#mradouble

Better now than never, he thought.

Austin was never ungentlemanly, not really. He always prided himself on his respect for women. However, the execution of some of his decisions weren’t exactly the best and he could admit that rather openly. So, it was only fair that they were taken with a little bit of anger, maybe he’d learn one day. Maybe.

He thought he was being playful, fooling around like a lot of them did when they had time to spare but quite clearly, he’d picked the wrong person to draw into it. She was a beautiful woman, with more poise and grace than he’d probably ever witnessed so he should have seen her righteous fury a mile off.

That didn’t stop him from enjoying her rather flustered reaction, at least initially. It took a more violent tone quicker than he had time to react.

The slap stung, and the feeling reverberated up the side of his face. Austin let out a light wince, realising his fatal mistake far too late than was needed. He rubbed at the pain on his cheek and got to his feet, his other hand raised in surrender. “Easy mistake to make, never again” he reasoned, a smile returning to his face. Was he a masochist?

The words had slipped out easier than he had expected them to, they just came out of his mouth before he could do anything to backtrack them. He didn’t it would phase the woman in front of him, she was hardy, she had dealt with so much worse and had dealt out worse herself. That was something that he was certain of. But when he watched her, waited for her immediate reaction, he hadn’t expected her to freeze.

When she didn’t fire back straight away, Austin felt uncomfortable. Had he been the one to overstep the mark? For so long he’d been pursuing her, making it known that he was interested despite the fact that she appeared disinterested. It was a little cat and mouse between them, he’d stupidly assumed. He got under her skin and infuriated every fibre of her being, that was just how it went. Only now it looked like he couldn’t care less, didn’t want to know.

Why did she listen to him now? It pissed him off a little bit. Every time he complimented her, addressed her with a politeness he never extended to anyone else, she shunned him like he wasn’t worth her time. Now, in the midst of an argument when she’d managed to get on one of his last nerves she chose to believe the words that come out of his mouth.

Despite everything he didn’t have it in him to actually hate her. He didn’t think he was ever capable of doing that from the moment they started butting heads. She was the one person who’d been mistreated, underestimated and he wanted her to feel like she was worth so much more. If people weren’t going to listen to her, then he’d been determined to make them listen. That’s how he felt, that hadn’t changed.

Austin wasn’t shy, never hesitated to take what he wanted with both hands. He wasn’t all that impressed by surprises though, if he couldn’t see what was coming something inside of him momentarily short circuited. It was an instantaneous reaction that he was never going to be able to change. Casing the situation gave him an escape route, being caught off guard did not. He hated to look like a deer caught in the headlights.

Which was precisely how he looked when within an instant he felt lips on his. For the shortest of seconds, he returned the favour before the culprit pulled away with a smirk. What baffled him the most was not that he’d been kissed, it was the fact that it was Dolph. The pair of them very rarely crossed paths, most of the S/mackdown roster had cleared out by the time the cruiserweights were due to go out. Was he waiting for him? That he couldn’t answer, though he was sure the answer was no.

「 @fightingcchance / #mradouble 」——  ✦

Dolph was a friendly guy, what could he say? Andeveryone who knew him also knew that he wasn’tpicky about who he locked lips with— if they wereattractive, that was good enough for him. Except Austin Aries and Dolph Ziggler were strangers toeach other, both sporting different team colors andrunning in different circles regardless.

            Who was Dolph to turn down a dare, though? He prided              himself in being the type of person who could ( and              would ) do anything, regardless of how wise that course             of action may or may not have been. Reason why he’d              scoffed when he’d been dared to kiss the first person he            ran into backstage— truth be told, he was a bit surprised            to see Aries, but that didn’t stop him from sauntering up            to the cruiserweight and planting one right on his lips.

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