Author's Notes: This is going to be fun. This is my first-time taking part in a fanfiction exchange. I signed up for this last year, but health got in the way and I didn't get to be a part of it, so I'm making up for it this year and getting a start early. I wanted to make her gift a story, and I wanted to start early so that I could make it long. So, I hope she likes it.
Chapter 1: Nova
She was nervous. She knew that this was the perfect time to do all of this. She didn't have a way in, but it was just handed it to her and she would have been a fool not to pass it up….
Four months ago
I was sitting in my normal bar trying to work out how I was going to get an in, when he came walking into the bar. He looked wrecked, there was a lot of pain coming off him in waves, and I couldn't help myself I had to know him. He looked like he could really use a friend.
"Hi," I spoke to him as I took a seat beside him.
"Hey, if you're looking for some kind of company, I'm not interested." He spoke looking me up and down.
"I'm sorry, but are you trying to insinuate that I'm some kind of prostitute," I asked offended.
He took one more look at me, and it was like he was trying to figure out something deep. He realized his mistake and smiled. It was a charming smile, but it didn't quite reach his eyes. I was taken by his accent, I loved a man with an accent.
"I'm sorry, I just…well someone just saw a part of me that I've never willingly shown anyone before and I'm feeling regret. I did something, and she saw, and instead of explaining anything I just took off. I left her there to pick up the pieces. I had to get out of there, it's probably best that I disappear for a while." He added gesturing to the bartender for a drink.
"Well I'm new in town, and I have a place outta of the way. You could come back to my place, and I could help you distract yourself. I'm not propositioning you, I'm trying to be a friend. I'm Nova, Nova Moon." I introduced myself reaching out my hand.
He looked at it as if was afraid to take it, but I knew he would. I found him now I could tell that he needed someone. He was nervous though, but in the end, he reciprocated.
I'm Dan, Dan Espinoza.
Now it was her turn to be nervous. Ad left her home, and her bed a week ago to return to his life. He had no clue that she was going to come here to be with him, and that was her plan the whole time. She planned to use him, but now after knowing his story, she knew that she couldn't be without him. Things might get a bit complicated. She reached out her hand and knocked.