"see you on sundays" but it's me back from the dead with a sincaraz fic
(fuck it) baby, i can be your fall guy (9640 words) by knoepfchen
Chapters: 1/5
Fandom: Tennis RPF
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Carlos Alcaraz/Jannik Sinner
Characters: Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Alex Vittur, Laila Hasanovic, Simone Vagnozzi, Darren Cahill, Alvaro Alcaraz Garfia, Albert Molina, German Abril Reina
Additional Tags: Alternate Timelines, Getting Together, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Media Shenanigans, Coming Out, Injury Recovery, Restaurants, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Pining, how to be in love while being global superstar rivals: the manual
Summary:
"I don't understand." Jannik looked from the Roland Garros representative over to Alex, and then to Carlos, who was sitting on the couch next to him. "When there's cameras you want us to pretend we're… friends?"
"We are friends." Carlos dazzled a smile at the rep, a brunette woman who seemed unable to stop smiling around her enormous teeth.
"Bien, we were hoping, maybe, that you make it look like… even more than friends." She smiled widely. "How do you say? Play it up for the cameras."
Ahead of Roland Garros, Jannik and Carlos are asked to play up their relationship off the court to drive interest in their rivalry.
But what starts as an innocuous game of media baiting soon develops a plot of its own until only one thing is certain: Not every narrative is a rivalry, and not all stories need to be shared with the public.
An alternate timeline of the 2026 season, in which Carlos is still competing. Also, a Sincaraz gay4pay story. Because why not.
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