#gabrielchat

The move to California went smoothly, though they didn’t have that much time to settle in, as the season was finally underway. Gabriel was working early mornings now, and coming home late at night. Just like in years prior, Gabriel was thriving within his position on the team. However, when he came home each night exhausted, there was only ever one thing he wanted to do before he fell asleep. 

They were just over a week into the season, and after tomorrow night’s evening game, they’d be going on the road for the first time this year. A freshly showered and comfortably dressed Gabriel makes his way into their bedroom, beginning to strip down until he was in his underwear, nearly jumping onto the bed and crawling in between Sam’s legs, only to rest his head on her stomach, somehow snaking his arms behind her back so that he could hold her. 

“Hi,” he breathes out, closing his eyes as he waits for her to push him off. 

@a-museing-rps​

They were back home for about a week, and then they’d be doing a lot more back and forth across the country. It could be exhausting, but a thrill nonetheless. 

They were back in one of the empty offices at Dodger’s Stadium, that they had allowed Danny to convert into a make-shift salon. She’d just finished freshening up his cut, and gave him a little beard trim, which was followed by Felix coming in to get a quick trim for the upcoming road trip they had coming. 

“I don’t know, Milwaukee is nice. It’s just cold this time of year,” Gabe comments, lightly laughing as he watched Danny do her work.

@a-museing-rps​

Everyone around him had noticed the change in his behavior. The press had nothing but positive things to say about him and the blonde who was always at his side. Through making appearances and going out to dinner, the duo had everyone fooled into thinking what they had was a real thing. And perhaps it could have been, if the two would admit it to one another. 

The regular season was less than a month away, and the horizon looked bright from there. Gabriel had been preoccupied with the gym and Spring Training games, so their appearances had become more scarce. Though, tonight they were heading out to a charity event, where they’d be bumping shoulders with some of the most notorious names in the MLB.

“Are you gonna let me off my leash so I can go get us some drinks?” He whispers in Samantha’s ear, his hand on her lower back as he does this. Gabriel was much more comfortable displaying PDA, now. Even though it was all for show, he actually kind of liked being able to show someone off. 

@a-museing-rps​

Right?

Last year had been the best worst year of his life. His team had won the World Series, and Gabriel had been named MVP. Some might say he became the MVP for other reasons. His name was never not in the tabloids. Whether it be over something he said, or something he did, he was always grabbing the attention of other people. Funnily enough, not all attention is good attention. Subsequently after his team’s big win, he was arrested for a DUI that night, as well as being charged with possession of cocaine. And only a week before Christmas, he had been caught and was charged with yet another DUI.

The man had been down spiraling since the beginning of the year prior. The game and attention had gone straight to his head, but in a bad way. The attention had overwhelmed and consumed him to the point that he pretended not to care anymore.

In hopes to give him something to fall back on, the manager of the team along with a few publicists hired someone higher up than them, to come see what they could do about this. Because if Gabriel Pierce kept this act up, he would ruin his career indefinitely. After hours of deliberation, they finally came to a deal.

Spring training hadn’t even started yet, but Gabriel was stationed in Arizona temporarily, training and on a close watch from his coach. It was early in the morning when he was called into the big guy’s office, already sweating, after a good couple miles on the treadmill. Noticing the blonde next to the seat he’d be sitting on, he smirks. That is until, confusion overtakes him, and instead of sitting down, he looks back and forth between the two.

“Good... morning?”

@a-museing-rps​

Savana. 

He wasn’t nervous. Gabriel didn’t get nervous. If anything, he was looking forward for what was to come. Maybe it was the line he’d done just a few minutes prior that was giving him the little extra push. So as he finally make his way over to the girl, his heart racing could only be attributed to the substance rushing throughout his system--and not nerves. 

“Savana, right?” He lets out once he’s close enough, trying to play dumb. 

@lexi-rps​

It had been four years since he’d been outside without shackles tied to his ankles. It had been four years of him being the ideal prisoner. The days, weeks and years dragged on by, it felt as if there was no end in site. But today, there was. Today, he was finally going to be free. 

He’d done a lot of questionable things in his life. As a child, his parent’s money got him out of trouble, and in his adult life, he’d befriended a handful of powerful people that kept him safe. Prior to his imprisonment, he usually got nothing more than a slap on the wrist. However, after a while those offenses begin to build up. So after some unpaid parking tickets and a good old fashioned assault and battery, Gabriel couldn’t run anymore. He had to accept his fate. 

It wasn’t so bad. It’s not like he wasn’t able to work on the inside. He had played the good guy facade for the first nineteen years of his life, he could do it for a few more years. Especially if that meant he could pick up right where he left off, upon his release. 

It was a sunny day, quite possibly the sunniest day that he had ever seen. The gates closed behind him, and the man blinks, his eyes squinted, fighting to adjust to the new light. He was sure someone would be there to pick him up, but wasn’t so sure he’d know who he was looking for. That is, until he saw them. 

“Sawyer? As I live and breathe?” He lets out, much more chipper than he should have been. Things hadn’t ended very well between them. When they were hot, they were hot, and when they were cold, they could be straight up toxic. But if he had to choose anyone to see right now, it would have been her. 

@tenderstars​

It was easy to track her down. In fact, almost too easy. But he’d take care of that, in time. The Internet had proven to be a magical place, but it was interesting what you could find out about a person, just by knowing a few people.

Gabriel had himself stationed a table where he had to stand, pretending to be intrigued by what was on his laptop, and sipping away at his coffee. This was a time and day she usually would head to this place, so he was expecting her anytime now.

@lexi-rps​

But even back then, he knew he could be better.

So as he stood at a table, looking over the sea of New York’s most elite, he can’t help but appreciate the strides he had to take, to get him where he was today. Not every runaway kid could claim they were second command of anything. But here he stood, the Vice President of the Brotherhood, and without a doubt, one of the most feared men in all of New York.

Life seemed perfect. He had everything he could have ever wanted.

Right?

@indieforbee​