#2014 matty x taylor fake dating AU

[allylikethecat]

ally!!! congrats on finishing the january prompts !!! i have enjoyed them so much & am very happy to have 31 prompts to look back on when i’m need of some fictional!george and matty

also!!! as the self-proclaimed #1 fan of YKWTCI I was very excited for this update and it did not disappoint (tuesdays have quickly become my most anticipated day of the week thanks to u and ur fics)).

Poor fictional!taylor and fictional!matty are clearly going through it & you portray their struggles so well. I am especially loving how you portray fictional!matty & his struggles with his new found fame as taylor’s boyfriend ((also the fact that the money from fictional!taylors drawer went ‘missing???’… hmmm wonder who took that - such a good detail!!!)

also fictional!george makes an appearance?????!!! YAY. I love me some fictional!george and cannot wait for a fictional!tay & george interaction — i feel that the angst & jealousy may just be unmatched.

last thing and i’ll shut up!! — the equestrian fic??!!!? do i know anything about horses?? no. do i know that i am absolutely going to devour this fic? yes. the enemies to lovers vibes are so strong and this version of fictional!matty seems so soft & i am in love with him already. i am VERY excited to see where this goes!!

yours,

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Hello My Dear 💌 Anon! I hope you are well!

Thank you so much for following along on the January OTP Prompt Journey! It was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be, but I had a lot of fun with it, and am super proud that I was actually able to finish them all! (And also so grateful for everyone that read them- thank you so much for being so wonderful and encouraging!) If you're looking for all of the January OTP Prompts one place, or any of my other prompt fills, they can all be found HERE.

I'm smiling so hard at the idea that Tuesdays are becoming a favorite day because of the updates! Thank you so much for following along and the continued support of this fanfic endeavor! I am *also* a huge YKWTCI fan, and am so happy that people are still willing to give it a chance after all of the May drama with these two IRL. I was really excited about this update and am so happy it didn't disappoint!

Oh my gosh thank you so much 🥺 Fictional!Taylor and Fictional!Matty are both very sad and fucked up in their own ways in this fic, (I've been calling them my fictional bisexual disaster duo lol) and I have really enjoyed writing them and developing their characters and motivations. Getting to explore Fictional!Matty's relationship with his essentially "over night" fame in this fic is also a lot of fun- I can't imagine a universe where the character I've created with all of his issues would handle it well, and that it wouldn't have an impact on his self worth only being "desired" because of who his parents, and then later his "girlfriend" are. I was also way too excited about the missing money bit 😂 and was so very much hoping that someone would comment on it so a HUGE thank you for that😂 (this is like when I was very eagerly waiting for someone to comment on Fictional!Matty doing coke in Fictional!Taylor's bathroom and her totally missing it- and then being SO EXCITED when someone commented about it, I'm like yes, excellent, my hints are obvious enough lol)

We still have another chapter before Fictional!Taylor and Fictional!George meet (the meeting will be going down in lucky Chapter 13!) but I am SO EXCITED about their pissing match as they essentially both try and mark Fictional!Matty as theirs meanwhile Fictional!Matty has no idea what's going on and is just trying to make it through the day 😬 I was really excited about this chapter though and getting a little introduction to Fictional!George since he hadn't physically appeared yet.

AHHH Thank you for checking out the Equestrian AU as well! As very much a horse girl, that fic is so much fun for me to write and I am very much my own target audience (then again, I am pretty much always my own niche target audience lol) If I ever am just... assuming that people know too many things about horses let me know and i can try and clarify more. Horse things are just such a part of my day to day life (and the day to day life of the people I am surrounded by) that I sometimes forget that not everyone like, knows what a martingale is. One sided enemies to lovers is one of my FAVORITE things and I am having SO MUCH FUN writing it! Fictional!George hates poor Fictional!Matty so much and Fictional!Matty just wants them to be friends 🥺 I can't wait to get into this version of Fictional!Matty's past- if you think he's soft now just WAIT you are going to want to give him the biggest hug (I know I do!) I also really enjoy writing bitchy Fictional!George and it's been a lot of fun to explore a different dynamic with him!

Anyway, I apologize that I have written you the longest response ever. I was just VERY excited to see your ask! I thought of you when I posted the YKWTCI chapter and am so happy that you liked it! Thank you so much again for always being so lovely and supportive! I hope you have the best rest of your week!

❤️Ally

[allylikethecat]

YKWTCI GIRLIES RISE LOVED THE UPDATE ALLY!!

YAYYYYY Thank you so much!!!

I love working on You Know Where the City Is so much, and it has such a special place in my heart, and is so very self indulgent (it rivals the Equestrian AU on that front lol) and I know it's not the *favorite* fic of mine (I am very aware that honor belongs to Ducklings haha) BUT I love it and I get so excited whenever I finish and post a chapter, and I am SO grateful for nice asks like these and hearing that you enjoyed it as well! I had a lot of fun with this chapter in particular, I was really excited to show more of Fictional!Matty and Fictional!George's dynamic - since up until this point we've only seen Unreliable Narrators Fictional!Taylor and Fictional!Matty's view on things. The next two chapters are outlined to be big ones (NYE, and then finally, in Chapter 13, Fictional!Taylor and Fictional!George will meet at last!!!) and I am so ridiculously excited to finish and share them!

Thank you so much for reading, this ask and for being so lovely and supportive! I hope you are having the very best week!

❤️Ally

[allylikethecat]

am not really a horse person although did read a couple of jilly cooper novels a long time ago but your newest series is really good and has me hooked ! Thx! Still hoping to get a new chapter of Taylor and Matty fanfic soon but will read all of them as they come to us! Thx again for all of your work.

Ahhh thank you so much for reading! I'm so happy to hear that you're enjoying All the King's Horses even though you're not a horse person! I've been having so much fun working on it, and am just so completely and utterly obsessed with that little universe! Yay for finding a way to combine my two obsessions lol the boys and horses!

In terms of the Matty / Taylor Fic - I will be updating it soon! Progress has just been slower than anticipated due to my current complicated feelings about IRL Taylor (which honestly makes me so sad because I have been such a huge fan of hers for SO LONG and I hate that the way she has positioned herself these days makes me feel like I've out grown her?) BUT 2014 Bisexual Disaster Duo Fictional!Taylor has not made me sad I still love her very much and will hopefully get over my writers block soon! Her and Fictional!George need to meet soon!

Thank you so much for reading and for your continued support as well as sending me this ask! I hope you are having a lovely Monday and that you have a great week!

❤️Ally

[allylikethecat]

justice for ykwtci i’ve voted for t every poll 😔

I promise that I'll update You Know Where the City Is soon!! Maybe I'll even do a surprise random day of the week update! Thank you so much for reading and being so supportive of that one, even after the weirdness of last year and the continuing conflict between the two fandoms. I really enjoy working on that fic, and I hope you like the update when the time comes!! Thank you for reading and the continued support! I hope your day is going well and that you have a great rest of your week! (In the meantime I will leave you with this- I'm not sure if it's going to make the final cut of the chapter or not but it's something!)

Taylor insisted on accompanying Greg to the airport to pick up Matty. Greg had sighed, and imposed the condition that she would stay in the car while Tom was the one to retrieve him from baggage claim. Matty was still refusing use of her plane, insisting that he was perfectly fine flying commercial. Greg had wanted to argue, about Matty flying commercial and Taylor coming with them to pick him up, but quickly realized those were arguments he was going to lose. Matty was standing firm on his environmental convictions, and Taylor very clearly needed a break from her parents. That meant Taylor was sitting in the backseat of her blacked out SUV at eight o’clock at night, waiting with Greg in the cell phone lot at JFK for Tom to call and confirm that he had Matty in his possession. 

❤️Ally

[allylikethecat]

I missed the poll! I would have voted I know where the city is!

Yesss I love the You Know Where the City Is love!! It still wouldn't have won this weeks poll, BUT I am mentally adding your vote to the tally! I'm so excited about that fic, even though I know the whole Fictional!Matty/Fictional!Taylor thing is a loaded topic these days (as always, just a reminder MY FIC CAME FIRST!!)

But WOW are they some of my favorite characters to write- they're so sad and messy- my favorite Bisexual Disaster Duo™️ plus not this upcoming chapter but in the NEXT ONE we will FINALLY have the Fictional!Taylor and Fictional!George meeting which I am SO EXCITED to finish writing because they essentially get into a pissing match over their favorite toy (Fictional!Matty) and neither of them want to share. (Meanwhile Fictional!Matty is off his face and has no idea what's happening) Hopefully I'll be able to finish that next chapter soon and get it posted! Thank you so much for all of the patience and continued support! I hope you like the Ducklings update regardless, and that you have a fantastic weekend!

❤️Ally

[allylikethecat]

today's prompt!!!

soft contemporary domestic gatty OH I AM CRYING TEARS OF JOY 😭😭😭

i also just reread on a friday and am really looking forward to the next chapter

Ah! I'm so happy you enjoyed it! I know I write a lot of angst, so it's been fun to try and write something a little bit softer! I also know I spend a lot of time writing about the past - so it's also fun to write some present day Gatty sweetness! These daily prompts have been such a fun challenge, and while I have very much enjoyed them as a writing exercise, I am also very much excited for them to be done lol.

!!! thank you so much for not only reading On a Friday once, but for taking the time to read it a second time! I'm so grateful for how receptive people have been to that fic, and am excited to share the next chapter when it is finished! It's looking like this week's update is going to be You Know Where the City Is (I know the hope was for the Christmas fic but alas that is turning into even more of a beast and the chapter isn't ready yet) Thank you so much for reading, sending in this ask, and your support! I hope you have a great week!

❤️Ally

[allylikethecat]

Chapters: 11/? Fandom: The 1975 (Band), Taylor Swift (Musician) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: George Daniel/Matthew Healy, Matthew Healy/Taylor Swift, Matthew Healy&Taylor Swift, Karlie Kloss/Taylor Swift Characters: Taylor Swift, Matthew Healy, Selena Gomez, Jack Antonoff, Karlie Kloss Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction, Eating Disorders Summary:

“As I was saying, after the incident at your concert last night,” Tree restarted and Matty opened his mouth as if to question what the incident was, but was silenced by a glare from Jamie. “We need to move the speculation away from Taylor’s relationship with Karlie, and what many are claiming was a heated kiss shared between them, and onto her relationship with a new male suitor. Which is you.”

“Me?!” Matty exclaimed, bursting out laughing, it seemed his role in the cluster fuck had finally clicked. “You want Taylor Fucking Swift to pretend to date me, to save her image, because she got caught kissing her girlfriend at one of our gigs?” He ran his fingers through his hair, laughing even harder. “Are you guys aware that I am a raging alcoholic with a slight drug problem? I don’t think being linked to me will help rehabilitate anyones image.”

[allylikethecat]

love all of the fan fiction you write but Love in the city holds a special place🤗

Ahhh thank you so much for reading! I'm so happy that you're enjoying my fics- especially You Know Where the City Is! I'm so grateful that people are still willing to give it a chance, especially after all of the IRL Matty x Taylor drama and the fandoms being at each others throats. I love my messy 2014 Fictional!Matty and Fictional!Taylor so much and have so much fun working on their story! I'm excited about their next chapter and hope to be able to post it soon! Thank you for reading, I hope you had a great weekend!

❤️Ally

[allylikethecat]

Just finished the final edits on tomorrow's You Know Where the City Is update and I think I'm really excited about this one. I hope you guys like it too! 🩵

[allylikethecat]

Can we have a status update on You Know Where the City Is? No pressure at all, it’s just my favorite haha🥰

Hello! Thank you so much for this message and for reading! I'm so happy to hear that you're enjoying You Know Where the City Is despite the IRL mess that was ~whatever that was~ between Matty and Taylor! I take way too much pride in the fact that I started the fic before ~that whole thing~ lol

I had hoped to get chapter 11 out before the holidays since it's a Christmas chapter, and then chapter 12 out on NYE or New Year's Day since it's the New Year's chapter... but alas that did not happen and I didn't even finish my strictly holiday fics 😬 my goal is to get all of the holiday situations fully wrapped up by the end of January though - we'll see if I actually manage to hit that goal! I have been working on the chapter and I'm excited to post it and hear everyones thoughts! I will admit I got a little in my head about it though - people were very lovely on Tumblr but no one commented on AO3 so I fully convinced myself everyone hated it so it's very nice to hear that you're enjoying it and looking for the next update 😊

Thank you so much for reading, this message and your continued support! I hope you continue to enjoy You Know Where the City Is and our favorite fictional bisexual disaster duo! Have a great rest of your week and a very happy new year!

❤️Ally

[allylikethecat]

ally! i have just read the update and have to tell you this might be one of my fave chapters yet!!!!! i love the friendship between taylor & matty - the way you portray their dynamic is so fun to read !!! fictional!matty in this fic just makes me want to sit him down and bundle him up in blankets & fictional!taylor seems like she might need a hug as well..!

i am beyond excited to see where the rest of this fic goes and also cannot wait to see matty & george reunited (as well as the rest of band??) and to see how taylor views their relationship/interactions (…this is me not so discreetly begging for some cute matty & george content if u didn’t get that)

anyways i apologise for the essay i have left in ur inbox but this chapter was so good and i eagerly (but also v patiently - pls do not rush urself!!!!!) await any new content from you and your brain

your devoted letter anon

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AHHH Hello Dearest 💌 Anon!

Thank you so much for reading! I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed the chapter!! I'm so glad that we're on the same page about bundling Fictional!Matty up in a blanket and also potentially feeding him some soup? He needs some nutritional content! Fictional!Taylor very much needs a hug as well she just does not realize it yet 😬

I'm very excited about the next few chapters - Fictional!Taylor and Fictional!George will get their official introduction in Chapter 13... but we might be seeing a little bit of Fictional!George before that even if Fictional!George and Fictional!Matty's relationship might not be what is expected 👀

Also NEVER apologize for writing an essay in the in box, I apologize that my response isn't as long as you deserve! I have absolutely no timeline on when the next chapter will be up, I gotta get through these holiday fics first lol but I hope that you enjoy it when it is finished! I am excited for some of the real ~drama~ and ~conflict~ to start! Thank you so much for saying all these kind words about my writing, and for being so lovely to take the time to not only read my work but reach out about it! I hope you are having the best night and I look forward to your thoughts on future works!

❤️Ally

[allylikethecat]

living for the new update for you know where the city is!!! i wasn’t expecting for it to be my speed but i think it’s one of my fav fics atm 🩷🩷

Ahhhh thank you so much! The fact that you weren't sure if You Know Where the City Is was your thing and then STILL gave it a chance is so special and means so much to me! And that it's one of your current favorites?! Oh my gosh thank you so very much! I hope you continue to enjoy how the story unfolds - I am having so much fun working on it! 2014 Fictional!Matty and Fictional!Taylor the Bisexual Disaster Duo are two of my favorite "characters" that I have written and I'm so happy that other people are enjoying them as well! Thank you so much again for reading and for your support and also for sending this ask! I hope you have a lovely rest of your night!

❤️Ally

[allylikethecat]

hiiii ally, thank you for the update ❤️❤️❤️

love our bi disaster fic so much, and i hope working w jack means we finally see george soon(ish)

since you have so many fics on the go at the same time, i wanted to ask if you have a particular method to keep it all organized

Hello Sweet Anon!

Thank you so much for this ask and for reading! I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed the new chapter of You Know Where the City Is! Fictional!Matty and Fictional!Taylor are my favorite bisexual disaster duo and I have been having SO MUCH FUN writing them- especially in that 2014/2015 time period - they were both hella messy 😂 Fictional!George will be making his appearance in the New Year 👀 as per the current outline, it looks like he will be arriving very soon... in Chapter 13 which feels almost too perfect!

In terms of keeping everything organized: I have a note book for each chaptered fic / universe (all of the Infection 'Verse fics are in one note book) and within my notebook I have an overall summary, chapter outlines, as well as random but important plot notes / continuity notes / some character background for that particular fic. Because I am old school these are all physical notebooks I got at Target and write in with a black Sharpie pen.

I also have a Google Sheets document with all of the prompt requests I have in my inbox. If they are from a particular list the spreadsheet links to the post with that list. I also have a little print out calendar where I make a note of what fic was updated on what day / if I posted a prompt fill. Is it very extra? Yes, however I love office supplies and organization so all these little organizational / planning side quests are half the fun for me! Not to say that I don't make mistakes sometimes and get X version of Fictional!Matty confused with Y version of Fictional!Matty. BUT all my little lists seem to help at least keep everyone mostly in the right universe!

Thank you so much for reading, and for this ask! Once again I'm so glad that you enjoyed the new chapter! I really, really, really love this fic and sometimes worry it is too niche / I am too much of my own target audience with it, so I just get so ridiculously happy to hear that others are enjoying it as well! Thank you again and have a great rest of your night!

❤️Ally

[allylikethecat]

Chapters: 10/? Fandom: The 1975 (Band), Taylor Swift (Musician) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: George Daniel/Matthew Healy, Matthew Healy/Taylor Swift, Matthew Healy&Taylor Swift, Karlie Kloss/Taylor Swift Characters: Taylor Swift, Matthew Healy, Selena Gomez, Jack Antonoff, Karlie Kloss Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction, Eating Disorders Summary:

“As I was saying, after the incident at your concert last night,” Tree restarted and Matty opened his mouth as if to question what the incident was, but was silenced by a glare from Jamie. “We need to move the speculation away from Taylor’s relationship with Karlie, and what many are claiming was a heated kiss shared between them, and onto her relationship with a new male suitor. Which is you.”

“Me?!” Matty exclaimed, bursting out laughing, it seemed his role in the cluster fuck had finally clicked. “You want Taylor Fucking Swift to pretend to date me, to save her image, because she got caught kissing her girlfriend at one of our gigs?” He ran his fingers through his hair, laughing even harder. “Are you guys aware that I am a raging alcoholic with a slight drug problem? I don’t think being linked to me will help rehabilitate anyones image.”

[allylikethecat]

If I updated You Know Where the City Is this weekend would people actually read it or is everyone traumatized that I may have accidentally manifested an actual Matty / Taylor Relationship (PR or otherwise)

[allylikethecat]

Hey, Ally!! 💓 I want to join the rest and say that “You Know Where the City Is” is very very loved! I dream about a new chapter literally every day and have already lost count of how many times I have reread all the previous ones. 

I'm kinda a maylor shipper (sorry? 🥲) and all controversies in real life don’t bother me, now I want to live in the world of fan fiction and I'm going to take whatever they give me even if it's fake dating au 😝

So I just want to say that you are one of the best writers I have ever read, your writing is so so incredible (which is why I can’t stop rereading). I wish you all the best and a lot of inspiration! 💖

Oh my gosh we love to see it! I'm so happy to hear that there are actually humans out there that aren't myself or my Bestie that are invested in this fic because much like IRL Matty and IRL Taylor (separate and also together because that like brief delusion we might get a Taylor Swift ft. The 1975 song broke my brain in the best way) I am obsessed with Fictional!Matty and Fictional!Taylor. Once we get the next A&E Fic chapter up on Tuesday, finishing the next You Know Where the City Is chapter is my next priority! I am so absolutely honored to hear that you liked it enough to reread it! (I hope you didn't notice any plot inconsistencies that I might have missed...)

I'm happy to hear that the IRL controversies don't bother you - I was worried with all that drama with them in the spring (that seems to keep circling back) that people would get the ick from my fic - even though let it be known that I started posting before whatever that was happened lol

And thank you so much for saying that about my work oh my gosh! There are so many talented writers in this fandom and out there in the world and I'm just so honored and flattered that you like my stories enough to keep up with them and read them one time, let alone more than once! Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart! 🥰 Thank you so much for your kindness and your continued support! I hope you continue to enjoy what I post!

❤️Ally