

“Lion? Can I talk to you?” Ravi whispered.

Gen just turned her back to him and started a conversation with Brooklyn.

This wasn’t the first time that Ravi had tried to speak to Gen whilst they were at the bar.

“Lion? Please. Please don’t ignore me. I just want to talk to you” Ravi pleaded.

“You can talk to me if you stop using that nickname” Gen snapped.

“Right. Sorry” Ravi decided to stop trying to get Gen to talk to him, he seemed to be making everything worse between the two of them.

“So Ravi, what do you do for work” Mason, Gen’s friend, asked as the night progressed.

“Oh, I’m a firefighter.” Ravi said, his face breaking out into a grin. He was clearly very proud of his job.

“And apparently a landlord” Gen mumbled, hunched over her 6th drink of the evening.

“Yep. I’m also a landlord” Ravi nodded.

As he spoke, he turned to face Gen and saw how out of it she looked. He had been keeping an eye on Gen all evening but hadn’t counted exactly how many drinks she had consumed. Apparently it was a lot.

“Hey!” Ravi leaned in closer to Gen, their faces inches apart.

“Hmm” was all Gen was able to say.

“Maybe you should go home” Ravi whispered softly.

“What? No! I’m just getting started” Gen slurred.

“Nope.” Ravis said, popping the ‘p’.

“I’m officially cutting you off. I don’t want you to get alcohol poisoning, even though you would be in the best hands” Ravi mumbled.

“Hey guys. I’m going to take Gen home, she’s had a lot to drink” Ravi announced to the table. Ravi took the nods from Gen’s friends as a silent approval to take Gen home.

“Nooooo I don’t wanna” Gen whined.

“Yessss” Ravi said, mimicking Gen’s tone.

“Come on. Up you get” Ravi said as he tugged on Gen’s arm, trying to get her to leave the booth they were sat in. She didn’t budge.

Ravi sighed.

“Alright” he mumbled.

He pulled Gen’s arms up and placed his hands under her arms, lifting her out of her seat and throwing her, gently, over his shoulder. He gave a quick wave to his friends and started to make his way out of the bar.

“I’m going to call an UBER okay?” Ravi said as he placed Gen on the steps outside of the bar. Gen didn’t respond.

It took 11 minutes for the UBER to arrive, which Ravi thought was pretty reasonable considering it was 03:45 on a Friday night, or Saturday morning, depending on how you look at it. Getting Gen into the UBER was a hurdle that Ravi hadn’t anticipated. He was under the assumption that she was too drunk to realise that she was on her way home from the bar, oh how wrong he was.

“Okay Geni, the UBER is here” Ravi said, voice soft, calming. That seemed to wake Gen up from her drunken haze. Ravi started to get her up from where she was sitting but she immediately started kicking and screaming. Ravi pulled away quickly, taking a big step back so people around would know that he wasn’t trying to hurt her.

“Gen? Gen? What’s wrong?” Ravi’s voice was panicked.

“I don’t want to leave! You can’t make me!” Gen shouted.

“Gen, come on! Our UBER is here. Please! Just get in the car!” Ravi was practically begging for Gen to cooperate with him.

“Nooooo” Gen’s tone, high and childlike.

“Please! I’ll buy you food! Just please get in the car” Ravi’s hands gesturing towards the car. He was almost at his wits end.

“Okay” Gen mumbled.

“Okay?” Ravi said, voice hopeful.

“Okay” Gen repeated.

Ravi was just glad that the UBER driver hadn’t driven off whilst he was trying to get Gen in the car.

They got half way to Gen’s, or I guess you could say Ravi’s, apartment building when Gen hit Ravi in the arm and said “What about my food?!”

“I’ll cook something for you” Ravi sighed, clearly having forgotten all about his promise of food.

“You can’t cook” Gen said bluntly.

“Oh yeah? Watch me” Ravi said, determination etched on his face.

When the UBER pulled up outside of Gen’s apartment building, Ravi rushed to pay the driver. Once he had done that, he threw the door open and ran to the other side of the car, the side that Gen was sitting on. He, slowly, opened the door and Gen would have fallen out of the car had she not still had her seatbelt on.

Ravi reached inside of the car and unbuckled Gen’s seatbelt. He looked up, moving the seatbelt away from Gen’s body, his face inches, if that, away from Gen’s. He was going to pull away, stepping back let Gen out of the car, when it happened. He felt a hand on the back of his neck, gripping his hair lightly. Gen’s hand. Her hand push his head forward. Before he knew what was happening, their lips collided softly.

He blinked.

Before he could even think about kissing her back, Gen pulled away.

“I think I’m going to be sick” Gen said, her face pale.

“Oh god”

“Not in my car!” The UBER driver shouted.

Ravi pulled away as quickly as possible. He dragged Gen out of the car and pushed her towards the grass that was outside of her apartment building. She emptied her stomach onto the grass.

“Are you okay?” Ravi asked.

Gen just nodded. Ravi slowly started guiding Gen towards her apartment building.

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carlossainzlusciouslocks · 20 days ago

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I want to start posing on AO3 but I’m lowkey scared of the AO3 writers curse 😭😭😭

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carlossainzlusciouslocks · 21 days ago

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Buck's new apartment is one Ravi owns and Eddie is filled with irrational jealously bc wdym Buck broke up the (landlord) relationship with him for a new (landlord) relationship with Ravi. What does Ravi offer that Eddie doesn't? A bedroom? Why does Buck suddenly need a bedroom? An open plan loft is basically the same as sleeping in a living room, why is Buck suddenly being picky about having walls now?

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carlossainzlusciouslocks · 21 days ago

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I know we all say Evan Buckley, golden retriever, but I submit: Evan Buckley, orange cat. Tell me he wouldn’t knock a glass off a counter to get attention or get himself caught in a box on accident and purrs even when you’re slapping his belly. Eddie as a German Shepherd who looks scary but hides under your bed during thunderstorms.

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carlossainzlusciouslocks · 21 days ago

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Hi everyone! I have decided to make a taglist for both my F1 fics and my 9-1-1 fics and I was wondering if anyone would want to be part of it?

If you do, please message me/ comment and I’ll add you to the taglist!

Also please say if you want to be part of the F1 taglist or the 9-1-1 taglist or both

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carlossainzlusciouslocks · 22 days ago

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Renting Fate

Chapter Two

Ravi Panikkar X Original Character (female OC)

Word count: 1.4K

Warnings: Alcohol consumption

Note: this chapter is a bit longer than the first one. I hope you enjoy.

Feel free to leave any comment, criticisms or even any prompt ideas for new fics! I apologise for any mistakes/ errors in the fic.

Gen hadn't seen Ravi for almost two weeks. Every time she left her apartment, she was on edge, worried that she would turn a corner and he would be there. Luckily, that hadn't been the case. It seemed that he had just disappeared off of the face of the earth. Something that he seemed to be good at, Gen thought, rolling her eyes.

Gen had a busy few weeks at work which is why when her friends asked if she wanted to go to a bar with them after work, she, very enthusiastically, said yes. Gen didn't usually frequent bars but she thought that because of how hard she had been working, she deserved a night to decompress with her friends.

Gen had decided to go home after work and then head over to the bar, whereas most of their coworkers headed straight from work to the bar, eager to put the working week behind them as soon as possible. She had decided to change from her work clothes into a simple jeans a T-shirt. Once she had done that, she ordered an UBER so that she wouldn't have to worry about having to pick her car up the next day, probably whilst she was still hungover. She made it to the bar in record time. She thanked the UBER driver as she got out of the car and started walking towards the bar.

As soon as she stepped inside, she felt overwhelmed. The place was almost completely full. She could hardly take a step without bumping into someone or being bumped into by someone.

Just as she was about to start walking towards the bar, she felt someone grab her elbow.

"Gen! I'm so glad you came!" One of her colleagues, Andi, had appeared next to her, pulling her into a hug.

"I'm starting to regret it slightly" Gen joked.

She wasn't entirely sure that Andi had heard what she had said, but they both still laughed anyway.

Andi pulled away from the hug, grabbed Gen's arm and started pulling her through the crowd, towards a booth at the back of the bar. The rest of Gen's colleagues were sat at the table, empty glasses almost covering the entire table.

Gen watched Andi slide into the booth. Andi ushered Gen to do the same but she stayed standing at the edge of the table. Gen glanced down at the table and saw that she had some catching up to do, drinks wise.

"The next round is on me" Gen said.

Her colleagues, who were already tipsy, cheered loudly.

She made her way to the bar, ducking under people's outstretched arms and pushing people out of the way. Once Gen made it to the bar she realised that she may have made a mistake agreeing to get the next round. She was stood at the back of a four row queue of people waiting to be served. She pushed her way through the crowd and eventually got to the bar itself.

"What can I get for you?" The barman shouted.

"Seven beers" Gen shouted back.

It was so loud that both Gen and the barman were having to shout in order to be heard. The barman nodded and started pouring the beers. Whilst he did that, Gen decided to take a quick scan of the bar. The key word being tried. She couldn't see anything other than gross, sweaty people trying to take her place at the bar.

"Miss? Your beers" Gen turned back to the bar to see the drinks she had ordered lined up along the bar. She has clearly not thought this through.

How was she supposed to carry all of these drinks back to her table?

"Do you need any help?" Gen heard someone shout. She turned to her right to see who had spoken to her

No. Please no. Not him. She would take help from anybody but him.

"No thank you" she replied, stubbornly.

The man just laughed and grabbed half of the beers she had ordered. He looked at her expectantly, waiting for her to lead the way to where she wanted to take the beers. She rolled her eyes, aspirated, and grabbed the remaining drinks. She started pushing her way through the crowd, occasionally looking back to see if the man was still following her. He was. Of course he was.

They eventually got to Gen's table. "Geni, who is this handsome man? And is he single?" Gen's coworker, Harry, slurred.

Gen heard the man laugh softly behind her.

"This is Ravi" was all Gen said as she made her way to sit down.

"Ravi?" Harry repeated. "And is Ravi single?"

Harry said, not taking his eyes off of him. Gen glanced up and Ravi who had already been looking at her.

"Erm. Yes I am single. But l've already got my eye on someone" Ravi was still staring at you, his eyes softened.

Gen's best friend, Piper, noticed that Ravi was looking at Gen like he was a lovesick puppy.

"Ravi, why don't you come and sit with us?" Piper asked. Gen's eyes widened. Before she could refuse of Ravi's behalf, he spoke.

"I would love to but I'm here with some of my friends and I can't just abandon them"

"See he is busy" Gen said quickly, reaching her arms out to push Ravi away from her meddling friends.

"Why don't we all just sit together then. You, Gen, us and your friends" Piper suggested. Gen elbowed Piper in the ribs.

"Yeah. I'd be down for that. If that's alright with you, Lion?" He asked, eyes hopeful. How could Gen say no?! Especially when he used that nickname.

"Yeah. Of course. That sounds really fun" Gen plastered on a take smile.

"Okay. I'll get my friends to move over here since you have a bigger table than we do. With that, Ravi disappeared back into the crowd.

"How could you do that?" Gen shouted at Piper.

"I don't know what you mean" piper said, nonchalantly.

Piper did, in fact, know exactly what Gen meant.

When Gen had first moved to LA from Paris she found it difficult to make friends, that was until she met Piper. Piper made it easy for the two of them to be friends. She was fun, outgoing and exceedingly confident. Gen, after Piper had enquired, had told her all about her life in back Paris. She told Piper all about her first love, Ravi.

She told her about how Ravi had completely shattered her heart. Which is why she was furious that Piper had so easily invited Ravi to sit with them.

"You know exactly what I mean" Gen said.

Before Piper could defend herself, Ravi and his friends appeared at the table.

"Hi again" Ravi said, awkwardly.

"Don't just stand there, come and sit down!" Andi said gesturing for Ravi and his friends to sit in the booth.

Fate was not on Gen's side today. Ravi was the last person to sit down and Piper had made sure that the only free space was next to Gen, meaning that Ravi had to sit next to Gen.

"So, are you all going to introduce yourselves?" Piper said, clearly smug that her plan to sit Gen and Ravi together had worked.

"Oh right. Well I'm Ravi, we obviously met when you invited us to sit down." He laughed awkwardly. Gen could see some of her friends cooing at his awkwardness. Suddenly, Gen wanted to be anywhere but at that table.

"Then this is Buck" Ravi gestured to the muscular man that Piper was eyeing.

"I'm Eddie" The man, Eddie, said, clearly wanting Piper to stop staring at Buck.

"I'm Hen" Gen's eyes flicked to a woman in glasses. "And this is Chimney" the same woman gestured to the shorter man sat next to her.

"Chimney?" Gen's friend Paxton questioned.

"Ahh it's a long story." Chimney blushed.

"A funny one I bet" Brooklyn, Gen's boss laughed.

"So, Gen, how do you know Ravi?" Hen questioned, leaning closer to Gen.

"Erm. We met in Paris. When we both lived there" Ravi saw Gen's face, how uncomfortable she looked, and chose to answer the question for her.

"Paris?" When were you in Paris, Ravi?" Now it was Chimney's turn to be intrigued.

"I was 18" Ravi shrugged, acting like he had told his friends this information before.

"You have never told us this before" Buck said, his eyebrows furrowing.

"Sure I did" Ravi said.

"Erm no you did not" Hen said, in an accusatory tone.

Ravi just shrugged.

As the night progressed, Gen got to know Ravi's friends. She liked them. She thought that Ravi deserved to have good friends like that. Especially after everything he had gone through. Even though he had hurt her, a lot, Gen didn't want Ravi to suffer.

Well, maybe she wanted him to suffer a bit.

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