Hughsey

fast car - an austin butler x single mom!reader story

general series warnings: mentions of family history of substance use, implied economic disparity in relationship, angst typical of co-workers to lovers stories, family drama

summary: all things considered you don’t have it that bad. your four year old little boy is happy, and you’re happy- finally in a place where getting out of bed in the morning doesn’t feel like a herculean task. but things could be better, which is why you take the PA job on a movie filming down the road. you can work when jack is in school, bring in some extra money- and be able to say you helped make a movie.

unlike your mom insists, you didn’t take the job to ‘meet someone’- let alone austin butler. funny how your mom’s intuition is never wrong.

words: 2,538 ship: austin butler x reader summary: (combined anon requests) would love to make a req where the readers niece has a crush on austin and he’s the SWEETEST to her + aunties are flirting with Austin at the thanksgiving dinner  notes: thanks for reading! hope everyone had a nice holiday :)  warnings: none tag list: @killerqueenfan, @karamelcoveredolicity, @elizabethrosecresswell, @gigisworldsstuff, @stylesmendeshearted

It’s been a few years since your family was in the rotation for Thanksgiving—it was Austin’s family two years ago, and the year before that movie filming had taken you to another state with flights getting canceled in the midst, and then last year were the waves of distance created in the preparation for Elvis that took months to repair. Luckily you did, something definitely be thankful for.

Regardless, this is the first year after many absences that Austin is joining you and your family for the holiday and despite the time spent apart, you can count on a handful of things: your mom offering many under her breath judgmental remarks about your acting career, your gram’s sweet potato pie being absolutely to die for, your cousin’s newborn baby being there and somehow looking like the cutest newborn and a tiny old man all at once, and lastly your aunts flirting with abandon towards your boyfriend across the dinner table.

Frat!Auatin’s 100% a Pike and he pretends to be all macho in front of his brothers and the pledges but when he’s around you he’s a softie who loves to cuddle and rave about films and music

And at parties/mixers he’s the one who goes around making sure all his brothers are doing good and that all the girls feel comfortable AAAAH

(then Russwood Park, Vegas, ect...)