Hello lovelies! I'm back with another Dotty oneshot. Well, it was originally going to be a oneshot but it is now potentially going to be a multi-chapter again because I just feel like there is such a huge gap between the Dotty relationship from the end of Fast 6 and the beginning of Fast 7. But if the worse comes to worse it'll be like a 3shot or something haha!
I've had this idea for a while and I've just got so many ideas for Dotty missing scenes so this is the missing scene(s) at the end of Fast and Furious 6, after they all sit down for the barbeque. This is Letty's first night home.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Fast and Furious characters and any mistakes are my own and I apologise. Enjoy! x
Leticia Ortiz let her gaze travel through the kitchen window of 1327, the house she was told should have been familiar to her, but she couldn't see it. She had been willing herself till no end to remember something from this place from the moment they had pulled up in the drive. She'd been riding shot gun next to an excited Dom who had been trying to hold that emotion back for her benefit, but failed miserably. Not that she had openly told him that she could see right through him. She wasn't even entirely sure how she had, but she just knew.
At first, Letty stayed completely silent. The journey there had been awkward enough as she listened to Dom explain a few things about the house; the fact that they had all pretty much grown up there, reminding her of the names of guys she'd known once upon a time. Leon, Jesse, Vince…
Letty breathed in deeply, the feeling of Dom's gaze on her as he slowly turned the engine off. With Letty's gaze frozen out of the front window to Dom's Dodge Charger, she was vaguely aware of everyone else climbing out of their own cars around them and headed for the house.
Mia Toretto had paused in the drive way, casting a glance over her shoulder to the two who still sat in the car. Letty didn't need to take her in properly to know she was shooting Dom a concerned expression, she then noticed Dom nod his head once towards his sister, out of the corner of her eye, as Mia continued inside.
"Are you okay?" Dom's voice was low and rough, a tone she was still getting used to all over again, despite the fact she felt as though she never would. It was so raspy; it sent chills over her body each time he spoke to her.
The Latina nodded once, shooting him a forced smile of reassurance. "Yeah, yeah, I just…need a minute." Dom didn't respond and part of Letty hoped he'd step out of the car and leave her to her thoughts, but after ten seconds of the burning feeling of his gaze still on her, she knew he wasn't going to leave her alone unless she asked.
It had taken the two ten minutes to get out of the car and walk up to the house. Dom had circled the car to Letty's side as she had already stepped out of the car, and pressed his palm to her back comfortingly without a thought. Her eyes shot to him, slightly wary of the gesture, but something stopped her from pulling away. He guided her to the front door that had been left open for them and Letty struggled to take everything in as it all rushed by her and was thrown on her in full force, but she kept the struggle hidden and her emotions silent.
Letty's attention was drawn back to reality at the sound of plates being placed down on the counter to her side. Her gaze shot there suddenly to meet a friendly pair of eyes and soft grin.
"Tej," she spoke quietly, flashing a weak smile in return.
"You doing okay?" He asked as me moved the dishes into the sink in front of Letty, she pushed her palms off the cool surface that she had been leaning on and took a small step back to let him get to it. She gave him a single nod with a convincing expression before she bit down on her bottom lip. Tej reached out to pat her on the back softly.
Letty cleared her throat, "Have you seen Dom?" She asked as her gaze went back to the window, scanning over the back yard to clarify that he wasn't with the rest of the team who were still gathered around a table, despite the fact that the sun had gone down hours ago and it was almost pitch black out there now.
"He said he came in to find you," Letty's gaze found Tej, raising an eyebrow at him. If it were true, he would have past her because she had been in the kitchen for a good thirty minutes, however, she wasn't entirely sure how long she had been zoned out in a memory until Tej walked in and found her attention again.
She gave the guy a soft nod again as he supressed the urge to ask questions and feed his curiosity. He gave a faint smile once again, before headed back outside.
The moment Letty watched him through the window slap Brian on the back and plop down in the chair next to him; she was turning on her heel and walking into the living room. At the realisation of the empty room, Letty found herself cautiously taking the stairs. It was almost as though she was intruding, that she shouldn't be exploring somebody else's house; no matter how many times she had been told that that this had been as much her home as Dom and Mia's.
A frustrated groan escaped the Latina's lips after walking through the second door that led to a dead-end. In search of Dom's room, she had found what was clearly Mia's room, and then the bathroom. With only two doors left, she sighed deeply to keep herself together as she tried yet another one.
With the annoyance that came with the empty rooms previously, Letty had lost the thought of knocking, which she regretted when she eventually found Dom's room and then the man himself.
She broke off her movements when her eyes fell on the largely built man.
"Oh…" Dom shot a glance over his bare shoulder at the sound. "S – Sorry…" Letty's eyes reluctantly took in Dom's shirtless body as he slowly turned to face her fully. Her gaze dragged over his toned abs, his arms, his face; and the boyish grin cut off her inspections.
"It's your room," he spoke lowly, glancing down at the fresh white wife-beater in his hands. "I was just changing; Jack spit-up." He chuckled lightly as he pulled the clothing on over his head. Letty smiled softly at the mention of Mia and Brian's little boy; her nephew…in a way. Her smile faded instantly at her own thought train.
Letty shifted on her feet feeling fairly uncomfortable in the situation. "It's your room," she insisted in a very quiet voice, but not quite quiet enough for him to miss it.
He watched her carefully, her own eyes on the floor in front of her as she lingered in the door way. When her eyes met his again, she slowly leant back, pushing the door closed and pressing her back against it. She flashed him a small smile, a hint of nervousness behind it that, of course, he picked up on. He returned her smile, more reassuringly though. He decided not to press the matter and suffer through the awkwardness that the words 'it's our room' would create. The words went unspoken, but that didn't matter. By the simple look on their faces, it was obvious that Letty was well aware of the sentence playing on his mind.
Letty breathed in deeply through her nose, preparing herself to continue and take the conversation onto a different topic. "Tej said you were looking for me."
Dom's eyes dropped to the floor briefly, her gaze staying put on him as he finally pulled the material on over his head. "Just wanted to make sure you were doing okay," he responded quietly.
Letty rolled her eyes, an unwanted sigh escaping her. "I really wish people would stop asking me that," she muttered, momentarily regretting the words as Dom looked over at her once again with a furrowed eyebrow and look of concern. She made an almost frustrated noise on the back of her throat and continued anyway, a little louder this time. "I really wish people would stop treating me like a child or like I'm about to break under the slightest touch of pressure. If you really know me you'd know that I'm not that girl. I'm not gonna cry if someone pushes a memory on me too much and I still can't remember it. I'm not as fragile as everyone keeps assuming; I'm fine." Letty's outburst had quickly escalated into a rant, her sentences streaming out as she complained and purposely kept her eyes running around different places in the room to avoid Dom as he continued to stare at her.
She shut her mouth quickly and when she didn't hear a word from Dom, she couldn't bare it any longer and finally looked at him. He had fixated his sight on her with a thoughtful expression. There was no anger, no resentment and no surprise. She sighed softly and the corners of his lips quirked up ever so slightly. Letty shot him a glare and he held his hands up, "Sorry," he mumbled. He stalked across the room towards her and for some reason, Letty's feet dragged her forward a couple of steps towards him too. She kept her gaze on him with determination and a very intense quizzical expression.
Dom reached for her and she could tell he hadn't put any thought into the gesture; he'd done that a lot, though. He'd held her hand, hugged her and pressed her against his side without any awkwardness. And she had let him.
He rubbed her upper-arms gently, looking into her eyes with a soft smile. "I know that, Let. Trust me, I do. You don't have to believe how well I do actually know you, but I've known you better than you know yourself for a long-ass time."
"Well that's not exactly hard, right now," she mumbled, shaking her head lightly. Dom chuckled, causing the faintest of smiles from her that she wiped away quickly as he continued.
"I just want to watch out for you. And, before you say it, I know you can look after yourself and all that shit." He had to refrain from rolling his eyes, "And I know you can. You're not fragile," his voice dropped to a whisper. "You won't break. You sure as fuck won't cry in front of anyone, not even me until you remember you've done it enough times and that I'm one of the rare few who've witnessed that from you – "
Letty grew frustrated quickly, with mostly herself. The way his words were making her feel, making her cave to the sound of his softer voice; so she cut him off abruptly. "Then why do you keep looking at me like that?" She spoke slightly louder than her normal talking voice, throwing him off slightly because of how quiet his own voice had been.
"Like what?"
Letty groaned softly, "Like you feel sorry for me and like I'm a lost puppy and like you're constantly concerned."
Dom took a step back and Letty's heart stopped at the sudden fear that she'd over-stepped some kind of mark she wasn't aware existed. He looked away from her too which only egged that fear on.
"It's not sympathy," he muttered, clearing his throat softly.
"Then what is it?" She pushed, ignoring that barrier she'd told herself to stay behind after his reaction. She wanted to know. "What?" she spoke again impatiently. Dom sighed and moved to take a seat on the edge of the neatly made-up bed in the middle of the room, Letty's eyes following him as he did. Letty eventually made the decision to follow in his footsteps and take a seat next to him, facing him side-on as he looked across the room and she bent one of her legs underneath herself. "Dom," she spoke softly.
"I told you about Elena," he started, and Letty held back a sigh and a noise of disapproval.
"Yeah," she spoke hesitantly.
"And the accident."
"My non-existent death," she confirmed with a single nod. When Dom didn't continue once again, she realised how serious he was and it worried her slightly. "Tell me," she urged in a softer voice than her previous push, her hand resting on his arm gently.
"You know your scar, our matching one?" He questioned, Letty only nodded very faintly. "It happened in the DR. That wasn't just the last time we were together, it was the last time I actually really saw you."
He fell silent, confusion clouding Letty's mind. "What do you mean?"
"We went back; fell asleep…and I left you." Letty slowly moved her hand away from his arm and it didn't go unnoticed.
"You left me?" she asked, faint disbelief in her tone.
Of course she couldn't believe it. She didn't know Dom as well as they insisted but she knew enough to know how he felt about her. She had seen first-hand the kinds of things he was willing to do for her, he had saved her life without a second thought. They could have both been gone in that second, together instead of just her. But he had launched himself to her like it was the only option, as though watching her die wasn't an option at all.
That disbelief was clear to Dom through her tone and he forced himself to continue quickly, not bearing to glance at her. "We had fled. You and I, Han and a couple other guys pulled a job down there and the cops were closing in. I wanted to look out for you, I didn't want you involved in it and you would have been if you around me." He broke off, a sigh escaping his lips. "I did it for you."
"Bullshit," His head snapped up and looked at the Latina who was shaking her own head.
"Letty – "
"Bullshit," she repeated as she bit down harshly on her bottom lip.
"I did it for you," Dom repeated himself emphasizing the words more. "I didn't – …I didn't see you again after. You came back here, pulled a job of your own and – "
"And died," she finished, a humourless laugh of disbelief erupting from her. "You left me; I came here to bring you home and died for it. If you hadn't had left me…"
"Don't, Let. I know, okay? I've told myself that so many times."
"It wasn't sympathy," he looked at her again. "You were looking at me with guilt."
Dom couldn't find words, even when she had risen to her feet, her head shaking once again as she headed towards the door. He wanted nothing more than to stop her but he didn't, he just watched her stalk out of the room to the last moment when the door swung closed behind her causing a noise loud enough to make him jump slightly.
"Letty, hey girl, where you been?"
Roman's voice ran after the brunette as she stalked across the back yard full of people, their gazes following her as she went without so much as a glance in the direction of the voice.
At some point, Dom had found his feet and fell into step behind the girl and as she stepped off the grass onto the driveway, he was at the kitchen door. "Letty!" He called out, his voice firm in a way that showed the unspoken other half of his sentence that told her not to leave.
"Fuck off, man." The girl spoke as she walked and everyone's eyes darted between the two, their exchange making them all uneasy.
"Dom," Mia's voice rang through everyone else's in a questioning way and it seemed to be the only thing that could have possibly helped the situation because Letty paused to look over her shoulder. Dom's eyes flew away from his sister instantly and caught Letty and he didn't hesitate and she saw that in his eyes.
The girl swung herself into his car, his keys which she had swiped off the kitchen table clenched in her hand as she did. But Dom was practically running and in the passenger's seat in the last possible second. The engine was already on and she was skidding down the drive before he had even shut the door.
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