#i'm not a r*fan but from what i've seen they do the betrayal thing a LOT

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Habits

Title: Habits Pairing: Kevin Owens x Sami Zayn Prompt: 7. "What happened to us?" "You know what you did." R WC: 701

Seth's warning had been clear as day: Jey and Sami were going to be at the party together. It was an offering for Kevin to decline Becky's invitation to their party. Seth was the only one who really knew the extent of Sami's betrayal on Kevin. The man had been pretending for so long that he didn't care that Sami had stabbed him in the back for Jey. He pretended like he hadn't been carrying the entire weight of their title loss on his own back. Kevin had been pretending so much that he had forgotten how to be honest with himself. Everybody knew that it was only a matter of time before he snapped or broke down, and yet, Kevin was insistent on pretending that absolutely nothing was wrong in the first place.

Kevin realized his mistake in not accepting Seth's out to the party when he pulled up. The event wasn't so much a party as it was a gathering. There were a couple small groups of their friends that they had made throughout their careers. Kevin understood that it was a retirement party, but not the kind that the company liked to throw for people. This was intimate, and suddenly, there was no way Kevin would be able to avoid Sami. Even with as spacious as Seth and Becky's backyard was, Kevin kept seeing Sami in the corner of his eye.

"You know, I always thought you'd call it quits first old man," Seth teased as he clapped Kevin on the back. Kevin had never really tried to cover up his grey hairs, eventually embracing the silver fox look once he was on his own.

"I could keep going forever, not all of us are so fragile," Kevin shot back. Both men paused for a moment before laughing maniacally. It was enough to draw attention, including Sami's. Jey tried to tighten his grip on Sami's hand to keep him from walking off, but it was no use. Sami nervously approached the two men. It had been a long time since he had seen Kevin, the man who had once been his best friend and partner inside and out of the ring. Kevin, the man who Sami had driven off after they lost their titles. Kevin, who had returned back to the independent wrestling scene to remind people that in the decades he spent with the WWE, he hadn't lost a step.

"H-hey guys. Kev, it's been a long time." Sami hadn't been this nervous since his WrestleMania match. Kevin had grounded him that night. Things hadn't been the same since Kevin left, and Sami found that he enjoyed wrestling significantly less whenever Kevin wasn't there. Sami hadn't felt like he had done any impressive storytelling without Kevin there. The fans loved the things that Sami had been doing with Jey and the rest of the former Bloodline members, but without Kevin, there was a big piece of the story missing in Sami's mind. "You look good man."

"Thanks Sami. I've really had to kick it up to stay in step with some of these younger guys out there." The conversation was awkward, so much so that Seth left at the first opportunity. Kevin could feel a few people watching them, including Jey. The two of them had been friendly at one time, but now Kevin couldn't stand the sight of that man. Just like he was certain that Jey hated having to watch Sami and Kevin talking to each other.

"What happened to us?" Sami blurted out. Kevin gave him an incredulous look. Sami had the audacity to look surprised as he stared up at Kevin.

"You know what you did," Kevin said through grit teeth. Sami's face fell a bit, but his eyebrows were still knit with confusion. "And if you don't, then I can't see a way we can patch things up. I can't let you keep hurting me, it'll kill me Sami."

"So that's it?" Sami asked him.

"Yeah, that's it," Kevin answered. "You have Jey, so you don't need me anymore. I'm ready to move on, I want to find someone who is good for me. I want to feel the love I deserve."