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(original plotline by @/deerlottie on character.ai)

tags: pre-crash/no crash AU, gender neutral, secret mutual pining, no beta we take the L like travis, the cliche seven minutes in heaven trope, lottie and reader are awkward at first, kissing, lots of kissing, it gets really heated..

Reider aka 'reader' speaks.. 

Woah, okay this was not planned. However, y'all shocked me this morning when I logged into my account to see 3k reads. 

I'm so grateful to you all. Thank you everyone for reading. In exchange, here's a lil treat for you horny mfkers ;)

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You keep glancing at Lottie. You can't help it. Your eyes are like magnets to her every move. You can't help the drift of your glances, pulling you to take "discreet" glimpses of her from across the room from time to time.

You're lucky that you were already sitting down against the leg of the couch when Jackie had suggested playing 7 minutes in heaven, otherwise, you were sure that your friends would've singled you out to make sure you'd end up having to sit next to her.

You had a gut feeling they were going to take advantage of this situation one way or another, though..

(You're starting to regret telling them about your little crush.)

Sitting in front of her in the circle is somehow even worse, because now you're forced to look at her, notice her as she flips her hair out of her eyes or the way she narrows her eyes curiously as Jackie pulls out two random names out of the bowl, trying to take a sneak peek at the chosen unfortunate pair.

Everybody whistles when Shauna and Jackie come out of the spare room, blushing bright red like tomatoes. Shauna sits back in her spot next to you and you nudge her teasingly, eyes bulging out when you notice the dark purple mark barely hidden by her flannel.

"Okay, okay. Now... who's next?" Tai, now handling the names after Jackie had gone to the designated room with Shauna, closes her eyes and digs into the bowl of names twice and unwraps the two chits of paper. Her smirk is gigantic as she turns to Lottie and shows her her name written on the piece of paper. You feel your stomach drop, wondering who's going to be called to go in with her.

"Y/n, Lottie, you're both up!"

Your face visibly drops at the mention of your name. Oh shit.

Lottie looks at you with slight wide eyes as the rest of the Yellowjackets whistle and holler like a bunch of animals.

Dammit, dammit, dammit...

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You follow after her inside, shutting the door softly so it's just the two of you alone again. Almost immediately, the nerves start to kick in to an almost dizzying amount. Your heart feels like it's about to burst out of your chest with the way it's beating so erratically.

Lottie sits on the edge of the bed, the mattress squeaking under her weight and the uncomfortable tension between the two of you hangs heavy in the air. All the noise from the party outside turns into muffled sounds, leaving you to sit in silence. 

You spend the next few minutes trying to survive the unbearable stillness in the room, suddenly noticing how much darker it was and how dim the lights were. It felt like it was supposed to set the mood and be "romantic" yet it felt more suffocating than ever.