A/N: I only own the OC
This is for Yankees01... I was challenged to write a fantasy story... here ya go.
All completely AU and will have both wrestlers from AEW and WWE.
I took a deep breath as I walked out of the building that had kept me captive for the last 10 hours. I had gone in when the world was dark and now here it was dark again... did I even remember what the sunlight looked like? I didn't know anymore. I pulled my sweater closer to my body as I headed towards the nearest subway station. I was supposed to meet friends tonight for drinks. I actually looked ok, and didn't feel like going home to change because I knew that I would never leave again for the night.
I boarded the mostly quiet train and caught a glimpse of myself in the window... I had to chuckle. My hair was no long in a neat bun, but instead lots of brown and blonde hairs sticking out of what should have been a bun. I looked tired, and my glasses were crooked. I fixed my glasses and quickly redid my hair before my next stop. I got off and headed up the stairs to the outside. I swear the weather in New York was bipolar. I could have sworn it was warmer when I left the hospital. I made my way to Austin's Ale House to meet friends. I was almost there when I saw a man collapse in front of me. I didn't hesitate as I ran up to him, and rolled him over. He looked ashy pale, but absolutely gorgeous at the same time. I finally came to my senses and felt for a pulse. He was freezing cold and I couldn't find a pulse. I got ready to pull out my phone, and call 911 when someone grabbed me. I was ready to fight back when the man on the ground sat up and looked at me. He had deep blue eyes, and a fierce look about him. I was shocked, but struggling at the same time because I didn't know who was holding me.
"Ashton, stop." a voice said as I watched as the man on the ground stood up, looked at me, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. I only fought harder because now I had no idea what was happening.
"Ashton." the voice said again and my brain registered that I knew them. I finally tore my eyes from the man who was walking away from me, and looked at me best friend who was looking at me with confusion and worry.
"Finn?" I asked him and he nodded.
"Yes, are you ok?" he asked me and I looked around confused. I had no idea what had just happened.
"Yeah, did you see anyone?" I asked him and he shook his head no.
"No, I saw you frantically searching for something and thought something was wrong." he said and I chuckled. I guess I had been working too many hours lately to have just hallucinated a beautiful man practically dead on the side walk.
"I thought I dropped something." I said and he nodded.
"You sure you're ok?" he asked me as he looked at me with more worry. I was very tired, but who knows.
"I'm just tired. I'm off the next three days so I can sleep all day." I said and I saw the worry lift from his beautiful blue eyes.
"Good, come on, they are waiting for us." he said and and I nodded. He held out his arm and I took it as we walked to the bar. Rhea, Buddy, Toni, and Damien were all already there. Dominic was with his fiance's family tonight. Rhea pulled me into a hug as we walked up to the table. I was glad to see her and Toni. They had adopted me as an unofficial Australian as they were my first friends in the city. We were all hanging out when Buddy got a text some of his friends were coming to join us. Rhea, Toni, and I were all sitting on a sofa talking as the guys were playing pool nearby.
I saw three guys walk up and Buddy greeted them. I watched as Finn and Damien also looked like they knew them, but what stopped me cold was that one of the men looked exactly like the man who I saw dead on the sidewalk. I was looking at him when he looked my way. I quickly looked away, but I felt him still looking at me.
"Head's up... one of them is eyeing you." Toni said and I looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"The big one." Rhea said and I shook my head no, but glanced over to see them coming our way with Buddy leading them.
"Guys, this is Max, Adam, and Michael, but we call him Wardlow... this is Ashton, Toni, and Rhea... hands off Rhea because she's mine." he said as we chuckled and Rhea kissed him. I was kind of jealous of them in that moment. We all sat around and talked as the night went on, and they were all nice. I glanced at the time and it was almost 1am. I was exhausted.
"I am heading out." I said as I stood up and hugged Rhea and Toni. I knew that Finn was going to try to walk me home, and while I liked him... I didn't really want him to come home with me right now.
"I will walk you home." Wardlow said and I chuckled but waved it off.
"You don't live near me." I said and he smirked... it was a kind of sexy smirk.
"You don't know that... come on, I need to leave anyways." he said. I got ready to argue, but Rhea and Toni both egged it on to let him walk with me. I sighed and waved by to everyone. Finn almost looked annoyed that he wasn't going to be walking me. We walked outside and I started down the sidewalk, and hoped that he would just kind of go away.
"You are running from me." a voice said next to me and I shook my head as I pulled my sweater tighter around me... it had gotten colder.
"No, it's cold." I quickly said even if it was true that I was running away from him. I felt something land on my shoulders a second later and realized that he had put his jacket over my shoulders. I slipped my arms in and it was way to big, but I was thankful for the warmth. We walked quietly to my building and I went to slip the jacket off, but he stopped me.
"Just keep it, and I get it from you next time." he said and I shook my head no.
"It's ok." I said and he pulled it back tightly around me.
"Check the pocket when you get inside." he said and turned to walk away. I was shocked, but the cold hit me and I quickly went inside. I got to my loft, locked the door, and slipped my hand into the pocket. I found a small piece of paper. I opened it and felt my jaw hang open.
I will see you again, but next time I won't be laying on the sidewalk
