i’ll never get used to being alive [ … ] always shocked to find i’ve survived.
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gladiator 2 is now my whole personality :/ so sorry to absolutely anything else :/
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“ i know you are, ” not that it's okay, not that she accepts it — that she knows he's sorry he said it. there's a world out there where they get to love each other normally. somehow, somewhere, they get to be soft and love each other like real people do. becky knows, realizes it every time they fight like this, that this is not that world. no matter how hard they try and try and try, they have just never been good for each other. it doesn't stop her from wanting him, doesn't stop her from … needing him. she is miserable when he's not there — knows because there was a time where she had to live without him. never wants to go back there again. every single up and down has been with cody, lived experience that she wouldn't trade for anything. it might be easier to have never loved him, but she'd miss all those ups. could've missed the pain, but she'd have to miss the dance ! she has never once looked at him as less than something to be admired — has never once looked him and not been totally in awe at how much she truly wants to love him forever. at first, it had scared her. that pure feeling of love that she hadn't felt before she'd met him. pushed it aside and had treated him poorly because of it. wishes she hadn't, they could've spent so much more time in the proper world. could've been more settled down by now, could not be having this conversation at all. hurt people hurt people ! and when she and cody had first started seeing each other, they were possibly the two most damaged people to find each other. maybe she's still that damaged.
maybe she is still the kid sitting in dream's office, begging for just one more chance, but so is cody, and maybe that's why they're meant for each other. meant to heal those kids inside all over again. maybe they've always been meant to do this song and dance. maybe she's meant to take his hand now, lace her fingers through his like she is so accustomed to, and tell him she's here without having to tell him. maybe she's not as different from her younger self as she thought she was, and … maybe that's okay, too. maybe she can list it as just another thing he chooses to love about her, even when it would be easier not to. “ i don't feel messed up, ” voice is small, quiet, “ i think you changed a lot of things about me, angel, and i don't think it was for the worse, either. i don't feel loved until i'm with you, i can promise you that much. ”
“ it's not selfish angel, i think that i just … choose to hear the worst sometimes. not just with you, and that's not okay, and i'm sorry you had to deal with it,” takes a lot of courage to admit when she's wrong, a trait becky's not particularly proud of. perhaps a step in the right direction, but she doesn't want to get too far ahead of herself. “ come on, baby, i shouldn't have used that against you, that wasn't fair, ” her voice is shaky still, feels all that stress in the pit of her chest and just can't stand it. his hand grabbing her is some kind of reassurance though, some kind of promise that he's still there and not going anywhere. the kind of thing that becky has never grown out of needing from him — realized a long time ago that she would never turn down a touch or a grab from him. realized a long time ago that there is never any such thing as too close to him.
heel of her free palm comes up to her face, attempts to wipe off free tears, but they're quickly replaced by new ones, and becky realizes she's fighting a losing battle — perhaps not just with this, but she'll forget that for now. “ i'm really trying, cody, i promise, ” swallows thickly and tries to stop the feeling. tries to take a deep breath, and comes up short every time. she's reminded of just how much she hates crying in front of him, especially like this. especially when it's her whole body and she can't hide it at all. she hates this feeling, and hates how much she wants to disappear into his arms for a while. the only place where she feels safe to be herself.
she's sure his shirt will be soaked by the time this is over, grips into the back of his shirt a little tighter than she probably should. becky is scared every time they fight like this that it's the last time. ( was a time where they were like this a lot more, and becky wasn't afraid at all, simply because she had no experience being without him. refuses to go back to living like that, now. ) “ i just love you, ” voice still feels weaker and … more broken than she would like for it to, and she hardly recognizes the sound of it, “ i want to take care of you forever. ” would do this over and over again, no matter how much it hurt, if it meant she got to stay with him until the end. “ we're fine, ” repeats it back to him like it's the only thing that'll make it true. squeezes her arms around him a little tighter, “ please— please don't leave. ”
“ i’m sorry i said it, i really am ” he only ever hated the idea of it all, those people, especially becky never deserved cody’s attitude and snarky comments over something they couldn’t really control. he was damaged from the start, presented as this kid fed on the silver spoon even though he felt so worthless and far away from his actual roots. labelled at the worst of the three — the least successful, it was a mess to begin with and as he got older he seemed to get even angrier about it, he wasn’t just someone’s little brother anymore. he was hyper aware of it all and pushed to be his own thing — far away from everyone else and most importantly far from what originally seemed to fuck him up so badly. falling in love with becky remained the best thing that ever happened to him, it was the last thing he had expected to ever feel but he can’t help but think about how happy his dad would actually be that he’s with her. the approvals written in the stars already, it makes him look back on his past nasty comments and realise that he was just a broken boy retaliating over his shitty luck. in another world he wishes that he could’ve been one of those nxt kids and maybe he wouldn’t be so twisted in the head
“ i do understand, i swear— i get it ” he would feel the same if he dated someone who got angry over everything like he did. cody knows how much he lingers on the past and holds grudges like they’ll kill him if he lets go, so defensive even to the only person that loves him. “ i feel like i messed you up. i messed myself up so badly— i feel broken and – look at us, i cause these stupid fights all the time, you don’t deserve to be like this ” cody looks at becky like she’s an angel. but it feels like he’s ruined that angel — corrupted her brain with every shitty fight and problem he’s thrown her way, he feels horrible about it and doesn’t know how to fix it. just as he’s thinking about it she moves closer and touches him, it’s one of the many things so perfect about her, even at cody’s absolute worst she’ll still figure out a way to love him “ i love you too ”
it’s a nice bit of reassurance — she loves him, he loves her. and they’d be totally lost with each other even when this seems bad “ but i’m sorry, i know you have problems too and so does everyone else. i didn’t mean to act so selfish ” he feels sick knowing that it looked that way from the outside, he complained and complained until it gave off the wrong impression. looked selfish and caged up to himself as if her problems didn’t matter too. over these years it’s as if cody turned into the type of person he hated. “ i was just trying to get someone to help me, i never complained like this before, i wasn’t used to it, i don’t know what i’m doing — I’m sorry ” the second her hand is on him he’s putting his head down on the table, bringing his own arm up and grabbing onto her. takes a deep breath, tries not to cry. tries to ground himself as he listens to the sound of her voice and feeling of fingertips rubbing along his skin
it seems to work momentarily, but whenever he looks up he can see the tears streaming down her face instead. it breaks his heart to see her cry — it always does every single time, a kick in the teeth reminder that she deserves all of the happiness in the world and not this “ no i know, baby i’m not good at it either, yeah? i’m just trying to learn. i’m— teaching myself ” while he would’ve liked to been told about the nxt appearance, he can push it aside now. hearing her talk about it is a reality check that sometimes you need to do what you’re told by the higher ups. you need to put yourself first sometimes. it reminds him of when he left wwe all those years ago, he threw away so many friendships in order to go be happy without worrying, maybe this was similar in a way. she had to do what she was told, after all she was a star in his eyes and probably everybody else’s
“ it’s fine, baby. come here ” his shoulders drop, he’s no longer tense as he stands up to walk around to becky’s side. pulls her into his chest for a hug and presses a kiss to her head, lets her talk and get it all out just like she’s done for him a million times before “ it’s okay, it’s okay — i get it now, sweetheart. and don’t say that . . . you’ve never been a loser , you have no idea how quickly i fell in love with that ‘ loser ’ , you’ve been perfect ever since and you’ve taken care of me for so long, i’m the one that doesn’t deserve you. i just want us to be able to talk about things together, we’re fine ”
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slight gasp as he touches her after what feels like a lifetime of teasing. arm wraps around his neck as hand rests on his neck and fingers snake through the base of his hair. needs to ground herself. needs to remind herself that her body is her own ! it is cruel and unusual punishment for him not to take her right here, right now. she is sure he shouldn't be allowed to do this, reduce her to a gasping, moaning mess of a beggar, but he does, and she lets him. hand not in his hair grips around his bicep a little tighter, looks him right in the eye like it's a fight and not an act of devotion. “ please, baby … ” still not sure what she's asking for, but the twinkle in his eye says he has a plan, “ please ? ”
There are animals caught in traps that are willing to bite their own legs off in order to run free. He, ensnared and at her utter mercy, is not one of them. Mouth contains too much smirk, not enough blood, when he presses his lips against her throat. Feels fluttering pulse underneath thin skin with his own. Mimics the ancient art of falling head over heels when nomad fingers search for a place to rest by wandering up her thigh. Pull fabric to the side, touch her there where he instinctively knows she needs him to. He could fuck her right now, bite her shoulder harder and demand more. Chooses instead not to cut the tendon of want, but to remain underneath sharp nails. To see if he can make her squirm. ❝Ask again.❞
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if there is one person who's been there for the ups and downs of becky's career, it's sami. if there's one person who's all but held her hand every step of the way, it's him ! has no drouble being drooled on if it means she gets to be safe space for him, after he's spent the better part of almost twenty years being a safe space for her. “ oh well that changes everything, doesn't it ? ” slight laugh at her own joke that says she's not too far removed from the woman he knows, “ a little drool never killed anybody, promise. ”
Her movements have never before bothered him. Not once has he looked at her and thought, ❛you know what I would change -❜ , Sami has always looked at her and thought ❛man, I am so grateful that you're my friend❜. And today, with his head on her shoulder and the steady motion of the bus and the sound of her voice lulling him off to sleep, is no different. ❝. . . but I like listening to your voice.❞ He's all too aware he sounds like a whiney child when he stretches to suppress a yawn. ❝Might have gotten some drool on you, though.❞
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there are very few people that becky thinks solely bring the best out of her — since they'd met, wilson had certainly solidified himself as one of them. someone she could count on for just about anything and everything. she'd like to think he feels the same way about her, but she has yet to ask. fear of rejection could stop that kind of thing ! doesn't care about random people that she'll never see again, but she's not opposed to the idea of leaving here; spending more time with him is never a bad thing. “ can't take you anywhere, huh ? ” smiles and jokes right back as she takes his hand. doesn't let go as they pay and walk to the car. “ what's the plan, then ? ”
He’d be lying to himself if he didn’t admit that making things official between the two of them was on his mind. The time they shared together behind closed doors was some of the happiest moments he’s ever had not that there were many of them to begin with, and at this stage of his life he couldn’t imagine anyone being better for him than Becky. They bring out the best in one another. That was a conversation for another time, though. Synn wanted to focus on the present, and presently they were getting a few dirty looks from people waiting to find a seat at the diner they were at.
“We better pay and get outta here before we get too lovey-dovey in here. You know I can’t control myself too long when you’re so close to me.” He joked with a grin, taking her hand and helping her to her feet.
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inwardly cringes at his diplomat comment — some habits never truly go away. though, she's not entirely sure where that one came from. “ yeah, well, you know me, ” not totally sure they understand each other, anymore. smooths her hands over her pants and smiles slightly at the visual of him falling just like that. maybe they do know each other, after all. “ hurt people hurt people, ” who he thinks she means is hurt is up for debate; becky knows what she means. knows that she can see how hurt he really is, “ just sucks you're really hurting these days, huh ? ”
Anger fades. Turns from a rolling storm into the occasional crack of lightning across a dark sky. Adrenaline fades too. Leaves him aching and in genuine pain. Damn. He used to be able to take more hits before feeling it in his goddamn knees ! ❝Spoken like a true diplomat.❞ He slumps down across from her, giving her one final glance before all but throwing himself onto the floor. Laying flat brings some relief to his aching back. ❝Sometimes I wonder if it ever changes. If anything ever does, or if we have to deal with the same fucking shit for ten more years minimum. I don't think I can do it, man. Got plenty of knives in this back already.❞
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“ i won't, ” is suddenly struck with the realization that she wouldn't do anything he didn't want ! covers it up with a slight smile and a gentle tug of his hair. knows, deep in her chest, that he would do anything for her, too. deep in her chest and deep in her bones. she should be shocked by his brashness, has become far too accustomed to it over time. watches him kiss her like she's some sort of prize before she responds, watches him try not to give into temptation no matter how much he wants to. relishes in it more than she probably should, he is just as needy as she is, “ i think you should, ” drags nails over his shoulder as much as she can, “ unless you had other plans. ”
There's laughter stuck in the back of his throat ; an act innocent enough if it wasn't for the fact that it's lodged right next to sinful things he wishes to whisper into her ear. ❝Just don't call it lust.❞ Comes willingly when she pulls the collar around his throat, allows himself to be guided. Submits in a spur of passion ⎯⎯⎯ calls it anything but lust for the devotion inside his chest is something more than weak-minded bare-boned desire. It is everything. She is everything ! ❝I could fuck you all day, if you want.❞ Offers another kiss, right now, between her thighs. Where he'd be fucking happy to die -
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most of the guys she sleeps with don’t remember her name — which is fine, she doesn’t remember theirs either, doesn’t think about them much beyond using them to not think about him. there was something different about cody from the first time she met him, someone she wanted to get to know beyond being a fuck buddy. took them long enough to get to where they are now ! though, there is some small part of her that wants a little more, but refuses to acknowledge it as something real. refuses to acknowledge that she needs him because … she doesn't need anyone !
“ you're pretty special too, baby, ” doesn't pick up on the intimacy of the moment now, might tomorrow morning when it's too late. pushes his dark hair out of his face instead, leans down for another barely there kiss. “ like, really special to me, ” which is too intimate for her own good.
“ you mean it ? ” notices his approval before she notices anyone else's ! really, no one else's praise or acceptance matters. his hands on her is a feeling she'll never get used to, and one that she doesn't want to get rid of anytime soon. “ i know, ” eyes lock with his and it's real, perhaps a little too close to him, even considering the circumstances, “ you're my guy, yeah ? no one is as good to me as you are. ” feels almost too vulnerable for her own good, justifies it to herself by thinking it must be because she's half naked and he isn't. slips a hand under the hem of his shirt, runs her fingers over his skin before she can stop herself, “ take this off for me, angel. ”
he’s almost in awe for the short moment that it is , staring up at her like she’s some sort of goddess made for him specifically. no one’s ever dressed for cody or did things to cater towards him , he’s never had that kind of connection with a person before — any other girls in his room are there for a quick fuck and nothing else , they don’t think about him outside of that. but becky ? it’s all different and he’s totally starstruck with the idea now set in his head that this dress was for him , he doesn’t know what else is or was but it feels good for those feelings to be reciprocated. he’d do anything for her to look at him a little bit longer
“ you are special, not just for that ” it’s almost like his real feelings are spilling out in the heat of the moment without really meaning to and he’s not even focused enough on his own brain to realise the words that follow
“ you look so beautiful ” cody mutters out before the kiss, sinking back into the mattress and pillows below him as he wraps his arms around her frame, hands touching everywhere that they can get. she even feels perfect in his hands — everything about her is and he’s obsessed. “ you’re my girl, no one else’s ” it’s covered by another quick kiss before settling back, tracing the tip of his finger up along her spine. breath’s heavy and he’s needy for more, staring at her with a type of love in his eyes disguised as lust
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finished all my drafts here, gonna take a nap and be back to work on my multi soon !
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“ because i've been thinking about it since you said it, ” something she hadn't wanted to admit to him, especially then. especially the next morning when it'd been all apologies and holding each others hands and … once again promising to be better ( feels like a sick joke now ! ) she's picked up on enough of his complaints to understand where he's coming from. to somewhat understand what he means and that … really, he is just a hurt person who wants to be loved. she keeps trying to understand, where she knows most people probably would've given up by now; has no want to give him up anytime soon. but living like this is no good for either of them, and she knows it. deep in her chest, she knows there has to be some sort of change if they want to keep doing this. and she really can't give him up now, not when they're so close to being normal.
she hates the way his posture and demeanor changes and she hates that she's the one that she's the one that did it. hates that she alone is responsible for the way his body language changes — berated him like a child when all he wanted was a little bit of understanding, and now there's the sinking guilty feeling again. it's her fault, it's all her fault, it's all her fault. releases her grip from the counter entirely, takes a white flag step toward him, despite his avoidance of eye contact. despite the fact that she should probably stay away. her body still feels like it's not hers, even when she's in control.
“ i'm not— i'm not mad at you for it, angel, ” not anymore anyway, “ i just want you to understand where i'm coming from, that's all. ” it's a reminder that they're really not that far removed from the people that they used to be. really, she is still the twenty five year old woman with no idea what she's doing — still the person who only wants to be loved, and he is still the same young man who's angry for the way he's been treated. explosive personalities that probably should've stayed away from each other, perhaps a recipe for disaster. “ you didn't mess me up, baby, don't say that, ” despite their problems, she is still better because she knew him. “ i'm better because i know you, yeah ? i … i can't imagine myself without you, ” plenty of people pretend to have great love affairs, ones that change them and shape them into who they are — becky can honestly say that this has changed her. for better or for worse, in all their sickness and all their victories, cody has made her the person she is today. “ i don't want to imagine myself without you, honey, i love you. more than anything, all the mess and the fuss of you, even the stuff that you don't want anyone to see, i love you. please don't for a second think i don't.” another step forward, then another. closes the physical distance between them as much as she can.
“ that's just how it felt, baby, i'm not … i won't hold it against you ” which is as much as she can promise right now. “ cody, come on, that's not what i meant, ” closes all the space between them and reaches her hand out for his forearm, gentle touches to his skin as much as she can. “ i don't want you to be quiet, i want to be able to talk about this, we just … i've just never been good at it, and i'm sorry, ” runs her thumb over his arm to try and sooth herself as much as it might be soothing to him. feels hot tears on her face before she has the chance to fix them, “ baby, i'm so so sorry, i should've talked to you about it, i just got scared and … and i didn't even want to be there in the first place, and i'm so scared of going back to being a loser that doesn't deserve to be with you in the first place. no amount of they made me do it can change that it happened, but … i'm sorry they sent me, and i'm sorry i went without telling you, that wasn't fair to you at all. ”
“ why are you even holding that against me as if i meant it? i was upset — i don’t hate everyone i was just jealous of what they all had over me and it hurt . . . i never hated them as people ” it’s sort of a moment of reflection and cody realises how angry he always is about everything around him. he never sees things rationally and doesn’t know how to explain himself right. he explains it in his head perfectly, a place where no one else can see, where the thoughts come out months later and no longer mean shit. out loud he just sounds like someone with anger issues that hates the world and has evny for every last person around him. when really — he was only sad that a group of people got more attention as his dads kids than he ever seemed to get. it just boiled up in him so much over the years that it all came out wrong
becky’s words are nothing but right but they still seem to cut deep. he feels smaller now, from a big angry dog to a puppy that’s afraid. he never meant to hurt becky or make her feel bad about working in nxt, nor did he ever mean to complain about it so much — so aggressively at that. he never meant to tell her time and time again, never meant to treat her badly or dismiss anything. there was a lot he never meant to do and it seemed beyond broken like it could never be fixed again, her words only knocked realisation into his head that he was being a bad boyfriend — had been for some time.
cody shifts uncomfortably in his seat, he doesn’t even know what to say. her words are like some sort of knife stabbing through his chest and the time that passes is like blood trickling down his skin. it hurts. it goes deep and it’s all because he knows it’s him, he hears the things that he’s done out loud and feels sick to his stomach for treating her like that. anyone else would kick him to the curb and leave him there to suffer “ i didn’t mean to ” with a voice much more quiet and timid he looks around the kitchen, trying to find an empty space to focus on so he can avoid her gaze. it’ll only spiral more if he looks at her right now “ i didn’t know how much i was talking about it and i didn’t know how it was hurting you— i just— i was told to stop bottling shit up because it was bad for me and then when i do speak out about my feelings i do it wrong and i keep fucking myself up even further — it’s – it’s not your fault it’s mine and i’m sorry that i messed you up too but i was just trying to — i don’t even know anymore ”
cody can barely even speak right, he keeps stuttering over all of his words and getting them caught in his throat, can’t think straight, can’t do anything without feeling like he’s about to pass out “ i’m not trying to act like i’m the only one who has problems ” it was just a cry for help. he lashes out because he needs someone to take care of him because nobody taught him how to be good when he was young “ just forget about all of this, yeah? i’ll keep my mouth shut, you don’t owe me anything, i’m sorry for getting angry. i’ll stay quiet ” he’ll stop complaining if it means he looks less bad. though he still does believe communication would’ve helped this in the first place — he refuses to speak on it again, cody suppresses his own stupid thoughts as much as he can with the fear of someone walking out.
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“ i’m just saying i haven’t seen it, that’s all ” deliberately avoided anything and everything about it. had left as soon as she could. a place that held few positive memories — mostly feeling like a loser, ex friends, and fights with cody … she felt like she had no real reason to ever come back. more than fine without it ! coming back as the champion was cool and all, but she felt like she was going to throw up the whole time. thinking about what the reaction was going to be wasn't exactly becky's idea of fun, and she wanted nothing more than to get out of there as soon as possible. she’s sure it looked like it ( even if no one would tell her. ) “ but you're mad at me, you're yelling at me for burying you, you're yelling at me for something they didn't give me a choice in. you can't help your feelings, but i can't help that this is what i had to do ! ”
one hand finally comes up from the counter slightly, breaks the white knuckled grip she has on it. instead, anxiously fiddles with the edge of it as he speaks. “ what do you mean i don't get it ? ” he says it like she hasn't been there for the better part of almost a decade. he says it like she wasn't the one who held him when he didn't want to talk about nxt, like she wasn't the one who picked him up from more bars than she can count because he'd gotten himself into trouble, like she wasn't the one constantly disappointed because he couldn't get over his own biases enough to be there for a single match. becky gets it more than anyone, and the insinuation that she doesn't makes her blood boil more than she'd like to admit. “ i'm not— that's not what i'm trying to do, cody, i'm not trying to make you feel less than it's just— ”
she lets him speak, gets angrier as he goes down the list. “ it's not personal ? are you serious ? you told me you hated everyone who came from there. do you remember that ? “ right before he punched her best friend, but bringing up seth at a time like this is just asking for a breakup, “ i know you hate it there because you have told me at every opportunity you have gotten. made me feel like shit for even thinking about work near you, so no, i didn't want to tell you about this, because i knew you'd be mad at me, and i wanted to make sure that didn't happen for as long as possible. if that makes me terrible, so fucking be it, but i'm not going to act like a little communication would've solved all of this, because you take out your frustration with them on me, and i don't fucking deserve that. just like you don't deserve to feel shitty about thinking the world is against you, you are not the only hurt person in the world; and ‘ been through shit too ’ doesn't make it any better. "
“ what? how are you gonna sit there and tell me what i can and can’t see? that’s not how it works you can’t just shut down things i feel ” cody’s the opposite in that, whenever something bad or good happens he can’t seem to stay away from his phone. he needs to know what people are saying about him so he can change or do better — it’s nice to see the good stuff too and crave the satisfaction of others but right now it feels like forever since he’s read anything good about his own name “ okay but it feels like you are, baby alright? i’m telling you how i feel. i can’t help that ” cody still uses those sweet names that he has for becky because at this point it hurts him to get mad — it’s hard to see any love in this, fighting feels like the bottom of the barrel and cody’s pushing himself further and further.
“ yeah? cause i don’t think you get it either ” just when he thought that he’d calm down and relax things spiked all over again. he was like a mistreated dog that tried to bite every hand that came close but he didn’t mean it. his friends treated him like shit — he was in a bad mood all the time and hid it from everyone in plain sight and this seemed to be the argument that knocked all the bricks down “ what do you mean act like this? do you just look at me like i’m insane or something? ” he’s so defensive over everything about himself. guard up at all times cause everyone online makes fun of him for being so sensitive
“ so you knew that i’d be upset and you still chose to let me find out on my own? you don’t understand. this isn’t nxt vs my company — this has been nxt against me since i was in my twenties. i have been on a downwards spiral losing ever since. everybody was happy and under this light of guidance while i was kicked to the dirt, i have never felt more forgotten about. and i know you’ve been through shit too but i’m trying to paint this out for you as clear as i can, i have hated it there for as long as i knew what was going on, it’s got nothing to do with anyone personally so can you please just understand why im upset instead of making me feel like im some sort of baby that kicks and screams. all i would’ve liked was a little communication ”
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“ it's not everywhere, ” stern voice, but becky wouldn't really know — had turned off her phone the second he told her he was almost there. hadn't thought to touch any kind of social media since she'd left. maybe denying it makes it worse, but it makes her feel better. makes her feel like … maybe she could convince him that it's not as big of a deal as he thinks it is. ( what an awful mindset, maybe she is terrible. ) grips the counter behind her and wishes she had kept her mouth shut for once.
“ 'm not burying you, " doubles down on it, but her voice is much softer, more unsure. she knew it would be a fight, but the second he raises his voice, she wants to leave. wants to leave her body here until he's not angry with her anymore, and they can go back to being good again. she wants to run away or apologize or go back in time and make sure this never happens. she hates this.
and becky hates that, too — you're their star. she never signed up for that, just wanted to get out of short title runs and two minute matches. she didn't sign up to be the person they send to destroy smaller companies ( ratings rebecca ! didn't have a kick to it ) “ you just don't get it, ” lives in fear of stepping one foot out of line and having it all taken away from her. lives in fear of fighting back or disagreeing about one single thing and being kicked right to the curb. she'll be just as irrelevant as she was last year, and the year before that, and the year before that … she can't say no because she's seen what saying no can do, and becky won't touch it with a six foot pole. she's not as brave or as interesting as he is, refuses to follow in his footsteps because she's simply not as good as him. “ i'm not against you, please don't put that on me, ” his friends shitty actions were not her fault, and she wouldn't take the blame for it — if they could pull their weight, he wouldn't be half as angry about any of this. “ i didn't take up any of this, i didn't want to do this ! i didn't tell you because i knew you'd act like this, all mad at me over something i can't control. i know you think i can say no, but i can't, this is my job, cody, i can't just throw it to the side because it'll hurt your feelings. ”
“ not fair hm? funny ” cody repeats it under a quiet mumble but it’s barely even heard. he just doesn’t get it yet, it’ll be the type of thing he understands more in a few weeks time once he’s fully calmed himself down and all of the news has faded away from social media. in the moment it kills him. it might seem dramatic but he’s worked so hard to get where he is right now and as the days pass it feels as if he’s losing grasp of it more and more, like his dreams are totally slipping between his fingers.
“ it is everywhere. i’ve seen it ” in the short time that becky cuts herself off he’s inserting even more, it’s a lot more sly and snappy than it was supposed to come across but he can’t take the words back regardless. cody wishes that this would all just end and they could spend the night in silence, doesn’t exactly sound fun — yet still ten times better than bubbling up another fight. he sips away at his drink and gets progressively more irritated with himself, it’s like his mind just won’t leave him alone, he’s going crazy sitting here trying to keep it cool.
“ business. seriously?! ” the quiet would only last for so long as cody raised his voice in the near silent kitchen, grip tightening on the glass bottle’s neck “ it’s just business but you’re there burying me alive, baby what else do you want me to do? you could’ve said no — or even, fuck— you could’ve just told me and warned me, a little heads up would’ve been nice ” it all unravels as he speaks, rambling on and on with every pent up feeling and thought he can produce right now “ don’t give me that, look at you. you’re their fucking star, you can fight back, you don’t have to do everything that they tell you to do ( . . . ) yet you took that opportunity up without thinking twice. now i look like a complete idiot. i look useless over here when im the only one trying in the group and now you’re seemingly against me winning everything ”
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the sinking feeling in her chest is back, and becky feels like she's back in nxt, never had arguments about ratings and wins and loses then, but the idea of it is the same. the idea that she is somehow betraying him by doing what she's told — he can't help the way he feels, and becky knows that. she knows it, but it doesn't make it hurt any less. just like, she's sure, knowing that she got the call doesn't hurt him any less either. she feels small like she did then, too, somehow feels like she should be back learning everything from the ground up — like she should be back hiding herself in dream's office instead of confronting any of her emotions.
she hates this. hates that they called her in the first place and hates that their plan worked — hates that she was apart of it ! she has nothing against him ( has spent the better part of her adult life rooting for him, hoping he does well ) but she doesn’t like the stress the supposed wednesday night war has put on him, and doesn’t like that business is still so personal to him. she’d known that when she picked up the phone, though, known that this would end badly and there was absolutely nothing she could do about it.
she’s not used to him snapping anymore. has gotten far too used to soft touches and gazes and … not this anymore. “ come on, that’s not fair, ” which she shouldn’t say given the circumstances, but it’s all she can think of, “ it’s not everywhere, it’s just— ” becky cuts herself off. because it’s not just anything, but she’s already said it, so it’s out there ! looks like a fucking idiot for it. “ it’s just business, i promise, ” words feel caught in her throat — like her body and voice isn’t really her own. “ it’s nothing against you, sweetheart, i just did what they told me to do. ”
it’s weird driving in total silence between the two of them, listening to nothing but the quiet rumbling of the car’s engine and the quiet radio playing in the background which only seems as if it’s on to break the ice now. it’s never quiet between them. cody usually spends the whole car ride home talking about something stupid — but she listens, and he enjoys it. usually he holds her hand for as long as he can but now his knuckles are white with how hard he grips the steering wheel. his jaw is clenched shut. he’s tense. he hasn’t relaxed in hours.
ratings and work are never ending stress when you’re a evp at a company constantly seen as competition to the much bigger one, spending his days firing unnecessary shots at them in a fit of rage upset about the past. he’ll resent NXT for as long as he lives and he knows it. he’ll never get over how they have been better than him since the start, ever since he was at the bottom of the pits while they thrived with his father. he’ll never forget. it’s got nothing to do with becky and honestly he hates how complicated it all seems to get. tied up into one big mess that spirals into endless arguments about something that doesn’t even matter at the end of the day.
cody likes it when she’s on monday nights. he doesn’t feel quite as bad for complaining about the competition and trying to fight back to win. pull those ratings further so that they’re successful when people lied through their teeth and told him he wouldn’t be. yet within a night things seemed to flip upside down and she was back on the same old wednesday night as him. winning. beating him. taking what felt like every set of eyes away from him. they argued about this so much to the point that he thought he’d never have to see her on nxt again — cody couldn’t have been more wrong and he wasn’t in the mood to listen to excuses.
silent car ride turned into a silent sit in the kitchen avoiding her anxious gaze as he paced back and fourth, eventually stopping by the counter with a loud sigh. the bottle of beer in his hands was already half empty and he couldn’t look his own girlfriend in the eye without feeling guilty “ i don’t know ” it was almost snappy. more frustrated than anything because he didn’t want to get angry at her, he thought he was better than that now. but. he also didn’t think they’d have to compete anymore and here they were “ not the type of thing that i can just ignore is it? i go on my phone and it’s everywhere ”
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they're lucky their friends know they're so … touchy. never really seen without some sort of hand on the other, so her hand on him shouldn't be alarming. at least, that's what becky's counting on. not like they haven't played games like this before — not like they won't play games like this again. they have fun, most of the time, and that's what matters. uses her free hand to drink her water and take care of the façade of a totally normal dinner as he leans over to her ear, sets it down and whispers right back, “ stop complaining ”
the second his hand is off of her’s, becky starts the slow, circular motions of her thumb again ― it's just your thigh, baby, don't be so needy ― could plan to insist it forever until he has his hands on hers. acts like she didn't pick this dress in particular because of it's length, or that she didn't know it would drive him crazy all night the second she put it on. “ can't take you anywhere, ” takes his want for no teasing as an invitation to tease him even further. “ at least make it hard for them to figure out, ” hand rides up, palms over the bulge in pants once, then twice, brings her hand back to his thigh. knows if he wanted her to stop he'd tell her.
he’s trying so hard to focus on something sitting infront of him and not react to the way that her hand seems to move so perfectly each time , making cody shift and squirm beneath the table — it’s been a long day of teasing and he’s broken so many times already , whining and complaining when she works him up and walks away , or when they make out in the front seat of the car and have to come to dinner with everyone after like it’s normal.
it’s a fun little game to play , makes a boring work dinner more entertaining even if he’s already struggling to keep his composure as he leans over to whisper in her ear. “ no , no i’m good ” his tone doesn’t match up — it’s weak and covered by a sharp breath before putting he puts his hand ontop of her own to keep it still for a moment. he’s totally flustered. probably looks it too. silently hopes none of their friends can tell. eventually he slides his own hand onto her thigh, fingers already making work at pushing the already short dress up that bit further “ enough teasing me ”
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becky realized a long time ago that the outskirts of parties like this are exactly where she belongs — not at the center of attention, able to quietly walk away once she had enough of being at whatever event it was. she had briefly slipped into a period where she couldn’t anymore, relevance had slowly faded until she could hide away again. wasn't something new and shiny anymore, so people could come to her instead of the other way around. cody had no such luxury, something she'd grown acutely aware of since they started going out; he's too nice to try and hide from those who want his attention. parties like this always claim his attention, something she had slowly had to get used to.
❛︎ can't we just sneak off ? no one will notice. ❜︎
it's slightly surprising, and maybe it shouldn't be, that he doesn't want to be here anymore. “ you sure ? ” asks him, but she's already looking side to side slightly to make sure that truly no one is looking. they're not for once ! and becky uses the opportunity to stand up ( his hand in one of hers, and leftover bottle of champagne in the other, ) “ c'mon then, haven't gotten you to myself all night. ”
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@c1nemafabe , la knight ( yeah ) said: ❛ what's a big dumb - dumb like you doing here anyway ? ❜
becky's one hundred percent certain she'll never get used to the varying cast of characters that always seem to show up backstage at work. it's the nature of the game, and yet ! she finds she'll never quite understand what goes on around here. “ i work here ? ” eyebrows knit together in confusion, like it's not obvious. “ and … dumb - dumb ? ” it would almost be something to laugh about. almost. if she weren't so … confused.
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