Originally posted on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38195686
Summary: Maddy, Jules and Kat are driving around after a party. It's a good night. Maddy isn't sure what is going on between her and Jules.
Streetlights reflected on the puddles on the streets. Heavy rain had washed over the city. They had the car windows down. The air was always so fresh after a storm. Cigarette smoke polluted the air. Maddy’s head hurt from the last nights spirits. Jules laughed at her phone. Why couldn’t life always be like this? The bass vibrated on the seats.
No one wanted anything from them today. Kat was fast asleep on the backseat. She had been talking about stories. Winners and left-behinds. Kat was too baked and drunk to know her right from her left. Maddy liked holding Jules’s hand. There was a spark between them that neither of them addressed. Kat had had a knowing look in her eyes. Maybe she knew more than anyone else.
The orange morning sun lit the car for a second before the clouds hid it again. Maddy missed the warmth. Jules dreamed of calm summer. Maddy hoped that someone would rock her world. Laughter. We will see about that. Kat lifted her head. Jules turned the bass down. They would make sure it was a good summer this time.
Early mornings after a late night always ended up with going down the memory lane. They were carefully not to mention Cassie. They would dance around the subject. It was hard to talk about the old days. Remember when you and I and you know did this and that. Foolish. Nicotine rush calmed everyone. Jules told stories about her old friends. Old life. It seemed like another universe.
The sound of wheels against the fresh asphalt was lovely. Jules was hanging her hand out the window, playing with the wind. The seat warmers were on. Everyone’s toes were freezing. Teenage dream. Who put this playlist on? No one skipped the song. Kat hummed along. Did anyone have a seatbelt on?
Maddy missed Nate when they drove past his street. She wouldn’t turn her head to check if there were lights on the windows. Jules rubbed Maddy’s neck. It passes. Maybe it would, maybe it wouldn’t. They drove to the other side of the town. To the meadows all the way behind the outskirts of the suburbs. Jules was the first to get out of the car. Maddy left her heels in the car.
The ground was wet. Morning dew was cold against exposed ankles. Kat laughed when Jules ran heedlessly and stumbled. She had mud on her knees. Maddy had no idea what she was doing here. This was not her scene. Kat couldn’t remember how to make a flower crown. Jules had a daisy tucked behind her ear.
Loves me, loves me not. Pedals fell to the ground on. Loves me, loves me not. Jules yelled from the top of her lungs at nothing particular. She smiled with her teeth after, and Kat couldn’t stop giggling. Loves me, loves me not, loves me. The last pedal got cut in half. Maddy plucked away the rest of it before tossing the destroyed flower back on the ground. Loves me not.
Maddy was freezing. It was too cold for this. Jules’s jacket was too big on her. Jules promised it looked good. Kat looked between the two of them like she was waiting for something more. Nothing more happened. They would leave after Kat got a picture of the sun over the fields. Maddy forgot to tag Kat to her instastory. Jules was tagged twice. The dirt on Maddy’s feet had dried before they got back to the car.
The heating was on high. You can clean your feet with window wipes, right? The toxins couldn’t be worse than the ones they swallowed every weekend. Maddy’s feet got sticky from the wipes. Kat had her forehead against the window on the backseat. Her breath was vaporizing on the glass. Jules told her to draw a smiley face on the steam.
Jules promised that there would be space for all of them in her bed. They just had to sneak in quietly. Kat didn’t promise to be quiet. That would be an issue for later. The route to Jules’s house was becoming familiar. The streets were becoming busy again. World was waking up to a new morning.
The car doors banged closed a bit too loudly. Jules shushed them when they walked in even though no one had said anything. Kat’s steps left dirty marks on the floor. Maddy was carrying her heels in her hand. Jules grimaced when Kat talked loudly. My dad’s gonna wake up. Maddy helped Kat to untie her shoes. Thank you.
Kat barely made it to the bed before passing out. Jules ran to get a bowl for Kat. Just in case. Maddy put a blanket over Kat. She looked so peaceful. Tomorrow wouldn’t treat her well. Maddy wasn’t sure was it weirder to look or look away when Jules changed her clothes. Jules’s bed was so soft.
Maddy’s back was clued against Kat’s, legs brushing against Jules’s. This bed definitely wasn’t made for three to share. Jules was whispering about the gossips she had heard at the party they had ditched before their drive. Who kissed who, Maddy didn’t care. Jules smiled when she got to the juicy bits. Maddy liked the smell of her perfume.
It was hard to keep eyes open. It was so warm under the covers. Maddy liked the way Jules touched her hair. It was gentle. Jules’s hand ended up resting on Maddy’s waist. She didn’t mind it. Would she have minded it if it was Kat? She was probably overthinking this. Jules had her eyes closed. Her colorful eyeliners had turned to a smudged mess. Shades of yellow almost hidden by the blue.
Jules mumbled something about a beautiful night. Maddy had no regrets. Kat’s quiet snoring was making Maddy even sleepier. She didn’t think about it when she brushed her hand over Jules’s cheek. Jules smiled. She moved her hand from Maddy’s waist to interlock their fingers.
I’m happy that you are in my life. Maddy smiled back at Jules. So am I. Jules closed her eyes first this time. Maddy liked to hold Jules’s hand in her own. Maybe she would think about what it meant later. For now, she would just hold on tight.
ik you’re busy writing i’ll see you later but do you think you could maybe write one shots if certain scenarios with nate and jules? like there are theories he may get the tape of jules and cal and give it to her
(this is also old af and i didn’t publish this at the time because i didn’t want spoil anyone since these particular “theories” were just rewordings of the leaks)
i’m definitely open to take prompt suggestions for jules x nate. i like writing that pairing and wouldn’t mind writing something other than the i’ll see you later -series w them (which i will most likely continue to write too tho)
H, Could you write a fanfic where Cassie finds out she's pregnant with Nate
also psa to the person (or people but i feel like it’s just one individual) who keeps sending me anon asks asking for this specific prompt; not gonna happen. i probably won’t be writing anything nate x cassie centric again, and if i do, it definitely won’t be anything pregnancy-related. i hope you find someone who will write these type of fics, but it won’t be me
i wish u were in the euphoria writing room. you gave so much justice to jule’s character and so much sense on the nate/jules dynamic!! i love so much you’re so talented and the epilogue!! gooooosh
(i found this in my drafts and i think im pretty sure this has been sitting there for quuuuite a while since i published the epilogue for i’ll see you later ages ago. im so sorry for not responding to this and saying thank you. i was so happy w how the epilogue turned out so im glad to know people liked it)
oh, please do continue with the 'i'll see you again' series! it feeds my rare-ship loving heart so well. and considering we'll have to wait two years for the show to return, it's much needed. you capture their voices and the complexity of their dynamic so flawlessly. it's so realistic to how a relationship would evolve between them on the show.
I can’t believe we have to wait that long. i was in high school when euphoria first aired and i’m probably going to be working on my thesis when we get season 3 lol (if the rumours are true and it airs on 2024)
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