Frenzy
Notes: Modern AU! Part 1 of 3
Title: Waiting
Song: Photograph by Ed Sheeran
It's been two months and eight days since Diaval asked her for a break.
Mallory Moor's company is still at the top of its game, finally getting ahead of its biggest competitor, Zane Enterprises, owned by none other than Stefan Zane. She was finally the most influential name in her field, much to Stefan's consternation. It takes every ounce of self-control not to lord her victory over the man who stepped on her and tossed her away like trash in the past.
In the two months and eight days since Diaval left, she focused solely on her work because she can't afford to lose the triumphs her company is currently experiencing, especially since it came at such a large cost.
Diaval left her. He said he couldn't take being second best to her thirst for vengeance over Stefan Zane. From their first meeting to their last, Diaval told her, Mal's entire being has been dedicated to making sure she succeeds at humiliating Stefan and never on more important things- like their relationship.
Diaval loved her. For some bizarre reason, he loved her. He was the first person to genuinely care about her. He saw her as someone untouchable, but not someone different from him. He was the only person persistent enough to break through her barriers. He was the first person to make her feel as if nothing else matters. She knew she would have been completely content to run away with him even if it means she would never exact her revenge on Stefan. But that won't do. Getting even with Stefan has been her goal for so long. She needed to see it through or else everything will be for naught.
Unwittingly, she drove him away by being too busy, too absorbed, too preoccupied- too elsewhere. In the end, Diaval couldn't stand not having his affections returned to the same extent as he gave them to her, so he left.
It's been two months and eight days since Diaval left, and she doesn't know what else to do except work- work until she's too tired to think of anything else, work until it's engraved in her bones, work like it's the only thing that matters- because if she's not working, she's waiting. Waiting for him to come back. Waiting for him to come home.
A/N: I am in love with the song and I know this doesn't even come close to giving it justice. (I'm sorry, Ed!) I like the other two parts better.
In Modern AU drabbles, I shall be naming them Mallory Moor, Diaval Blanchard and Stefan Zane.
If you're not a fan of AU stuff, I promise I will be back in movie-verse on chapter 8.
Cheers!