#raleigh carrera x ariah haylen

[american-duchess]

Finally felt inspired to write for the first time in a long time! Heres a unedited sneak peek of the long and angst-filled Raleigh x MC fic I plan to release sometime within the next week or so...

[american-duchess]

Highlight of My Lowlife - part 1

A/N: I’m back, bitches!! Time to hop aboard this angst train, because - holy shit - I need more Raleigh angst in my life right now. I promise the next part will be longer!! Happy reading!

Prompt: N/A

Pairing: M!Raleigh x MC (Ariah Haylen); F!Avery x MC [platonic... for now]

Warnings: Nothing yet, just a smidge of angst.

Series Summary: Ariah meets up with Raleigh privately before the big breakup to talk about her feelings. When things don’t go as planned, Avery takes Ariah out for a night on the town. Will things heat up between Ariah and her celebrity crush, or will her heart stop her from being with someone new?

Word Count: 800

Series Taglist: @furiouscloddonutpeanut @aneutronstarcollision @lovedrakewalker @emomoustache

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“This was it. It’s now or never.” You told yourself as you worked up the courage to call Raleigh - the man you haven’t been able to stop thinking about since your first ‘date’.

Pick up... Pick up...

“Yeah?”

“Raleigh!”

“Well, if it isn’t my favorite fake girlfriend...”

God you can practically hear that damn smirk in his voice.

“Ha! You got any other fake girlfriends I should know about?” You said, plopping down on your bed, nerves finally fading once you got talking to him.

“Oh, come on babe! You know you’re the only one for me...”

“Damn straight!”

“So what do I owe the pleasure?” He paused before adding, “Assuming it wasn’t just so you could hear my voice...”

“Please! If anything, it’s the other way around. You know you love my voice-”

“Guilty.”

“-But no, it wasn’t just that. I assume Fiona talked to your agent or whomever?”

There was a long pause before you heard his say,

“Yeah...”

“Good so you know about-”

“The breakup, yeah...”

“Right. So, I was hoping we could meet up this week sometime, and go over the plan.”

“Sure, tomorrow night work for you, gorgeous?”

“Y-yeah, for sure! Totally. For sure!” You coughed, your body basically revolting at the cringey-ness that just came out of your mouth. Clearing your throat you added, “See you then...?”

“For sure... Night, Ariah.”

“Night, Raleigh...”

You hung up before you could embarrass yourself any further - tossing the phone on the other side of your california king.

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You ended up spending most of the next day in the studio, getting all of your feelings down in your lyric book. That’s one of the things you loved most about songwriting, no matter what you felt - getting it down on paper and seeing it in writing made everything feel a little less impossible.

And no matter what happens with Raleigh at the very least you’ll get a few decent love songs out of it.

You’re actually pretty proud of a few of them and decide to record a bit before you meet up with Raleigh.

As the hours go by, you check the clock realizing you’re gonna be late.

“Shit! Shit, shit, shit...” You curse throwing all your things together, running out the door.

Thank god for Hank!

If it wasn’t for him you’d be a solid 30 minutes later than you already were.

You arrived at you and Raleigh’s go to restaurant - fancy enough that you wouldn’t get bothered by fans, but still had real meals there. None of that overpriced, single bite meals crap.

“Table for Carrera, please!” You said when you walked up to the counter.

“Right this way, miss.” Your waiter said, showing you to your table where Raleigh had already been waiting for the past hour.

You spotted a vexed Raleigh as you approached the table. You were expecting the tongue-lashing of your life as you saw he already made it through his fourth drink waiting for you. Any speck of irritation faded when he saw you though.

“Hey gorgeous, and here I thought you were gonna stand me up.” He said, standing up to great you in a hug.

“I am so, so sorry!” You apologize as you both pull away, going to sit down, “I got caught up in the studio, and didn’t realize how late it got! I was gonna text you in the limo, but I must have left my phone at the studio when I rushed out of there. I figured it’d be better to come here rather than turn around for it, and-“

Raleigh held your hand from across the table.

“Hey, don’t worry about it,” he said rubbing his thumb over the back of your hand, “Let’s just order something good, yeah?”

“Yeah… That sounds good.”

You both looked over the menu - still holding hands.

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You and Raleigh finished your meals, and were planning on going over the breakup at your place.

As you two sit on your couch you know you can’t put it off any longer.

You look at him full of hope in your eyes, take a deep breath, and finally say, “I don’t want to do it.”

Raleigh looks at you confused, “Do what?”

“Break up. I don’t want to break up.”

Raleigh looked at you with pity, and a hint something else you couldn’t figure out, and sighed, “Listen, Ariah…”

“No, me first. I didn’t plan on falling for you, honest. Somewhere along the way it stopped being fake for me. And I-I know I might be a little naive, but I’m not stupid… Look at me and honestly tell me you don’t feel it too!”

“…I’m sorry.”

And just like that, your world collapsed.

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To be continued...

[riseandshinelittleblossom]

Ouch 🙈 can't wait to see what's next!!

Highlight of My Lowlife - part 1

A/N: I’m back, bitches!! Time to hop aboard this angst train, because - holy shit - I need more Raleigh angst in my life right now. I promise the next part will be longer!! Happy reading!

Prompt: N/A

Pairing: M!Raleigh x MC (Ariah Haylen); F!Avery x MC [platonic… for now]

Warnings: Nothing yet, just a smidge of angst.

Series Summary: Ariah meets up with Raleigh privately before the big breakup to talk about her feelings. When things don’t go as planned, Avery takes Ariah out for a night on the town. Will things heat up between Ariah and her celebrity crush, or will her heart stop her from being with someone new?

Word Count: 800

Series Taglist: @furiouscloddonutpeanut @aneutronstarcollision @lovedrakewalker @emomoustache

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“This was it. It’s now or never.” You told yourself as you worked up the courage to call Raleigh - the man you haven’t been able to stop thinking about since your first ‘date’.

Pick up… Pick up…

“Yeah?”

“Raleigh!”

“Well, if it isn’t my favorite fake girlfriend…”

God you can practically hear that damn smirk in his voice.

“Ha! You got any other fake girlfriends I should know about?” You said, plopping down on your bed, nerves finally fading once you got talking to him.

“Oh, come on babe! You know you’re the only one for me…”

“Damn straight!”

“So what do I owe the pleasure?” He paused before adding, “Assuming it wasn’t just so you could hear my voice…”

“Please! If anything, it’s the other way around. You know you love my voice-”

“Guilty.”

“-But no, it wasn’t just that. I assume Fiona talked to your agent or whomever?”

There was a long pause before you heard his say,

“Yeah…”

“Good so you know about-”

“The breakup, yeah…”

“Right. So, I was hoping we could meet up this week sometime, and go over the plan.”

“Sure, tomorrow night work for you, gorgeous?”

“Y-yeah, for sure! Totally. For sure!” You coughed, your body basically revolting at the cringey-ness that just came out of your mouth. Clearing your throat you added, “See you then…?”

“For sure… Night, Ariah.”

“Night, Raleigh…”

You hung up before you could embarrass yourself any further - tossing the phone on the other side of your california king.

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You ended up spending most of the next day in the studio, getting all of your feelings down in your lyric book. That’s one of the things you loved most about songwriting, no matter what you felt - getting it down on paper and seeing it in writing made everything feel a little less impossible.

And no matter what happens with Raleigh at the very least you’ll get a few decent love songs out of it.

You’re actually pretty proud of a few of them and decide to record a bit before you meet up with Raleigh.

As the hours go by, you check the clock realizing you’re gonna be late.

“Shit! Shit, shit, shit…” You curse throwing all your things together, running out the door.

Thank god for Hank!

If it wasn’t for him you’d be a solid 30 minutes later than you already were.

You arrived at you and Raleigh’s go to restaurant - fancy enough that you wouldn’t get bothered by fans, but still had real meals there. None of that overpriced, single bite meals crap.

“Table for Carrera, please!” You said when you walked up to the counter.

“Right this way, miss.” Your waiter said, showing you to your table where Raleigh had already been waiting for the past hour.

You spotted a vexed Raleigh as you approached the table. You were expecting the tongue-lashing of your life as you saw he already made it through his fourth drink waiting for you. Any speck of irritation faded when he saw you though.

“Hey gorgeous, and here I thought you were gonna stand me up.” He said, standing up to great you in a hug.

“I am so, so sorry!” You apologize as you both pull away, going to sit down, “I got caught up in the studio, and didn’t realize how late it got! I was gonna text you in the limo, but I must have left my phone at the studio when I rushed out of there. I figured it’d be better to come here rather than turn around for it, and-“

Raleigh held your hand from across the table.

“Hey, don’t worry about it,” he said rubbing his thumb over the back of your hand, “Let’s just order something good, yeah?”

“Yeah… That sounds good.”

You both looked over the menu - still holding hands.

——————————————————————————————-

You and Raleigh finished your meals, and were planning on going over the breakup at your place.

As you two sit on your couch you know you can’t put it off any longer.

You look at him full of hope in your eyes, take a deep breath, and finally say, “I don’t want to do it.”

Raleigh looks at you confused, “Do what?”

“Break up. I don’t want to break up.”

Raleigh looked at you with pity, and a hint something else you couldn’t figure out, and sighed, “Listen, Ariah…”

“No, me first. I didn’t plan on falling for you, honest. Somewhere along the way it stopped being fake for me. And I-I know I might be a little naive, but I’m not stupid… Look at me and honestly tell me you don’t feel it too!”

“…I’m sorry.”

And just like that, your world collapsed.

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To be continued…