#otp: rafe adler x leticia cruz

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Double dose here. OTP questions 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 14, 18, and 27 for our fave life changing pair: Rafe x Leti boo. And let's do Nate and Elena too. Have fun!! 🌞🌞🌞

Thank you so much not-so-anon @oc-musings for sending this in!!!

Rafe x Leti

3. What is one thing that one person does that drives the other absolutely crazy?

Leti sends Rafe random selfies in her lingerie, and sometimes, she does it at the most inappropriate time. She usually knows what Rafe’s schedule would be like for the day, so more often than not, she sends it whenever he has a meeting or he’s out and about, chilling with his friends. And Rafe, god bless his soul, would lose his shit over this. He knows she’s tempting him on purpose, and she knows he can never quite resist her. Which is both true. Most of the time, Rafe never even replies to her texts. He just drops everything and he drives straight back home.

4. How would they describe one another?

For Leti, Rafe is the first man she genuinely loved; for Rafe, Leti is the only person who ever loved him right.

6. What moment made each person first realize they were in love with the other?

It both happened for them on their third date in an amusement park.

For Leti, it was that moment when Rafe took her to a food stall that served her favourite food, and he knew exactly what to order for her, down to the sides and the extra toppings she usually asked for. And she couldn’t even remember explicitly telling him about what her favourite food was or how she wanted it. But she did take him one time to a night market that had a similar food stall. Did he seriously pick all of that and paid attention? Anyway. It was then that Leti realized, This guy is a keeper.

For Rafe, it simply happened when Leti took his hand and dragged him to the photo booth, and she laughed and he was struck by the sound of her laughter, like How could I have possibly gone through life without knowing that sound, as if that had immediately filled a void inside him, and it was then that he knew. All he could think of was, This is the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with.

9. What was their worst fight about? Who apologized first & how?

Their worst fight happened post-breakup. Said breakup happened when Rafe proposed and Leti, who was not ready yet at the time, turned him down. And so wanting to get back together, Leti reached out to Rafe and apologized, but he was pretty hurt by what had happened and so it has been really complicated for them to navigate their relationship ever since.

12. What would both say is their favorite memory of the other?

Always that sweet third date.

14. What are their love languages?

They both thrive in physical affection, but Rafe is someone who is particularly generous in spoiling Leti with gifts, despite her begging him not to keep spending such lavish things just for her.

18. What was the biggest hurdle in their relationship?

Well, apart from the failed engagement, there’s also Rafe’s obsession with Avery’s treasure, so.

27. One headcanon you have about this OTP

Regardless of whatever they’ve been through, whether they are together or not, Rafe is always ready to leave everything for Leti and to go through violent lengths just to protect her. And by going through violent lengths, I mean this:

One time, sometime after their breakup, when Leti got herself injured after getting into trouble with the man who hired her for a hacking job, Rafe secretly paid her a visit when she was unconscious. He took care of all her medical bills. He immediately asked his men to find this bastard who hurt her. That man’s body was found on the river the next day.

Nate x Elena

3. What is one thing that one person does that drives the other absolutely crazy?

Elena having to endure Nathan’s lies Okay, but seriously though, on a positive note, it drives Elena crazy when Nate keeps leaving her notes in random places apart from the fridge, like her journal, inside her camera bag, on her computer. And the notes are usually very suggestive in nature, and if not, it’s really explicit, like, “can’t wait to make love to you tonight,” or “you look really nice without clothes on, babe.” (She never throws it away, though. She keeps it tucked at the sleeve of her journal.)

4. How would they describe one another?

Elena might consider Nate as a pain in the ass, but he is her pain in the ass. Because despite his faults, she loves his bravery and his capacity to care for others, and there is nothing more in the world that she loves than being by his side.

On the other hand, Nate is just lost without Elena. He has never imagined someone could ever endure him with such grace and patience. He feels fortunate to be cared for and loved by someone like her who cares and loves so deeply, and honestly, he would be a complete idiot if he lets go of her again.

6. What moment made each person first realize they were in love with the other?

It both happened for them in Nepal.

Nate was waiting for Elena to recover from her injuries. He hated himself for it, that he had to wait for something like this to happen to Elena for him to realize how he can’t afford to lose her, and all at once, it hits him like a ton of bricks that, shit, I’m in love with her. 

Elena, on the other hand, realized her feelings for Nate when she woke up and found him sleeping on the side of her bed, holding her hand, his face still damp with tears. 

9. What was their worst fight about? Who apologized first & how?

Their argument in King’s Bay still takes the cake. (And we all know how that went down.)

12. What would both say is their favorite memory of the other?

The first time they met. Because who would have thought that a thieving fraud and a journalist would ever get together? (They’re also pretty fond of telling this story to Cassie. Lord knows she already knows this story by heart.)

14. What are their love languages?

They’re both big on acts of service and quality time, for sure.

18. What was the biggest hurdle in their relationship?

When Nathan lied to Elena about the whole quest to find Avery’s treasure. I mean, that pretty much challenged their marriage, the fact that Nate was unable to be fully transparent and honest to Elena. 

27. One headcanon you have about this OTP

I’ve already written about this here, but again, here it goes:

I think at some point when Elena tells Nate that she’s pregnant, Nate kind of freaks out about it? Like, he feels that he isn’t ready yet, and he fears that he might end up being like his old man. But instead of going through that anxiety on his own, here is where he finally learns to be completely open and honest to Elena. (With a little push in the right direction c/o his brother, who would’ve thunk.) And to his surprise, he isn’t the only one who is anxious about it. Elena feels the same way, too. And Elena’s relief at that moment listening to Nate, him confiding in her with such intimate openness after what had happened to them feels like a massive weight has been finally lifted off her chest.

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You ready for request 1? Number 28 with Rafe x Leti. 🌞🌞🌞

Buckle up, buttercup @oc-musings 🤧

28. When I’m dead

If anyone asks what Rafe loves the most whenever he’s with Leticia, he would say, almost too quickly, that he loves watching her sleep. He loves watching her sleep because sometimes, he would hear her say his name. A soft exhale that sounds almost like a calling. She makes his name sound like an oath, a promise worth keeping.

But now, as holds her body in his arms, cold and limp and blue, Rafe brushes her hair away from her face. He waits for her to say his name. He waits for her to breathe it out. He waits and waits and waits and—

“I love you,” he says. He swallows a sob, his voice teeters at the edge of breaking. He holds her a little closer, takes her lifeless hand in his, presses a kiss at the back of her hand. “Will you wake up for me, Ticia? Say my name again. Please? Will you? Will you?”

the way you said “i love you.”

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Okay, well played with the angst my friend. Let's see you do Rafe x Leti now with number 1. Because 1am words can either be fluffy or angsty. 🌞🌞🌞

@oc-musings challenge accepted 😘

1. Things you said at 1am

“Please don’t tell me you haven’t tried this, too.”

In the midst of this warm, Friday night made brilliant by the threads of fairy lights, the countless stalls, and the massive ferris wheel that illuminates like a beacon against the dark sky, Leti is staring at Rafe, arms folded over her chest, as if waiting to pass her judgment as they stand in front of a photobooth. What she said was obviously a statement already, but when she narrows her eyes at him, he should have known better that she is clearly waiting for an answer.

Rafe raises his hands in resignation, huffs a small laugh. “Fine, fine—I haven’t tried one of these… things,” he admits with a sheepish smile. Somehow, he begins to hate his horribly sheltered upbringing. He sighs. “But okay, in my defense, it’s because—“

“Alright—“ Leti excitedly loops an arm around his, beams brightly that the smile on her face makes his heart race a little bit faster— “better late than never! C’mon!”

And so she tugs him along, squeezing themselves together inside the booth, limbs awkwardly adjusting into the space as Leti fishes out a couple of loose change from the pocket of her jeans and feeds it into the machine. They are so close that Rafe can smell the scent of her perfume, something that has become so familiar to him in the three weeks he has spent with her.

And in those weeks—those awfully amazing weeks of his life, if he can be perfectly honest—he can no longer imagine his life without having Leti in it.

“Okay,” says Leti as she shifts in her seat, fixing her hair a little, “I want you to smile and not look murderous, got it?”

Rafe frowns. “And since when do I look murderous—“

“Exactly what you’re doing now—hey, ready!”

Snap, snap, snap. Leti flashes a bright smile, and Rafe obliges to do the same. Awkwardly. Still, he tries. He manages to not look murderous (at least, in his head, he isn’t) and how he’s able to do it, he does not know. Maybe it’s because no one makes him smile or cracks him up the way Leti does. She does it so effortlessly that he eases on the ones that come after. He hooks an arm around her shoulder on the next snap, laughs herself silly when he pulls a goofy face. More silly expressions. More affectionate gestures. Her face on his shoulder. His lips on the crown of her head. Cheek on warm cheek. They try another pose but their heads bump against one another that they both groan in pain. Then they burst out laughing.

“I’m so sorry for making you do all this!” Leti is still giddy with laughter, her cheeks tinted pink. Her face is so close to his now that he can feel the warmth of her sweet breath.

“It’s fine,” says Rafe as he tucks a loose strand of her hair behind her ear. He tries his hardest not to let his eyes drift over her mouth, but he only fails miserably. “You’re too good to me, you know that?”

Leti exhales a soft chuckle. “Actually, I don’t.” Her voice is close to a whisper. “But thanks for letting me know.”

They look at each other, saying nothing for an excruciating while. The silence that settles between the tiny measure of air that separates them thrums. Scintillates. He catches her staring at his lips, the same way his gaze falls back again at hers that this time, the simple question that he’s been wanting to ask all night spills from the tip of his tongue.

“Will you be my girl?”

Leti looks at him and nods. “Yes,” she says, beaming. “Now and always.”

Rafe sighs, smiles. Genuinely smiles. The kind of smile that hurts his face and makes his heart pound wildly against his chest. Now and always. He has never felt anything like this before in his life and he sure as hell wouldn’t trade this for anything else. And as he presses his forehead against hers, her face still aching from smiling, he asks:

“May I?”

Leti laughs. “I thought you’d never ask.”

Rafe does it slowly. Takes her face in his hands, gently brushing her bottom lip with his thumb. One may be inclined to think that he lacks the ability for tenderness, but here, way past midnight in this tiny space of the photobooth in a nearly empty amusement park, he kisses Leti as if she is made of porcelain. As if she is made of cities he’s never been, made of places that feels like home. For the first time he is ready to beg. Let me be yours. He will kneel before her if she asks. He will love her fiercely until he doesn’t know how, until it no longer makes sense.

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