How do you like your pancakes - WS2
Will smith x Reader
word count currently: 1908
summary: after One impulsive tweet asking Will Smith how he likes his pancakes that was never supposed to get a reply. let alone six million views, What started as one chaotic decision soon becomes the sweetest love story neither of them saw coming.
genre: Rom-Com, Fluff, Social Media AU, Strangers to Lovers, Online Cute Meet,Professional Hockey Romanceface claim: random pintrest girls
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It had started as a joke.
He would never answer, so why not?
You were lying in bed one evening, scrolling through TikTok, when a clip popped up.
It was Zara Larsson talking about how she publicly tweeted at this hot guy she found, asking who he was and how you like your eggs cooked in the morning.
You laughed, absolutely iconic.
Then, because your brain occasionally enjoyed making very questionable decisions.
No, absolutely not, that would be insane.
Opened it again and typed out.
@_willsmith2 how do you like your pancakes? Asking for normal reasons.
You read it, then deleted it, then typed it again, then, as if on impulse, you muttered, “…You know what?”
You hit post, then immediately threw your phone across the bed as though it had personally betrayed you. “Oh my god, what have I done!”
At least for the first ten minutes.
You had just started to relax.
You could simply pretend it never happened.
Until your phone exploded.
HE'S NEVER GONNA SEE THIS 😭
Someone send this to him immediately
This is either gonna age beautifully or horrifically
_willsmith2 liked your tweet.
Your heart stopped as you opened Twitter with shaking hands.
Fluffy with some blueberries and banana... but I'm more interested in who's asking.
You screamed into your pillow.
The internet noticed immediately.
WAIT DID THE PANCAKE TWEET WORK???
He's never living this down
THIS IS HOW ROM-COMS START
HE CONTINUED THE CONVERSATION
Your mentions became unusable after that.
Meanwhile, Will's teammates were having the best day of their lives.
The locker room was unusually loud.
Mack was laughing so hard he nearly dropped his phone. “...Smitty...”
Will looked up from unlacing his skates. “What?”
He simply turned his phone around. “...Explain.”
Will frowned as he looked at the screen containing the tweets.
Six million views. “...Oh.”
“You flirted on main, man.”
Tyler walked over. “...Is this the pancake girl?”
Will looked horrified. “The what?”
“...Don't call her that.”
Mack immediately pointed. “AHA!”
Will sighed. “I walked into that one.”
You were considering deleting every social media account you'd ever owned.
Your best friend was no help whatsoever. "You have to answer him."
"What if he was just being nice?"
She stared at you. "He replied."
"To a tweet about pancakes."
"He has over two hundred thousand mentions."
"...I hate when you make sense."
So after forty five minutes of overthinking...
Will stared at your reply.
I mean, breakfast is easier when it's with two people.
Then again, a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
Sam looked over from the other side of the locker room. "...You smiling at your phone?"
Sam looked horrified. "You're flirting on Twitter?"
Sam walked over, looked at the screen and immediately burst out laughing. "Oh, she's got you."
"You're smiling at your phone like an idiot."
Will rolled his eyes, but the corners of his mouth betrayed him. "...Maybe a little."
Sam pointed dramatically. "I've never seen someone fold this quickly."
"You replied in under twenty minutes."
Will looked back down at his phone, and the replies were already impossible to keep up with.
People tagging friends, NHL fan account had started making edits, people dubbing you The Pancake Girl.
He just let out a sigh. "...I'm not organising breakfast in front of six million people."
Sam snorted. "That's probably for the best."
Will tapped on your profile.
His thumb hovered over the message button for a second.
I feel like we should probably continue this somewhere that isn't in front of half the internet.
He hesitated. "... that's not too weird, is it?"
Sam didn't even look up from tying his skates. "Just send it."
Will pressed send before he could change his mind.
Your phone buzzed against the couch.
You looked down absentmindedly.
_willsmith2 sent you a message.
Your heart stopped. "Oh no."
Your best friend looked up. "What?"
She was beside you before you could blink. "Oh, my god."
You opened the conversation with slightly shaky hands.
I feel like we should probably continue this somewhere that isn't in front of half the internet.
You couldn't help smiling as your best friend gasped dramatically. "He has jokes."
You stared at the keyboard for nearly a minute before typing.
That's probably a good idea.
My notifications have become a little full at the moment.
The typing bubble appeared almost immediately, then disappeared and came back.
Yeah, mine too, although I think mine are mostly people calling me down bad.
You know they're calling me Pancake Girl.
The bubbles appeared immediately.
That's actually kind of iconic though
You shook your head, smiling to yourself.
Please don't encourage them.
A moment passed before another message appeared.
So was the breakfast thing an actual question?
You bit your lip as your friend watched you expectantly.
You smiled. "I think it was."
depends, are you actually free?
The reply appeared so quickly it made you laugh.
This Saturday, I know a little cafe which makes good pancakes.
You smiled so hard your cheeks hurt.
I was hoping you'd say that.
You stood outside a quiet little cafe, trying to work out if pretending to be ill was a valid excuse.
It wasn't, but before you could escape.
You turned, and there he was.
Baseball cap pulled low, hoodie slightly oversized, hands shoved awkwardly into his pockets.
And somehow, for someone who has had thousands of people watch him play, he looked just as nervous as you felt.
A small laugh left him. "I mean... you did invite me."
You both laughed, the awkwardness immediately easing between you. It was strange, because, technically, this was the first time you'd met.
But after days of texting, having late night conversation and arguing over whether cereal was considered a soup, it somehow didn't feel like it.
"You know," he admitted as you walked inside together. "I've never had someone ask me out by using pancake before ."
You smiled at that. "Just wanted to stand out."
He nodded seriously. "Well, mission accomplished."
Breakfast turned into a walk.
The walk somehow lasted for four hours.
You talked about everything.
Hockey, your job, hobbies, music, terrible reality shows
You learned that Will was much funnier than you expected.
He learned that you had a habit of sharing every little thing that made you smile.
And somewhere between laughing over bad movie recs and what was actually the best breakfast food, neither of you remembered that this had started because of a random tweet.
By the time he walked you back to your car, neither of you truly wanted the date to end.
He rubbed the back of his neck. "So..."
He smiled slightly. "I'm glad you tweeted."
You laughed. "I nearly deleted it."
You thought about it. "Uh... like six times."
"Well, I'm very happy you didn't."
A comfortable silence settled between you before he tilted his head slightly. "I should probably ask..."
You looked at him. "What?"
A small smile appeared on his face. "How do you like your pancakes?"
You laughed. "Oh my god, seriously?"
"I feel like it's important information."
You pretended to think. "...Depends."
He laughed. "Guess I'll have to get practising then."
You smiled at him "I guess you should."
hockeyfan: DID SHE JUST PULL A ZARA LARSON???
sharksupdates: Wait is this what think this is
samdickinson4: You're not subtle
_WillSmith2: Wasn't trying to be
gabeperrult44: OH HE'S GONE, GONE
hockeyfan22: WAIT THE PANCAKES ARE A REFERENCE
nhlupdates: This is either elite storytelling or I'm delusional.
youruser: They're really good pancakes
_WillSmith2: Need to try yours soon
nhledits: Bro folded IMMEDIATELY.
mackcelebrini: So we're posting pancakes now? Interesting.
_willsmith2: They're good pancakes.
bestfrienduser: HE BROUGHT FLOWERS
youruser: he's setting unrealistic standards already
friendsuser: Flowers AND pancakes.
MackCelebrini: Smitty being ROMANTIC???
youruser You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
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youruser: Turns out asking about pancakes works, so thank you to Zara Larsson for the idea @_willsmith2
_willsmith2: Still can't believe this is how it started ❤️
youruser: Neither can I honestly 😭
_willsmith2: ur so beautiful baby ❤️ i love you
youruser: aww i love you too
youruser: you've known for months
frienduser: Yeah, but now everyone else knows.
user: The pancakes callback 😭😭
gabeperreault44: it's about time
youruser: we were waiting for the right moment!!
mackcelebrini: this is the soft launch we'd been waiting for
youruser: hard launch actually
user: I was THERE when she tweeted that.
user: truly a historical moment
samdickinson4: I almost died keeping this secret for MONTHS.
youruser: no one asked you to announce it 😭
user: Wait is this THE pancake girl???
youruser: Unfortunately yes
_willsmith2: Fortunately yes
bestfrienduser: Remember when you threw your phone across the room?
youruser: we don't talk about that
_willsmith2: I wish I could've seen this
zaralarsson: HAHAHAHA I LOVE THIS 😭❤️
youruser: this is technically your fault 😂
_willsmith2: ...thank you? 😅
user: I'm never deleting Twitter
user: The fact she actually shot her shot, and it worked
user: Will liking this 3 seconds after it was posted 😭
user: Bro folded because of ONE tweet.
_willsmith2: and i'd do it again
_willsmith2 Adore You - Harry Styles
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_willsmith2: turns out answering random tweets is a good idea @ youruser
youruser: So... how do you like your pancakes?
youruser: okay that's annoyingly smooth.
user: gonna start trying this
user: The greatest tweet in NHL history
michaelmisa_: SMITTY IN LOVE
mackcelebrini: somehow still about pancakes.
_willsmith2: Always has been.
user: asked one question and found the love of her life.
samdickinson4: Down catastrophic.
bestfrienduser: Still can't believe a breakfast question changed your life.
tofff73: So... pancakes were really all it took?
user: The original tweet belongs in a museum.
user: we're crying over pancakes now.
user: this deserves to be studied because what do you mean one tweet changed everything?? 🥹
user: This is the healthiest relationship reveal I've ever seen.
user: I need Netflix to buy the rights.
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Author's Note: First Attempt at an SMAU. This took so long, and I don't know how I feel about this, but again, it's my first time making one of these, so I'll hopefully get better. Anyway, this was inspired by the iconic tweet by Zara Larson. did they broke up, yeah but we are just going to pretend they didn't for this
