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maya sehgal. 29. single mother. socialite. londoner. broken beyond repair.

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nellie

Nellie was always happy to host people over for a little get together. She’d been out in Jackson for the past two weeks, so here was her attempt to catch up with her friends and the wandering souls she’s met along the way. “In a mood for a drink? What can I get you? Alcoholic, non-alcoholic? I have pretty much everything here,” she asked the other as they walked into her kitchen.

“alcohol is always preferred,” maya stated as she stepped into nellie’s kitchen alongside the woman. she was always so envious of her home here in wintergreen, deciding that if she ever moved anywhere asides her penthouse apartment in london, it would be a home like this. “so tell me, how was your little trip? we missed having you around during the holidays.” her daughter had been asking about nellie as well, always loving time spent with the other woman whenever they were in wintergreen.

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dimitri

“You’re avoiding the mountains too, then? I mean, for good reason, I’m sure. Not everyone can be as confident as the athletes in this town, even though I’m sure they have instructors and teachers up there for a reason,” he shrugged a little. Even if they did have instructors, he wasn’t stepping foot up there. “You’d be worried if I didn’t? How kind of you. I’m a little late, though, am I? I think we did enough of that back in the day. But who is this someone else? Tell me who’s finally got your heart.”

“you know the only mountains i got near--are well, none of them.” she finished as she wrinkled her nose and shook her head. “they probably do,” she nodded at the thought before shrugging. “but the truth is, i don’t think i could even learn without being petrified i’m going to fall,” though really, she knew that she couldn’t hold off learning much longer. once jasper was fully recovered from his little stint during the avalanche, she was sure he was going to want to take her up a mountain and she’d attempt it too, at least she hoped she would. when she heard his words, she grinned. “well of course i’d be worried, the dimitri i know and remember, found it hard to get out of bed even when his company for the night needed to,” she mumbled before laughing at his words and shrugging. “just someone i happened to meet here. he’s uh--well he’s pretty amazing and he adores ava, so i got lucky.”

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addy

“No, you stop that– I came over here to tell you about my problems, there’s nothing in the rules that says you can’t do the same. You’re not being selfish at all,” she assured her. Honestly, she was glad that Maya trusted her enough to tell her the things she’d just told her. She hadn’t had a friend like Maya in so long. “I mean… a bit of both, I think? He was actually stuck in the bar with me during the avalanche, and he tried to get me to sleep with him then and I rejected him, so maybe it was the alcohol and the fact that I just decided to go for it after the avalanche and the fact that he was kind of good company before we went home.”

maya looks over at addy with a lot of gratitude in her eyes before she gives her another smile and nods. “i know, but i guess there’s a part of me that just feels guilty for laying all of my crap on the table.” she murmured before nodding at her words and waiting for her to continue a little bit more about this mystery man from new year’s eve. “well--that sounds fun, and besides, if he was good company, clearly he’s a keeper.” with a smile, she heard her words about him being with her when she was stranded as well and raised her eyebrow. “wait, you’d told me noah was with you when you were stranded, who else is this gentleman vying for your attention that time?”

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dimitri

Dimitri almost snorted at her suggestion of snowboarding or skiing. He shook his head instantly. “Yeah, can you imagine me on a snowboard or some skis? It’d be a disaster. I’d be the new talking point of this place– ‘Oh, hey, did you see that guy snowboarding the other day? Yeah, he stacked it real bad, got it on video and everything, let’s send it to everyone.’” He joked. “I wouldn’t say no to that spa option, though– that sounds good, almost as good as hanging out in bed which, yes, I do still enjoy.”

she loved seeing him smile like that, and given the amount of time they’d spent together back in london, she could easily tell when he was simply just raising the corner of his mouth to be polite and when he was actually smiling. “well given how i’ve never gone up their yet, i think if i ever tried, i’d definitely be the talk of the town so don’t worry about it.” she giggled before nodding at his words and rolling her eyes at the last statement. “of course you still enjoy that. i’d be worried if you didn’t and while i’d love to join you in bed, sadly you’re a little late, i’ve got my eye on someone else.”

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addy

Addy sighed. She hated seeing that Maya was stressed about this– and honestly, her boy problems were nothing compared to the stress of this for Maya. Without another moments hesitation, Addy pulled Maya into another hug. “I’ve got my fingers crossed for you, and I’m sure I’m not the only one,” she hummed. “It’s going to work out just fine, I know it will. And you won’t lose her.”

she hugged the other back before shaking her head. “i’m so sorry addy, you came over to talk about your things and i selfishly brought it onto myself.” she laughed quietly before sighing and looking back at the other woman with a happy smile. “so tell me, the guy from new year’s eve, was it the alcohol haze that made you take him home or something more? hmmm?” 

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jasper

“you look this good when you had little ava? how the hell you were single when i met you i have no idea.” the male scoffed slightly though he happily returned her kiss softly, careful not to squish his son in the process. this felt right, being here with maya and ava and having little oliver with him. he’d been to countless parties, attended events in his honor, he’d won medals and been on podiums but there had never quite been the same feeling on content that he had right now. “don’t worry avantika i can’t do it easily either.” he chuckled softly. leaving ollie in maya’s arms the male bent down and scooped up ava in his arms holding her up, he still a pot on his wrist but he had been given the all clear to take his knee brace off at least when he wasn’t on a board for now. “well, oliver is dressed so task one is checked off, i have a tonne of cool movies, i made pizza dough and we have all the toppings you could need to make our own pizza’s, now the choice is do you want to go out and we can attempt ice skating.” the male hummed, he hated it but he would do it if the girls wanted to. “or we can make pizza’s, and eat all the junk good i bought including ice cream.” jasper beamed looking between mother and daughter. 

she gave jasper a smile when she heard his words and shrugged. “oh sweetheart, i’ve always looked this good. but you’re right--it’s a wonder i’ve been single all this time huh?” she was only teasing him because the real reason wasn’t that no one had asked her out, or propositioned her--but because she’d really just never felt that connection with anyone, not the way she did with jasper. she looked at her daughter in jasper’s arms and wondered why it felt just so incredibly right, even though she knew there was a very dark cloud that was threatening this perfect little family picture of hers. “ahhh looks like mr. jasper is giving you the choice ava, what do you want to do?” she’d rather let her daughter decide because for her, she was just happy to be spending time with jasper and his little boy. she leaned against jasper as her little girl contemplated both offers before looking up at maya, before looking back at jasper and whispering quietly in his ear. “junk food!!” and maya definitely heard her words while she rolled her eyes and looked down at oliver who was almost cuddling closer to her warmth while she gently kept him close in her arms. “i think he’s dozing off, should i take him to his room? or did you want to..?”

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dimitri

“You’re welcome,” he chuckled, having meant every word. “Yeah, not the greatest thing I’ve ever done for sure. But it could have been worse. Hell, I could have lost my job completely, so I’m glad it wasn’t worse. And so far, so good, I guess. I’m not sure how much recharging has actually been done, but the bed I’m sleeping in at the resort sure does the drink to recharge you in that way, at least.”

“that is true,” she agreed with dimitri especially since thankfully this was a worry she’d never had to deal with before in her life. “well i mean, recharging isn’t that easy,” she chuckled before shaking her head. “i think you need to go out and snowboard, or ski, or something? or even visit the spa dimitri, i hear they do an amazing deep tissue massage.” she grinned before raising an eyebrow at him. “and as far as i remember, that was always something you enjoyed no?”

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addy

“Don’t blame yourself for wishing that. It’s a reasonable wish, and honestly one that could have come true because it’s what you deserved, but the only one at blame here is him. He’s the one that said no, not you, and that has to mean something,” Addy assured her. “Yeah, I get that. Not running into him would have certainly made things a little simpler. But you’re right. He needs to understand that, and he’s a grown man. He should.”

she smiled at the other before nodding, wishing that she could go back four and half years and change everything around. maybe if she’d never told erik, none of this would’ve happened. but now she just looked back at the other before nodding. “i just hope--things work out, because i am a little scared, even though i know that i have a lot of things in my favour.. it’s hard not to worry.”

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maya hated herself for having to do this but there was no other choice. if she didn’t confront him now, she would never be able to do it and then she knew he’d come at her with all his legal strength, something she wasn’t willing to risk. so instead, she found herself asking the person manning the reception desk, which luckily for her wasn’t piper--for erik karlsson’s room number. she was directed to one of the suites, and sighed as she approached the door, her hand in midknock before she regained her strength and knocked it against the wooden door. once it finally opened, she took a deep breath. “we need to talk, because i--have something to ask you.” she needed to know if what she’d found out from her contacts in london was true, if erik had indeed gotten married, and was now in the midst of getting a divorce when he’d explicitly told her he never wanted to be married--ever. [ closed for @ekarlsson ]

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jasper

“you look great with him, just so you know.” jasper smiled softly against maya’s ear with a small hum as he positioned himself close to her side for a moment, hands on her waist as he held her and ollie close even if just for a moment, he wasn’t worried like his brother was. he knew tha noah felt he gave away his heart to easily and that his affection was fickle, but there was something about maya he was so sure off, it was a steady feeling in his gut he had never encountered before, not even when he had been with nevara which was how he was so sure of her. “but yes we have swell pants, and these are going to be the ones he keeps on.” jasper confirmed as ava nodded along clearly happy that she had been given the credit. “okay you hold him still, ava you pop his leg in that hole nice and gently ok and i will do this one.” jasper beamed down at the young girl making sure she still felt included. “harder than your babies huh?” he chuckled as ollie squirmed a little. 

maya couldn’t stop the smile on her face from growing when she heard his words, because really--she hadn’t offered to help with oliver to garner any brownie points with jasper or anything and had honestly wanted to help him out. “well thank you.” she murmured before inching closer to him, a quick glance to ensure her daughter was slightly occupied so she could peck his lips without drawing too much attention to them. she held up the little baby while jasper and ava both tried to get oliver some pants before ava made a face. “he’s moving too much!” she whined while maya laughed and tried to hold onto oliver’s leg gently so that they could try again. “there we go,” she murmured as she bounced him up in the air a little bit. “isn’t that better little man?” avantika nodded and looked back at jasper before speaking. “now he’s presentable.” and maya only rolled her eyes at her daughter before looking back at the man she was with. “so--what’s the plan for tonight? anything else i can help with?”

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dimitri

“Yeah, I don’t blame you for that. I mean, you seem to be doing a good job with the mother thing, so it probably is him that’s causing it all,” he chuckled.”Yeah, definitely not my type of spot to vacation. But it was suggested by the boss– made a mistake with my last job. Nearly messed up big time. So I’ve been sort of… sent here to recharge, I suppose.”

“well thank you, i’ll take that compliment any day,” she grinned at the other man before chuckling at his words. “okay okay, i get that--and maybe making a mistake given your job--doesn’t help.” she murmured before shrugging. “well hopefully you find something in wintergreen to make it more fun and well, easy to recharge?” she enjoyed spending time with him, from before and even now, mainly because he was someone she could be normal with--something she cherished.

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addy

Addy sighed and shook her head. “Legal documents are bullshit,” she muttered, a little more to herself than to Maya. “My own father, whoever he is, doesn’t even know I exist. He didn’t have to fight for the rights to be my father because my mom didn’t even tell him, but I guess I can try to understand that. It just seems so stupid for me that he’d want to come back into her life now.” Addy wasn’t bothered by the fact that she didn’t know her father anymore– it had bothered her as a child, but now she was used to it. “He probably didn’t know. It could have just been an honest mistake,” she shrugged. “That’s what she deserves. To be a happy kid with a happy life. He needs to know that, too.”

maya looked back at addy when she spoke, almost wishing that her daughter could have been the same way. “i mean i told him because i’d believed he wanted to be a family with us..that we’d be happy.” with a sigh though, she looked back at her friend. “honestly, i just wish he’d have never shown up and i hadn’t run into him..” she looked back at addy and shrugged. “i’m sure it was, but it still just--doesn’t make matters any easier.” she admitted quietly and nodded at addy’s words. “i hope he understands it honestly, because i could tell him repeatedly but until he understands it--it won’t make a difference.”

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grayson

Grayson had mindlessly found his way to the park and was sitting on a bench dwelling on his thoughts. He wanted to be more present with Hannah and the twins, but there was just this brain block and hesitation to be participative with this exciting time in his sister’s life. It was when he saw the admiration this woman was having which she presumed was her daughter on the playground, that he couldn’t help but crack a smile. “How old is she?” he called out to the woman.

maya heard the voice call back to her and looked back to see a lone man sitting on the bench before she noticed he was indeed talking to her. “ah she’s four,” she gave him a smile before hesitantly moving away from the swings, watching avantika the entire time. “she’s never really--swung like this on her own so i guess i’m just really worried.” she murmured, before looking back at him. “do you have kids of your own?”

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addy

“You’re not the one forcing that, he is. You’re allowed to enforce the rule of not wanting your daughter to see him, that’s your right,” she sighed. “I really hope it doesn’t come down to that, Maya, because that– that’s just not right at all. And even if your parents do send the legal team down here, you’ll win it. Nobody would be that stupid as to see through his facade on actually wanting her in his life.” She shook her head. “He came to Wintergreen because of Noah? That’s just… well, that’s utter shit.” If she needed another reason to try and push down and ignore the feelings, this was as good as any. He had, though unintentionally, hurt Maya through association. “No, that makes complete sense. She doesn’t need to go through this, nor should she. She should be able to live a normal childhood without the stress.”

“i’m not disagreeing with you addy, but back then--this thought never even crossed my mind, so we never had legal documents drawn up where he gave up his rights as avantika’s father so i just---he has a leg to stand on and that’s what terrifies me.” she murmured before shrugging at her words and hoping her friend was right. “yeah-- apparently they’re good friends. i don’t know if noah knew that he was my..i mean it’s really a moot point now but yeah..” she murmured before shaking her head and sighing quietly. “that’s all i want for her, to be a happy kid before all of this rocks her world, especially since i don’t even know why he’s back, and what he wants with her--he can’t just decide one day to be a part of her life.”

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dimitri

Dimitri chuckled. “That’s not such a bad idea, to shove the blame onto him. I mean, it’s probably right in the long run, anyway,” he shrugged. He knew very little about Maya’s extensive past, though he knew enough to understand the small things, and he cared for her immensely. “Oh, no shit? I didn’t put two and two together, how silly of me,” he teased.

“i do really,” she murmured quietly before giving him a small smirk. “any time she’s acting out of sorts, or doing something--off, i end up blaming him, though it’s usually in my head. don’t want her to start asking questions yet if i can help it.” a smile was on her lips before she rolled her eyes. “come off it now,” she murmured before shaking her head. “but--what brings you to town anyways? it doesn’t really seem like your type of vacation.”

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addy

“Wait– did you just say he threatened court?” Anger was the emotion that Addy felt first. “I’m on your side for all of this and I know you know that. And if that prick does try and take her– if he does– he’s going to have a hell of a fight on his hands. I don’t care if he’s a lawyer or not. You’re Ava’s mother and you’re the one that’s raised her. I can guarantee that there will be plenty of people willing to stand up and say that, too.” Addy didn’t want Maya or Ava to have to through this ever, but if it did end up happening, she’d be right by their side throughout it all. “I haven’t seen Jasper with his son all that often, but in the times I have, I could just tell that he’s a good father. And I bet he’s a hell of a lot more of a father to Ava already than Erik ever has been.”

“yeah, he didn’t say it so much in words addy, but--i could see that look in his eyes, and he made it seem like i was the one forcing him to go down that route.” she took a deep breath before she shook her head. “i didn’t tell anyone that yet, because i’m just--i don’t know what to do. my parents are thinking about sending my father’s entire legal team down but that might get crazy.” she looked up at addy for her words and squeezed her hands tightly again. “thank you so much addy, i--it might actually come down to that.” with a sigh she said the words she hadn’t told jasper, because of how it might impact him. “noah breckenridge is actually one of his friends, the reason he came down to wintergreen this season--apparently.” she mumbled before sighing and nodding at addy’s words. “of course, she--adores him, and honestly i don’t want this to impact her, irrespective of if i let erik see her or not, she can tell something’s wrong and i don’t want that.”

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dimitri

“What, she prefers this place over Disneyland Paris? That’s gotta be some sort of sin, I swear. Even I would take Disneyland over this place, and I can’t even remember everything about the last time I went there,” he chuckled. He’d been incredibly young at the time. “It’s… decent. Colder and snowier than I’d expected, but that’s really just my fault for not looking into it properly, I suppose. It is a pretty unexpected place to bump into someone, though.”

“any time she does these types of things--believe me, i blame her father.” this was a lie, but it was easier to just say that and get out of having more of a conversation about it. really, maya knew that avantika’s love for wintergreen had come from having a place where the mother and daughter spent all their time together and it really helped them bond more than they sometimes did back home where everyone else would be around all the time. “oh? it’s called wintergreen dimitri, it’s meant to be cold and snowy.” she grinned at him before nodding at his words. the very brief relationship they’d shared had been one that she recalled even till today because of how relaxed she’d always felt around him despite the hard exterior he always presented to others.