WIP Posted: What Distance Makes (1/2)
Heated Rivalry. Part of Win Conditions. Jean-Jacques Boiziau & & Shane Hollander & Hayden Pike, Jean-Jacques Boiziau/Carter Vaughn, Ryan Price/Fabian Salah, Luca Haas/Original Male Character, Rose Landry/Svetlana Vetrova
Connections are made and broken between countries, between cities, and between wanting hearts.
Following signs on automatic pilot, J.J. headed towards the arrivals. The Admirals travel department had arranged a pickup which was a nice courtesy. Or maybe it was normal. All the people J.J. would've asked about how trades normally went were no longer speaking to him.
Stepping outside, J.J. found a light summer day, pretty despite the ugly field of parking lots and overpasses. He got out his phone to check for the ride information, but his eyes snagged on a group of three guys standing in front of an SUV first. They were all wearing sunglasses and a lot of red. One of them was holding a sign that said Boiziau in blocky red letters.
J.J. started towards them a little bewildered.
"J.J.!" One of them said, stepping away from the car.
Carter Vaughn with his gleaming white smile threw open his arms as if to embrace the whole airport.
"Hello," J.J. said, returning the smile automatically. He was pulled into a rough fast hug, a hand smacking down over his shoulder, before Carter took a step back.
"You're freaking him out, Vaughny," the shortest guy said. Huff. What was his first name? George or something? "Hey, man. We're the welcome wagon."
"We had the day off and we heard you were coming today." Scott fucking Hunter was extending his hand and J.J. shook it in bemusement. "Late season trades are rough sometimes. Figured we'd give you a ride, see if you wanted to get dinner or something. No worries if not, we can just play chauffer."
"Dinner would be good," J.J. said, glad his voice didn't betray him.
Whatever his vision of starting in New York was, being met by their whole first line hadn't been part of it.