A/N at the end :)
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John Laurens (bold) - IG handle : (at sign) _ever_yours_turtle_
Peggy Schuyler (italic) - IG handle : (at sign) a . dot .ham_ilton (Me) {WITHOUT THE SPACES IN BETWEEN BC FANFICTION WON'T LET MY TYPE IT WHOOPS
It's been almost two years since Peggy's graduated from college. And since then, it's been a struggle to put her degree in photography to good use. It's not that she isn't good at what she does, it's that there aren't enough people who want to hire somebody inexperienced to capture their high profile events. Just ready to relax and maybe have some fun, she heads into the first bar she comes to, which happens to be one she's never been in before.
John sat at the bar with his head down. Overseeing the last five years in his life. Alexander and John had graduated with degrees in law and now their business was growing. Alexander was married to his beautiful wife and they have a son. He never seemed to age and his family was spectacular. And then there was John. Alone. Sad. Angry John. He ordered another drink when the bell above the door rang. He paid no attention, until he saw her. He dropped his shot. Rubbing his eyes, but there she was.
Not seeing who else was there, Peggy sits on a bar stool and orders a drink. Sighing while she waits, her eyes wander around the room, before landing on a man a couple seats over from her.
John stared at her, leaning forward to see past the people who sat between them.
Peggy immediately recognizes him, even after five years, he still looks very much the same as the person she remembers. Standing up, she walks slowly towards him
John stood and they met in the middle, his hand came to her cheek and it was like they were back to High School. "It's... you..."
she smiles softly, "It-It's me..." Peggy doesn't blink when his hand cups her face.
John moves quickly to connect their lips. Wrapping her in his arms, smiling like a ninny
"Laurens..." she mumbles against his lips, calling him by his last name out of old habit.
"Schuyler." He says back before pulling away. Staring into her eyes "I thought I told you I never want to see you again."
"I know it's been a while, but you should remember I never cared to pay attention to what you told me to do" Peggy winks at him
"Well if that isn't true." He smiles before taking a step back. "I mean... wow look at you. How've you been?" He asks, holding her hand
"Alright" She shrugs, keeping her answer vague, more interested in his life. "How about you? I know you were interested in the law in high school. Did you pursue that or change courses or...?"
"I did, actually. Alexander and I." He nods with a bright smile.
Her smile falters only for a moment, "Alexander... you and him- Are you two..?"
"Wha- oh! Oh! No, no we aren't together. He's married now to a beautiful woman and they have a baby named Philip and he is so cute." John's smile returns.
That news makes her happy, "You'll have to give them my best" Peggy motions for them to sit down a again
John and Peggy sit down and talk with each other. All the while John continued noticing she was dodging questions. John's hand came to hers and he stared in her eyes "Peggy, just tell me the truth about how you've been."
She bites her lip, "Let's just say it was much less successful than you life has been so far" Peggy flips her hand palm up under his
"Well... do you want to come up to my place tonight? I really missed you... and I just, thought maybe if you want. I do have wine." He offers with a smile
"Really? John Laurens missed his mortal enemy? I don't believe it" She teases him, chuckling
"Oh come on, we're older now... old enough for me to admit I was and still slightly am head over heals for you." He scratches the back of his neck
"Still?" Peggy hardly dares to hope he might /actually/ feel the same for her as she has for so long.
"Still." He smiles, leaning against his hand
Peggy shifts her weight to lean forward, kissing him softly again. "Let's go to your place"
John blushes softly, taking her hand as they sit in the cab. "Fair warning, it's a lot. Alexander and Eliza are on vacation, so the place is big, and empty." He says
"Sounds great- we'll be alone" She says offhand, the blushes when she realizes how that sounded.
"Yeah, we will be" he looks over at her
"/Any/who..." Peggys coughs, crossing her arms. "When did you know you were 'head over heals' for me, hm?"
"Probably... Junior year. Maybe earlier. I literally only dated Maria Reynolds to get in your face. I... I did have a crush on Alexander but I can never advance on it and now he is married." He sighs "But I think I've always loved you."
"You only dated Maria to- what?" Her head snaps to look at him, "/Love/?" Peggy honestly doesn't know what to think- she /must/ be dreaming
"Get you jealous..." she's freaking out and he doesn't know what to do. "Love..." he nods "I've loved you for a very long time."
"God..." She breathes, grinning like an absolute idiot, surprising him by pressing her mouth against his forcefully, hungrily
John's eyes widen as he stares at her fair face. He kisses her back with equal passion and smiles against her lips.
"Please tell me we're almost there" Peggy whispers, brushing a loose strand of hair out of his eyes.
She says this as they pull up "um... yup'" he smiled and leads her out. Helping her in and to the elevator, once they're inside they're back at it until they reach the penthouse and John pulls away to walk inside. Smiling like a ninny.
Peggy runs her fingers through her curls and subtly wipes her mouth, knowing her lipstick is smeared. Pointless since they're alone, anyways. Looking around, "Wow... you weren't kidding when you said big"
John smiles softly, holding her hand as he turned to her and wiped the smeared lipstick off her face. "It's... a lot." He smiled. "But I've always just shared it with Alex.." he shrugged. Holding her cheek and kissing her softly. "Why don't you go wait on the terrace and I'll get some wine." He offers
Peggy didn't think she could ever get sick of his touch, something she didn't know she craved until it finally happened. "Alright, just point me in the right direction" she giggles, kissing his cheek
John holds her hand and guides her to the large glass door overlooking the city skyline. He pressed a button and it lit up with love lighting and soft fountains. "Do you want to change? I'm sure I have a large T Shirt and some sweat pants you could wear? Or we have really nice robes and towels in the sauna out there." He offers with a soft kiss on her forehead.
"Actually, I wouldn't mind changing— an old t-shirt of yours would be fine" Peggy says, slightly distracted by the view. Leaning forward with her arms on the railing her eyes are wide as she takes it all in. "It's beautiful..." She whispers, never seeing the city like this before
John ran upstairs quickly. Grabbing a large T-shirt and a pair of socks that would go up to her knees. He tossed them to her. "I'll be back in a hot second with the wine." He offers
She's caught off guard, but manages to catch the clothing. "Thanks, okay!" Peggy gives him a smile, slipping into the first door she comes to to change and throw her hair into a ponytail. His shirt falls mid thigh on her, and with the socks she reminds herself of a cartoon of some sort, making her laugh.
John came back a few moments later. He stared out at the view "it's strange. I feel like people weren't even meant to be up so high." He chuckles. Leaning on the railing. "Peggy?" He sighs "Would you... What are we now?" He asks
Peggy walks over to him, standing close enough to rest her head on his shoulder. "I don't know... What do /you/ think we are? I'm pretty sure we've established we're not enemies anymore—" she chuckles, "—and I hope we're more than just friends... So..?"
"Definitely more than friends." He turns to her and takes her hand "I've loved you for as long as I can remember.. and now... I will never let go again."
"Isn't that a little extreme?" Peggy knows he's saying all this in earnest, but that makes her skeptical. "How far back are we talking about?"
John steps back "I don't know? Does it matter? I love you. That's what matters." His hands were deep in his pockets
"I love you too, John" She says softly, closing the gap between them. "I can't say exactly when— but I know I'll never stop loving you"
"And... I don't think I ever said it, but I'm sorry for kicking your blocks down and throwing food at you." He sighed with a small boyish smile that really said 'no I'm not.'
Peggy rolls her eyes, "I should hope not! If you are, then I'll feel bad because I don't feel sorry for any of the food fights i started!" She lightly punches his arm the says seriously. "But...I really am sorry about that video... During that last week of senior year. That was single handedly the stupidest, meanest thing I did to you"
"No, don't worry about it. My dad is an ass and he still hasn't forgotten it. He only reowned me after Alexander and Eliza got married." He shrugs and watches her happily
Peggy didn't expect to be forgiven that easily. "Yeah, how 'bout that... How long have they been married for? You said they have a son..?
"Two years... and I am their weird single friend." He sighed.
"Well... Not single anymore?" Peggy says quietly, posing it as a question if he wants to contradict what she said
"Will you be my girlfriend?" He asked while making a face.
"Thought you'd never ask" she smiles, wrapping her arms around waist and kissing him softly
John kissed back with more passion and vigor than she had. Picking her up and wrapping her legs around his waist.
Peggy doesn't need more of an invitation than that, securing herself in his hips. Pushing her tongue into his mouth, hands firm on his shoulders
John walks with her, opening the door and going back inside. Shutting all the lights off and taking her up the steps. To his room. He pressed her back to the bed and hovered about her. "Beautiful..." he whispered.
"It's embarrassing how many times I've wished and imagined this" she whispers, her face flushed a pretty pink. Staring up at him, she reaches her hand out to touch his face, her thumb smooth on his cheek
"Same here..." he chuckles nervously, pressing her hand to his cheek with his own. "It just..." his lips graze her neck. "Seems so right."
"So right" Peggy echoes his words, moving her hand so it has a fistful of hair.
John began to kiss her on her neck... down her neck. He tugged on the large shirt she wore.
Peggy shivers in appreciation "You want it off- you take it off" She whispers in his ear, her breath hot on his neck.
John nods and lifts her shirt over her head, blushing as he stares at her. "You're... you're beautiful..." he whispers "This really is my teenage fantasy." He chuckles.
"Yours and mine both" she giggles, already reaching for the hem of his shirt. "Now, I'm not gonna be the only one taking my shirt off, ya know" Peggy gives him a cheeky grin
"Go ahead— oh wait." He back up, on his knees. He peels his shirt off slowly. Holding it over his head longer to display is chiseled chest to her. Throwing it to the side. "Where were we?" He chuckles.
If Peggy weren't already laying down, she's pretty sure a feather could have knocked her over. She swallows harshly, chest rising and falling slowly as heat pools between her legs. "I believe..." She pulls him down on top of her, kissing him passionately
"Mhm..." he murmured against her lips before pulling away. "This seems familiar." He began to kiss on her jaw and neck and down her chest. Massaging her curves. Down her stomach, tugging on her pants.
Peggy lifts her hips up long enough to wriggle out of her pants, kicking them in a heap to the side. "Familiar how?" She doesn't quite get it, nothing like this with ever happening between them before.
"I mean... in my dreams." John stared down at her with a smirk. "I don't understand how it's physically possible someone is so gorgeous..."
She returns the smirk, "Damn, how much did you dream of me over the years?" Peggy chuckles, never imagining she'd get the chance to tease him like this. She rolls her eyes, "I'm not /that/ great, John..!"
John grabbed her thigh tightly and glared into her eyes "Never say that again, Peggy Schuyler."
"Say what? The truth?" She raises an eyebrow at him, not seeming to realize how self deprecating she's sounding.
"Peggy Schuyler." He growled. "You are great. You are gorgeous and sexy and an angel." He holds her thigh, laying between her legs
Peggy can feel herself falling more in love with him with every word he says to her. "Thank you, John..."' She whispers, watching him and swings a leg over his shoulder.
John nuzzles into her skin on his cheek. Kissing her knee. "I missed you so much..."
"I missed you too... More than you could imagine" She says softly. "My biggest high school regret was missing out on potentially being your girlfriend— versus Maria" Peggy can't keep the slight contempt out of her voice when saying the name.
John's brows knit together. "I... haven't thought about her since high school... no, she was bat shit crazy." He chuckles
"You shouldn't have dated her then!" Peggy chides him, rolling her eyes. "Don't think I didn't know you make out sessions weren't perfectly timed for when I'd be around"
"I'm glad you noticed. I was just trying to make you..." he leans down and kisses her ear. Whispering softly "jealous."
"/Not/ that I'd ever admit it back then" she adds, quickly turning her head his lips catch hers
He kissed her softly, holding her to him... but his grew hungry, moving with hunger. Coming closer. "I want you..." he whispered.
Whoop! There we go ;) Hope y'all enjoyed this chapter, and I'm hoping to get another chapter up really soon so this can qualify for the Wattys (on Wattpad) *fingers crossed* Please please please leave a review bc I love reading whatever you guys have to say!