#chaleb

first td reboot fic, and tbvh this was not what i was expecting to publish lmaoo anyway here's the oneshot i said i was in the middle of writing based on this post that id made. originally supposed to be 1-2k words but ofc when do i follow my word limits 💀

inspired by the song dancing in the flames by the weeknd, i listened to it on repeat while writing this lmao the title is taken from the lyrics

also guess who created another ship tag 💪 shoutout to @loveontherocks for getting me to ship these two with her posts!

Tiny daredevil who easily be evil silly x big handsome who be evil too but lovely too

I do! They've both been through some shit, albeit very different shit, and have trouble trusting people again. I can picture them meeting in a cafe where they bump into each other and drop the copies of the same book that they're each reading--a rare and unique one--and look up at each other and they already feel connected.

(It sure has been awhile with them lol.)

They were laying there, snuggled up in bed, watching some TV show on Netflix. It was a Christmas movie since Chloe loved getting into the holidays, Caleb didn’t even expect to be laying so close to her like this. Sure, they got to know one another, had their ‘special moments’ if that’s what you even wanted to call it. But Caleb was a friend, a fuck buddy, nothing too special to her and he was somewhat okay with that, maybe? He had no choice even if he didn’t like it, that’s all he was and all he would ever be, he was lucky enough the word friend was added to the equation.

He lowered himself down, placing his head upon her chest. There was no specific reason honestly other than getting more comfortable while not trying to break this moment. What happened next was completely unexpected and caught the boy off guard yet a small smile brightened upon his face like the Christmas lights the Domme had hung up in the room. What was she doing? Were her fingers actually twirling around small strands of dirty blonde hair that were attached to him? Caleb didn’t question it. He didn’t even bother asking what made her want to do it.

The fuck? Chloe eyed Caleb, curious as to where the hell that came from. The woman stood in the doorway to her luxurious bathroom, small hand on the light switch and a baffled expression on her features. “Y-you want me to love you?” This wasn’t at all what was intended to happen between them. When she invited him to her room all those months ago, with full intention to only use him as a sex toy, Chloe assumed he understood this could be nothing more.

That this could be nothing more.

It wasn’t like her to show vulnerability in front of him. In fact she refused to let anyone on this island to catch a glimpse of the girl she left behind because that girl carried so much heartache. This was the place to escape that life. To forge a new one and this man was threatening to bring that old Chloe back. 

Her freshly painted lips, a nice seductive shade of red, pressed together and she chose not to display her rage towards the situation. That the voice of that girl poked at her rationale side and forced her to acknowledge it. To acknowledge where Caleb came from. 

Because she was there once before.

Chloe’s bare feet glided across the wood floor and as soon as she reached the bed she took a seat next to him. Their bare bodies drank the moonlight which spilled through the open patio doorway by the bed and as much as she enjoyed the sight of his body, she couldn’t even look at it. 

Her hands came together in her lap and Chloe stared at them, as if they were the most fascinating thing in the room. This was hard for her and she wished he kept that gag in his mouth, the one that currently rested on the bedside table. 

It was within reach...maybe she could strap it back on him and pretend he never spoke. It’d be a lot easier than what was expected of her right now. 

“It is, Caleb.” The words came from a faraway place, a place which had been sealed off for close to a year. A place she refused to revisit but now she was forced upon it’s doorstep; in need to be let in. No matter how much she wanted to run away from it. 

The woman looked to him, blue eyes as bright as the moon which loomed over the beautiful ocean to the place that gave her a new lease on life. 

A life Caleb wanted to be a part of. 

However this life wasn’t exactly one she wanted to share with someone else. 

Still, she looked at him and actually allowed that wall she worked so damn hard to forge to lose a few bricks, to grant him a glimpse at the girl she once was. 

“Why do you love me? I’m not worth loving.”