Hangman Adam Page x f. reader
Summary: How does y/n's return to wrestling from injury impact her relationships with the people around her?
Warnings: Minimum wrestling violence, mention of injury, use of y/n.
Being the best friend of Maxwell Jacob Friedman left y/n with tense relationships with some of the other talent. One of those people being Adam Page. Not really giving himself a chance to get to know her personally, all he saw with her was the pain in his ass she was close to. Y/n got injured in a match with Toni Storm. Dealing with her leg injury caused a lot of problems for y/n. All she wanted was to get back into the ring. She could not deal with people forgetting about her. Once she got her all clear, she knew she had to return in a way that would make people talk. She was friends with MJF, obviously she had a flair for dramatics.
In the midst of one of his matches, Adam Page found himself battered and drained. Feeling the end of the match was coming, Swerve stood over him on the ring post ready to pull out the Swerve stomp. Closing his eyes, preparing for the move to hit him, he suddenly heard the crowd screaming. Just as he opened his eyes he saw a shorter figure covered by a hoodie and a mask come up behind Swerve. The figure grabbed the leg of Swerve, dropping him to the mat. The figure stepped back as Adam quickly dived for Swerve, going in for the cover. As the three count finished, his music started playing. He couldn’t even pay attention to the cheers around him, just focusing on the mysterious figure who began reaching for the hood of the jacket. Suddenly as the hood and mask came off in one swoop, he saw y/n staring at him with a grin.
“Oh my god, she has been out due to a leg injury for two months but y/n l/n is back! She was the unlikely aide to Hangman Adam Page assisting his win. Clearly Page did not see this coming, the best friend of his enemy MJF coming to his rescue.” Jim Ross shouted on commentary. The crowd was losing it at the return. The only thing rivaling the return, was the unlikely team up forming before their eyes.
Adam Page still hasn't stopped looking at the woman standing in front of him. Deciding to end the staredown she blew him a kiss before turning away. Once he gets a hold of himself, Adam leaves the ring. Needing to clear his mind before confronting the woman.
Y/n is freshly changed and sitting in her locker room before she suddenly hears loud knocking on her door. She turned down the volume on the tv, where she was watching the rest of today's episode. Walking over to the door, all she could wonder was who was knocking on her door that aggressively. Opening the door she sees Adam Page standing outside her door. His hair is dripping slightly showing he showered before heading to her. Very confused, she steps to the side. She let him in, not wanting comments from other wrestlers to go around.
“Why did you do that? What motive did you have?” Adam turned to her immediately, basically cornering her to the door. Unthreatened by the cowboy's anger, she rolled her eyes.
“Cool it, there was no motive. I just enjoy dramatic entrances and what would get people talking more than this?” She answered with a shrug, pushing his chest to walk past him. Feeling how firm his chest was made butterflies appear in her stomach. Shaking her head to ignore those thoughts, she walked to her mini fridge to grab a water bottle. Wordlessly she asked if he wanted one. He shook his head no, she shrugged her shoulders and closed the fridge door.
“So you didn’t do this to get in my head? This wasn’t a plan by Friedman to bother me?” Adam asked, still confused. He had to ignore the goosebumps that her touch left when the woman touched his chest.
“Nope, he didn’t even know I was cleared to return yet.” Y/n said with a shrug. This managed to shock Adam even more. Still deep in thought, he turned to leave the locker room.
“I am assuming the interrogation is done?” She said with a tilt of her head, teasing the man lightly. Adam just walks out the door, leaving y/n to her thoughts. The main thing in her mind is why can’t she get the scent of him out of her head. The butterflies he left in her made her question everything.
As Adam leaves, he is deep in thought, barely noticing MJF standing right outside her door. He doesn’t even bother to interact with the man. His thoughts remain on the intrusion of the woman in his life. As well as why the scent of her perfume hasn’t left his mind, making him dizzy.
Maxwell went to his friends locker room, meaning to ask about her helping Hangman. He was surprised when he saw that very man leaving the door he was about to knock on. Even more shocking was Adam looking so deep in though that he didn’t even react to him standing there. Needing answers, Max immediately knocked on y/n’s door. He continued looking at the deep in thought cowboy as he disappeared around the corner.
Y/n was not surprised to see Max standing outside her door. She hid her return from him to make sure he was just as surprised. Plus her helping the other side of one of his biggest feuds, was bound to create questions. Max immediately brought his best friend into a hug, him missing her had priority. She immediately wrapped her arms around him as he lifted her up. She missed her best friend just as much, keeping her return secret was very hard.
“Now spill,” He said as he set her down, demanding answers. The pair made their way to her couch to talk.
“You know I love dramatic entrances, what better way to get people talking.” She answered, with a shrug.
“Is that really all?” Max asked, knowing his friend wasn’t telling the whole truth.
“I was scared people were going to forget about me. I was gone for so long, I thought if I didn’t return in a big way, it would be ignored. I was doing so well before my injury, I just felt that was all lost.” I answered honestly, a tear running down my cheek. Max wiped the tear away before bringing me into a hug.
“Nobody could forget about you. You are the best wrestler on the female roster, don’t forget it. No matter how you returned, people would have lost it.” He responded, rubbing my back. The pairs friendship was stronger than fans and other wrestlers could ever realize.
“As much as I don’t like you helping Hangman, there was no better way to torment him. I have never seen him react like that.” Max said jokingly, trying to lighten the mood. Y/n separates from the hug with a laugh, gently shoving his shoulder. The friends spent the evening catching up, as if y/n was never gone.
Y/n hadn’t seen Adam a lot since that night in her locker room. That did not mean he wasn’t in her thoughts. She noticed him more than she did before her injury. They didn’t interact for more than small conversations and lingering looks. This didn’t mean his presence wasn’t a comforting weight in her life. Any anxiety before matches was eased, just by one look from the man. This scared her more than anything.
In a match with Marina Shafir, y/n couldn’t ignore the looming presence of Jon Moxley. When they entered together, y/n could tell the match was not going to be in her favour. She knew he fought dirty so she had to pay attention to both for this match. Trying to avoid distractions, she had to eliminate all thoughts of Adam. This didn’t stop her from hoping he was watching.
Getting Marina pinned was no easy task, so when she got it done, the relief was there. At two count, y/n felt herself suddenly pulled through the rope. Realizing it was Moxley interfering, y/n squeezed her eyes shut. Suddenly she heard the signature whistling of Hangman's entrance. Her eyes shot open as she saw him running right for Moxley. Y/n quickly slid back into the ring as Adam got closer. She looked at him and nodded before they performed Buckshots on the Deathriders we were facing. Adam held Moxley down as y/n pinned Marina again, this time making the three count. Adam got in the ring with her and raised her arm. The crowd cheered loudly, seeing the surprising partnership forming for a second time. Claudio and Wheeler went to grab the other members of their group as y/n and Adam walked backwards back to the gorilla. Tense eye contact was shared between the pair and the death riders.
Once they made it to the back, they felt the eyes and whispers of the other wrestlers. An unconventional team was formed and they were proving it wasn’t a one time partnership. They choose to ignore the people around them and wordlessly walk to the locker rooms. Adam walks y/n to her locker room. Before she can enter, she wordlessly turns to the man in front of her, leaving a gentle kiss on his cheek. He would deny it, but the blush left in its wake was clear. A small kiss mark was left on his cheek from the lipstick she was wearing. She went to rub it away, but at the last minute he grabbed her wrist to tell her to leave it. Him wanting her mark to remain left her blushing as she walked into her locker room.
As Adam walked to his locker room he saw MJF talking to Matt and Nick Jackson. The group turns to Adam and sees the mark on his cheek. Max immediately smirks, recognizing the color immediately. Seeing as he was with her when she bought it, it was clearly y/n’s.
“Tonight's match was fun, nice lipstick by the way, it really is your color.” Max called after Adam loudly. Adam shook his head, ignoring the comment as he continued walking. Even ignoring him, he couldn’t ignore the return of the blush on his cheeks. As he looked in the mirror in his locker room, even after the teasing he didn’t regret asking her to leave it.
At the hotel later that night, as y/n was getting ready for bed, she was deep in thought. The cowboy just has not left her thoughts since her return. Her interference was just supposed to be a one time thing, just something to get her name back out there. Him choosing to assist her, creating a possible feud with the death riders, was not in the plan. Even though she should, she could not find it in her to want this any other way. She can’t even think about the attention she is getting when her mind keeps going to Adam. The distinct scent of his cologne hasn’t left her thoughts since their first interaction in her locker room. Her thoughts of the man were so overwhelming that she almost didn’t hear the knock at her hotel room door. Walking to the door she opens it to see just the man she was thinking of. Quietly she lets him in, wondering what he was doing there.
As he sits on the end of her bed, he stares at the floor, deep in thought. While she was curious about why he was there, she wanted to give him a chance to speak. She sat next to him, her arm brushing his, goosebumps remaining on both of their arms. After a few minutes of sitting silently, Adam suddenly spoke, still not looking at her.
“This wasn’t supposed to happen,” he whispered. Y/n turned slightly, but kept quiet to let him finish. “You are friends with someone I have feuded with for ages. Before I didn’t even let myself think about you as anything other than his annoying friend.” Her face scrunched, not knowing where this was going. Seeing her reaction out of the corner of his eyes, he spoke again. “Suddenly you stepped into my match, making me win, even after these problems. After that I just could not stop thinking about you. I started noticing you at all times, you were just there. I wanted to stop these thoughts, to keep you at a distance.” Suddenly he turned to me completely. “When I stepped in today, that was because I realized I needed your presence in my life. I needed you to know I was in your life just as much as you were in mine.”
Y/n grabbed his hand as she turned to him fully too, speaking up for the first time. “I can’t lie, I had similar sentiments with you, I only saw the person Max saw. This all started when I wanted to make a dramatic entrance. I didn’t expect to find myself thinking about you after it was all over.” When she admitted that, his eyes grew wider. “You entering my match made me realize how much I wanted to fight by your side. Your presence provided me the grounding I needed, to make me feel stronger.” She admits to the man staring at her, as if he was committing every word to memory.
Adam’s hand raises to the side of her face, brushing a fallen hair behind her ear. Slowly they both began to lean in. Their lips brush hesitantly, trying to make sure the other felt the same. Y/n moved forward, pressing her lips to his again, more sure. The kiss grew deeper as they put their spoken and unspoken feelings into it. Her hands grip his biceps, as if making sure he was really there. His hand remains on her cheek, while the other holds her waist. Once they need air, they pull away gently. Her hands gently squeeze his arms, he does the same to her waist. Leaning in again, he presses a kiss to her forehead.
The pair does not know how the future will go. The looming threat of the death riders stays on their mind. While also remembering the targets on their back from Swerve. Even with this on their minds, they can find it in themselves to worry yet. The knowledge that they have each other keeps them at ease. Partnered together, can face anyone on the roster.