When Rebecca Welton contacts up-and-coming singer, Chloe Knight’s manager about a potential publicity relationship between the musical artist and newly-reacquired player, Jamie Tartt- well, Chloe isn’t too sure about it. Was it really best to fake a relationship?
Sure, Jamie is handsome but he seems totally full of himself.
But when Chloe meets the footballer, she finds someone more… humble than she expected.
Jamie’s internal change is already well underway when Chloe agrees to the stunt. Suddenly, late-night calls and frequent texts are flying between the two.
But how deep is their actual connection? And how much of it fiction for the views?
Rowan Allenski is the newest Director of Communications for the AFC Richmond team by Rebecca Welton as a last ditch attempt halfway through Ted’s first year as coach (after s1 ep6) to bring the team to victory.
AN: sorry getting super hyperfixated on this and having so much fun making instagrams, texts, and outfits. There’s gonna be a lot :3
Now, because I’ve kept forgetting to make this post after I posted about by Narnia babies (and because I said I was going to make it yesterday in order to piss off our new little basically-anon friend and I am nothing if not committed to spiting assholes), I present to you all my three new Ted Lasso OCs who will be joining my boy Will Welton! Unlike Will, these three lovelies are part of an entirely different fic (if I ever actually write it, that is), and this is the first time I’ve had more than one OC in the same story, so I’m really excited to share them with you guys!! Their official intro posts might not be up for a little bit, but feel free to ask me questions about them!!
MELLY LOVELACE:
— Sam ship.
— The name on her birth certificate is Amelia Euphemia, but no one but her mother is allowed to call her that and anyone else will get a good sock in the teeth if they try it.
— Member of a girl group called Electra Hearts, along with her roommates and besties Ji and Day (the other OC babies). They’re a group that sings covers, usually taking gigs at dingy pubs and clubs when they can get them, and taking a bunch of little part-time jobs to cover the rest of their bills.
— Childhood friends and sweethearts with Jamie, but he dumped her once he started getting big as a football player (mainly because his father got in his head about Melly “distracting” him from making it big, but she doesn’t know that until way later). She never quite got over being dumped like that, because she really loved him, and she’s certainly pretty angry at even the thought of Jamie for a while.
— The girls all move to Richmond when Ji gets a job as the team’s new official photographer, and as such Melly is forced to see Jamie again after years of refusing to watch or interact with the sport of football at all. Over time, as all three girls start to become fixtures at Richmond and close with the team, she and Jamie do start to become friends again, but they’re definitely a lot more snappy and bickering with each other than they ever were before (and Melly becomes wildly overprotective for a little bit when she realizes Ji and Jamie are interested in each other).
— Have you guys ever seen that one quote that’s like “before I am a woman I am a menace to society”? That’s basically Melly in a nutshell.
— She’s feral. She advocates violence as a first response. She carries a pocket knife with her at all times. She once ate an entire banana peal on a dare (from Jamie, of course). She’s a complete bisexual mess and I love her.
— She and Sam are also super incredibly cute together! They’re very black cat x golden retriever and the entire team ships them (including Ted and Beard, of course, because we all know they are the captains of any and all relevant ships going on in the club).
JIANG “JI” LIN:
— Jamie ship.
— The bestest little non-binary sweetheart.
— Member of Electra Hearts along with Melly and Day, but mostly takes photography jobs outside of band gigs rather than waitressing or barmaid jobs like their friends.
— During her revamp of the club after taking over from Rupert, Rebecca sees Ji’s photography site and notices how all their reviews praise their work but acknowledge that they’re very nervous around new people. She hires them as the new official club photographer as another part of her plan to take down Richmond, figuring that putting such a nervous person around a bunch of rowdy athletes will either negatively affect their work or cause them to quit and create a story about how Richmond drove away a talented photographer.
— However, she fails to realize that Ji is a lot braver when their friends are around and once they get to know people, and by the time Rebecca’s scheme starts to fall apart they’re a genuine member of the Richmond family and a sibling/child figure to everyone in the club. (Including Rebecca herself, once she apologizes for hiring Ji for selfish reasons and is forgiven and they actually start getting to know each other.)
— Ji is an absolute sweetheart once they’re comfortable around people, always willing to listen and try to help when someone is struggling and fiercely loyal to the people they care about. Melly and Day like to teasingly call them “sunshine,” and some of the Richmond players refer to them as Ted’s mini-me (said with love, of course).
— They fully expect to hate Jamie as much as Melly seems to when they first start working with Richmond, and they definitely don’t exactly like him at first, but they also see pretty quickly how much hurt and insecurity he’s actually hiding behind his cocky demeanor, and they make it clear that he’s free to talk to them at any point if he needs to, which turns out to be just what he needs, and the more time they spend together the more they seem to fall for each other.
— Ji feels terrible about it at first, having feelings for their friend’s ex, but after Melly goes through a brief overprotective freaking out phase upon realizing that they like each other, she doesn’t hesitate to give them both her blessing, and they actually become a very cute couple!
— Ji might be a sweetheart, but they also don’t put up with Jamie’s shit and encourage him to become a better person, and in that sense they’re really perfect for each other.
DAISY “DAY” HARVINGTON:
— Poly Roy and Keeley ship.
— Third and oldest member of Electra Hearts, but she’s not that much older than Melly and Ji (they all met at uni when Day was in her third year and the other two were freshmen).
— Generally the one in charge of booking gigs for the group, and the informal “leader” of the trio.
— Not exactly the most responsible of them, though; she’s had a lot of issues in her life and had various shitty boyfriends and girlfriends, so she kind of struggles to trust anyone who isn’t Ji or Melly. (She’s not exactly rude or standoffish, but she generally tries to avoid talking about herself or being alone with anyone who isn’t her friends.)
— She actually does form a bond pretty quickly with Keeley, though, mainly because Keeley thinks she’s very cute and interesting and refuses to let Day keep her at a distance.
— Takes a job as a bartender at May’s pub when Electra Hearts moves to Richmond, and May basically adopts her as a daughter since she doesn’t have a good relationship with her biological family.
— At first she and Roy are sort of just like two black cats chilling together, spending most of their time just sitting in silence doing separate things and counting that as hanging out, but when he starts dating Keeley and Day spends more time as him as a result they actually get close.
— And at some point Day realizes she has feelings for both of them, which terrifies her and makes her withdraw from everyone a little, but eventually Melly and Ji scheme to get her to talk to Roy and Keeley and she learns that they both have feelings for her too.
— They still don’t get together immediately after that, partially due to Day’s relationship trauma and partially because none of them have ever been in a poly relationship before and they’ll need to learn to navigate that dynamic, but once they do they are all a completely adorable throuple that everyone ships! (Other than some nosy sports journalists - NOT TRENT - who Roy has to punch for insulting his girlfriends.)
— Also obviously Roy and Keeley don’t break up in this story, and they and Day live happily ever after! (Literally everyone does in my story, of course, but them especially.)
Alright, that’s it for info about these beauties for now!! Again, it might take me a while to make some official intro posts for them, but if anyone has any questions feel free to send them in!!
(Tagging @auxiliarydetective because she is also a fan of Will, @themaybewoman because they’ve interacted with Will content before so maybe they might like these babes, @purpleyearning because they did ask a looooonnnnggg time ago for me to tag them if I ever made a poly Roy and Keeley OC, and @eddiemunscns because she did say she’d be down to talk Ted Lasso OCs!! <3)
Meet Alfred James “Alfie” Fredericks (he/him, Kit Connor fc, Ted Lasso OC)! Shortly before the beginning of s3, Ted, Beard, and Richmond signed up and coming talent Alfred Fredericks. They just hadn’t realized that Alfie Fredericks was 17, not even old enough to drink yet… and completely alone. He’d been orphaned at the age of 10 and had since sunk his grief and misplaced guilt into a fervor for football. When Ted discovers this fact, he makes the impulsive decision to give Alfie his spare bedroom. And suddenly, Ted is realizing just how much he needs to be there for Henry.
send numbers 1-19 and i’ll introduce new ocs/plot bunnies/redesigns
(tagging @dancingsunflowers-ocs who also asked for number 5!)
Her mother had abandoned her at a young age to become a movie star, leaving Margot with Rupert Mannion as her main parent: that is, he was Margot’s main parent until Rupert met Rebecca Welton.
To anyone that truly knew Margot- which was very few- it wasn’t a surprise when she took Rebecca’s side in the divorce.
She was all for ruining AFC Richmond’s reputation- until she met the coach, grew close to the team, and fell in love with bloody Jamie Tartt.
Addie Ratliff had been the AFC Richmond personal physician for years- to her surprise.
(Between Rupert’s ignorance and her spurn of George Cartrick, she had to believe her work spoke for itself.)
Nonetheless, Addie was strong, opinionated, and maybe a little jaded.
(Again, Rupert and George’s bullshit didn’t help matters.)
But when Rupert’s ex-wife takes over the club and hires a new coach- well, it doesn’t take long for the Oklahoman to crack the shell around Addie’s heart.
Finley ran a finger along the scar at the base of her throat. It was a constant reminder of the life she left behind, but it also served as a reminder of why she had to leave.
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Perhaps one of the best parts of being the new social media manager for AFC Richmond was the fact that Niamh was behind the phone’s camera.
She always considered herself pretty confident in her appearance and her weight- before she started working every day with famous, fit men (and women). Niamh finds herself sidling out of the background of selfies and group photos.
With such a large platform, she would rather take pictures of the footballers, the new Earl Greyhound II, and random team memorabilia than herself.
Enter Jamie Tartt, ex-footballer, reality show star, all-around hottie- and reinstated footballer?
Fat bottomed girls, you make the (football) world go ‘round.
The only home she's ever known isn't safe, and she has the scars and bruises to prove it. So, she runs.
She runs away to London, gets a job at a pub, and meets Ted Lasso, eternal optimist and football coach to the local team, AFC Richmond. She tries to keep him at arm's length, without much success, keep her head down and focus on the one thing she knows how to do: pour drinks and serve food.
It's a good plan until Jamie Tartt walks through the pub door, and Ted asks Finley one simple question. Do people deserve a second chance? Despite everything she's been through, she says yes and doesn't know that it's exactly was the hotshot footballer needs to hear. Jamie starts coming into the pub to talk to her, and before long, they're friends and dancing on the edge of something more.
But there are secrets between them. Finley can't let Jamie all the way in because what she left behind could come back to haunt her, and if it does, her life is on the line.
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Former AFC Richmond owner continues to feel the effects of his recent divorce and alleged cheating scandal.
Rupert Mannion, 68, seems to be facing even more repercussions as of recent- this time, a little more personal than the rest. Mannion’s daughter, Genevieve, has made it quite clear whose side of her father’s divorce with ex-wife Rebecca Welton. Genevieve, 26, was recently seen publicly splashing her father’s attire with red wine at a local establishment.
It shouldn’t have been a shock to anyone that really knew Genevieve Mannion that she would take her former stepmother’s side in the mess that her (“smarmy, self-centered, absolute wanker”) father created. Yet somehow… it was.
Well- Gen’s about to surprise the hell out of a lot more people as she grows closer with not just Rebecca but also the new coaches of her father’s former football club and the team. Not to mention a player that her father preferred to overlook, Sam Obisanya….
If Keeley Jones was asked to identify her best friend, without hesitation, she would name Grace Bradford. In the realm of being “famous for almost being famous”, the two of them had each other. That includes late night gossip, brunch with bottomless mimosas, sore feet and face muscles after endless photoshoots, and dealing with Keeley’s egotistical boyfriend.
Though at the constant corner of her eye, Grace finds Roy Kent. Gruff and reserved- except when quarreling with Jamie Tartt- Roy seems to be relatively indifferent to Grace’s existence.
However, with the arrival of a new team coach from America and the entire club being completely shaken up, who’s to say that the nature of Grace and Roy’s skirting relationship will be the one thing that remains unchanged?
Mabel is an English female given name derived from the Latin amabilis, "lovable, dear". - Wikipedia
Mabel Katz has never had the best luck in the romance department.
Specifically, the only man that she had ever loved was the definition of a piece of shit.
Mabel had resigned herself into being alone but safe. She spent her days working her boutique job, lounging around her flat, and popping in to The Crown & Anchor for a pint. She was relatively content with this routine.
All of that is disrupted when Ted Lasso comes to town.
Now, Mabel finds herself developing feelings- which is completely off-limits.
What makes it even worse? It seems like Ted might have feelings for her too.
While Roy had been dominating the soccer field from an early age and Molly had always had a passion for medicine, their younger sister, Sophie’s talents had lied in dance.
A prodigy, particularly in ballet, Sophie was graceful and poised. So, when an injury costs her the future of a professional, everyone is sure the former ballerina will crack.
Never one to back down, she perseveres as a teacher to aspiring children.
That is, until she’s asked an odd favor by her older brother’s new coach.
“American football players have been practicing the art of ballet for decades- including The Rock in the 2007 film, The Game Plan.”
“Yeah… something tells me that’s not going to sway the team.”
Now, she’s dealing with her older brother, around a couple dozen men, and a prima donna by the name of Jamie Tartt.
