𓇼 Summary: Five moments where you and Steph had "platonic" moments that changed your friendship and the one time one of you caught feelings.
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ᯓ⚽︎ Falling asleep on Steph's shoulder was a normal occurrence when some of the team got together for a movie night.
Steph laughed lowly at a joke Leah made about the terrible movie playing on the screen in front of them. The defender tried to keep her body still despite the giggling, your head had fallen to her shoulder a few minutes ago and Steph knew you were out. Steph hadn't fully noticed when your head met her shoulder, she's so use to it being there during team movie nights that she expects it at this point.
She turned her head slightly, a small smile on her lips as your breathing evened out. Steph turned her head back to the TV in front of her as she tilted her head to rest her check on the top of your head. Subconsciously you cuddled further into her side, comfortable as the movie continued without your attention.
The two of you had become much closer as the season went on and now you were inseparable. The bond you built showed in moments like this where you were at ease in her presence and comfortable enough to fall asleep almost in her arms.
ᯓ⚽︎ Accidents happen and walking in on someone changing doesn't have to be a big deal… if you don't think about it too much.
You hummed to yourself as you made your way down the hall toward the team locker room. Training had finally ended a little bit ago but you opted to stay on the pitch for a bit longer to work on taking shots. You figured your teammates had all left by this point or at the very least had made their way to the parking lot.
You pushed the door open, your humming stopping when you were immediately greeted with the sight of Steph pulling on a new shirt. "Oh, I'm sorry!" you forced out, your eyes dropping to the floor.
Across the room, Steph giggled as she fixed her shirt. "It's okay, you can look," she joked, laughing to herself at the wide eyed look on your face.
You let out a small breath before lifting your head to make eye contact with the defender. You tried to shake the sight of her back flexing slightly as she changed, not wanting to think too much about how good she looked. You two were close friends, you'd seen each other changing before.
"How was shooting practice?" Steph asked as she sat down to put her shoes on.
"Good," you mumbled as you made your way to your locker.
Neither of you spoke after that, enjoying the comfortable silence between you. For a moment, you were successful in clearing your mind of Steph but then you looked up as she stood up and said goodbye and you were back to where you started.
You chalked it up being caught off guard and the fact that it had been awhile since you were with anyone. Steph was your best friend and there was nothing to complicate.
ᯓ⚽︎ Everyone gets a little touchy when they're drunk… right?
Steph giggled as she sipped her drink, her eyes watching Leah and Caitlin as they pair joked over their drinks. She was hesitant when the team decided to go out for drinks but you had begged her to come and she couldn't say no to you. She turned slightly to watch as you were in conversation with Alessia.
You felt her eyes on you and turned to meet her eyes, sending her a small smile. You leaned a little forward, practically in her personal space. "Are you having fun, Steph?" you slurred, the alcohol you had consumed affecting you already.
The defender laughed once more and nodded her head. Your hand reached for hers, lacing your fingers through hers. You two often held hands, this wasn't anything new. But Steph would be lying if she said this didn't feel different, even if she couldn't pinpoint why.
Steph turned back to Caitlin and Leah, her hand squeezing yours as she tried to ignore the warmth your head provided. After a moment, you finished your conversation with Alessia and turned to lean against Steph's shoulder.
"Hi," you mumbled, your breath hitting her neck. Steph giggled at the feeling but pulled away to look at you.
"Hi," she mumbled back, a small smile on her lips.
The two of you sat in a comfortable 'silence' as your thumb slid against the back of her hand. It took all of Steph's power to ignore how much she liked your hand in hers, thinking it was just because it was you and you were her best friend.
ᯓ⚽︎ There's only one bed…
You were ecstatic when you and Steph were paired up for this away game. You had joked it would feel like a sleepover of sorts, even though the two of you had those often anyways. To your surprise though, when you two had found your room, only one bed was waiting on you.
"Damn," you joked as you sat your things down.
"Only our luck," Steph joked back as she followed you into the room. "I can go tell the staff there was a mix up or something."
You shook your head at her words. "I don't mind, if you don't," you replied, watching from the corner of your eye.
Steph smiled and shook her head. "I don't mind," she said as she moved to put her things more out of the way.
You swallowed slightly, already regretting having said not to tell the staff. This wasn't anything new to you, you often slept in the same bed when you had your sleepovers because you didn't like making Steph sleep on your couch when you bed was big enough for both of you.
The only difference here, the hotel bed was a tad smaller than your bed back home. Which meant being much closer. You went through your normal nighttime routine knowing you couldn't stay up all night dwelling when you had training first thing in the morning.
When Steph joined you in bed, the two of you were facing each other for a moment before laughing. Your hesitation washed away as you two laughed, you had forgotten anything that lingered from the past few weeks that you tried not to think about. You bid each other goodnight before hitting the bedside lamp and making yourself comfortable.
You were the first to wake up the next morning. Your eyes were trying to adjust to the sunlight filtering into the room when you noticed just how close you and Steph had gotten in the middle of the night. Steph was curled into you with your arm resting across her body. You resisted the urge to jerk back, not wanting to wake her up. You weren't sure why you were so taken aback but you tried to tell yourself it was because you simply weren't expecting it.
ᯓ⚽︎ Wrong number!
Steph let out a small groan as she stretched across her couch, the tiredness of the week catching up to her. She was glad to have the day off tomorrow, she had made plans with you a few days ago to go try a new cafe that opened by her place. She had sent a text to you a few moments ago to confirm you were still on for in the morning. When her phone went off with a text notification, she assumed it was you saying yes so she ignored it for the time being.
When she absentmindedly picked her phone up a few minutes later to like the message, she was met with something more than a simple 'yes.'
[y/n 💕] wish I could see in person 😵💫😩
Steph's brows furrowed in confusion as she reread her initial text to see if she said something different than she thought. When she saw she did in fact ask what she thought, she was even more confused. Clearly the text wasn't meant for her, but who was it meant for? She wasn't aware you were seeing anyone.
Steph texted you a couple of question marks, hoping you would offer some more context. You immediately texted her back.
[y/n 💕] so sorry stephy! meant that for someone else lol
You left it at that but that didn't help curb Steph's curiosity. She wasn't sure what it was she feeling, jealousy? Why would she be jealous that you were sexting someone… Her fingers hovered above the keyboard, trying to think of something to say that would give her away. She tried to ignore the feeling in her stomach, a feeling that scared her. Why would she be upset if you were sleeping with anyone? She was your friend, she should be happy you were seeing someone if it made you happy.
ᯓ⚽︎ The heat of the moment; breaking point.
The cheers of the fans in the stadium was drowned out the moment Steph's arms were locked around your neck. You'd just scored the go ahead goal in a must win match with an assist from the defender in your arms. You could feel when your other teammates joined in on the celebration, but you were too focused on Steph.
She pulled back ever so slightly while Leah shook your shoulders in elation. Your eyes locked with Steph's and it felt like no one was in the stadium but the two of you. Without realizing, you both leaned forward, closer to one another until you both came back down to earth. You broke apart, trying you shake your head clear of the fact you'd almost kissed your best friend in a crowded stadium.
The rest of the game went by in a blur, you had to focus in order to make sure you won the game but it was difficult. When the final whistle blew, you were immediately looking for Steph. You didn't know what to say; the past few weeks flashed in your head and you felt like a deer in headlights. From cuddling during a team movie night to sharing a bed and accidently sending a text not meant for her. A text you meant for the person you realized you had been using to distract from the growing feelings for the defender.
You didn't get the chance to talk to Steph until after every one had decided that going out for drinks to celebrate was the best idea. You found yourself fiddling with your untouched drink, fighting off glances to woman next to you.
"Can we go talk?" you leaned in to whisper, hoping it was subtle enough that no one would bat an eyelash at the two of you.
Steph nodded without looking at you and freed herself from her seat, knowing you would follow without her needing to say anything. And you did so, following her to a quiet place at the bar where your teammates couldn't see. Neither of you spoke, letting the music and the loud talking fill the space between you.
"I think," you started but hesitated. You let out a small breath as Steph finally looked at you.
"That's never a good idea," she joked, trying to ease the tension she could see across your face.
You chuckled lightly at her words before sighing once more. "I think I like you," you rush out, your words jumbling slightly. You hoped it would be better to get it all out of the way rather than dance around it.
Steph turned her head slightly, hoping you wouldn't notice the light blush that coated her cheeks. You did notice, though. Part you hoped that meant she felt the same but didn't want to rush into it.
"Good," Steph said after a moment. She turned her head back to you, her smile bigger. "Otherwise, things would have been very awkward."
You blinked rapidly for a second, taking her words in. It was your turn to hide your reaction. You turned back to face her, your eyes dropping to her lips like they did after you scored. "Can I kiss you?" you mumbled.
Steph bit her lip before leaning in, stopping right before her lips touched yours. You closed the gap between you, your hands moving up to cup her face. The music and talking around you seemed to disappear, you were too focused on what you were doing. Steph pulled away ever so slightly, her chest heaving as she did so.
"Do you want to go back to my place?" she whispered as her eyes fluttered open.
You nodded quickly, letting her pull you from your place. "Should we tell them we're leaving?" you asked as she pulled you to the door.
"We can text them later," she replied the moment you were outside and weren't around all the loud noises.
In that moment, all the little instances from the past few weeks hit both you. It made sense that this is where things had ended, and you could only hope it meant the start of something more. But for now, you were content with letting Steph lead you back to her place for the night.
Ibiza was an ideal holiday destination for many, and that included the entire women’s football world. The Arsenal team specifically had been through a long, tiring season before splitting for an international window. The Chelsea team that you played for however, had won the league. You and your twin, Katie, had just returned back to London after a narrow defeat to England in Norwich and a historic win against France in Cork. You were only staying for a night before jetting off with some of your mates to Ibiza for a relaxing holiday.
Nobody knew however, this holiday was going to be the best and the worst one of your life.
You and Katie liked to party, especially in Ibiza and since you were 18, you’d both been frequenting the island. Katie had always had a girlfriend, although by now it had been two different ones, that had tagged along with you both and your mates. You, on the other hand, could not think of anything worse than being in a relationship. Well, actually, you could, being in a relationship and bringing the girl on a holiday with your mates. You much preferred a more casual thing, hooking up with a random girl and moving onto the next one when you got bored.
You’d rented out some villas in Ibiza, your one had six bedrooms with Caitlin and Katie in one, you in another, Teyah had one and Jordan and her girlfriend had one too. You weren’t overly friendly with anyone on the Arsenal team. You much preferred your Irish teammates and some other players that lived in London and played with you at Chelsea or for different clubs. So, you’d invited them to stay in your villa with you too.
The whole purpose of the holiday was just to party, and that’s what you’d been doing for the first few days. Hitting a club, drinking and vaping until you could barely see straight ahead of you and then going home with or bringing a girl home with you. Everyone else seemed to be on a similar vibe, even the girls that weren’t staying with you that you’d just see when you were out, mostly the Arsenal girls.
-
You’d been with a few girls by night four, a mixture of just kissing them and sleeping with them, but you’d agreed with Teyah, who you were sharing a wall with, that if you got with a girl tonight you’d go back to her place.
You were fairly drunk by 1am, a lot of people’s nights had just started then. You’d been on the dance floor with your mates for most of the night, and an attractive girl you’d been drunkenly kissing in and out for the night. She’d just left the club with her own mates to go somewhere else, so you headed to the bar to get another drink.
“Having fun?” You heard the voice next to you at the bar ask.
“Yeah, ye havin’ a good night?” You replied as Leah nodded.
“You look good tonight” she smirked, sipping out of her glass.
“Ye have looked good this whole trip” you hit back fairly quickly.
Flirting came scarily natural to you, and you were good at it. You grabbed your drink and headed back to the dance floor, Leah grabbing your hand and leading you back there through the crowds. You found the main group on the floor and your mates had joined them, so it was a happy mix you felt okay to join in with. When you got back, you’d very quickly drifted back to your mates and Leah went back to hers but you still were basically stood right next to each other.
You knew Leah well enough. She was good friends with your sister and they had played together for years. You’d played against each other multiple times too and also had done a lot of photoshoots and promotional things together.
“Y/n” Katie shouted, pulling you away from the group by the shoulder. “Caitlin’s not feelin’ great so I’m gonna take her back to the house” she informed you as you nodded.
“Grand, if I’m not home when ye wake I won’t be back too late” you said as you gave each other a quick hug and you waved goodbye to Caitlin, who did not look well at all.
You watched as they both left with Teyah, Jordan and her girlfriend. Caitlin was usually the person that stopped you from getting too drunk, but now that she was gone, you and your other friends took complete advantage. It was like every two minutes one of you were wandering to the bar and coming back with drinks and shots. By 2am, you were plastered, leaning against the bar and slurring an order of drinks to bring back to the bartender.
“Hey, you okay?” Leah asked, looking slightly concerned.
“Ye got even better lookin’ since I saw ye last” you grinned at her.
“Oh, you are very drunk” she giggled.
“I must be, cause I really wanna kiss ye” you mumbled.
“Kiss me then” Leah bit back as your smirk grew wider. You pulled Leah by the waist closer into you as her arms wrapped around your neck and you felt her lips against yours.
“I promised Teyah I’d not go back to my room if I was bringin’ someone home tonight” you whispered as the girl moaned in your ear, becoming a little bit more turned on at the fact you wanted to take her back to your place.
“Come back to mine then” Leah mumbled, starting to kiss your neck as your grip on her waist tightened.
You brought the drinks back to your mates before telling them you were leaving, Leah excused herself from her friends too to head home, the two groups didn’t connect you were leaving with each other. Leah was too drunk to even think of checking if the coast was clear before pulling you into the villa and up the stairs, you equally as drunk behind her, stumbling up the stairs and slamming her bedroom door shut as she jumped into your arms.
“This isn’t gonna make anythin’ weird, is it?” You asked suddenly, almost like it hit you quickly who the girl you’d just thrown onto the bed was.
“No” she shook her head and pulled you by your t-shirt to hover over her.
She didn’t really know if either of your sober selves would regret this, but she wanted to make sure there was going to be something to regret as she pulled your shirt over your head. Leah was hot, and you’d never deny someone as hot as her whatever they wanted.
Moans of your name bounced from wall to wall as your tongue connected to Leah, hands reaching up to massage her tits as you went at it. You left one hand there, using your free hand to trace down her body, before it landed between her thighs.
“Tell me what ye want darlin’” you groaned, pulling your tongue away for a brief second to look at how flushed you were making the girl.
“Please go back” Leah desperately pleaded, trying to put her hand behind your head to push you back towards her.
“Ye don’t want these?” You asked, toying with her now with your fingers as the girl could only moan again. “Ye have been so good though, maybe ye can have both” you smirked, dipping your fingers inside as you pushed yourself up, taking her tit inside your mouth.
It didn’t take long for Leah to finish, it was something you were good at, making girls finish, and it never usually took long.
“Do you want to stay?” Leah asked as you went to push yourself off the bed.
“Do ye want me to stay?” You frowned back at her, a bit surprised when she nodded at you. So, you stayed in Leah’s bed for the night, both of you tiring yourselves out by continuing on for several more rounds before heading to sleep.
-
It was around 10am when you woke to the sound of Leah’s bedroom door closing. The blonde was firmly still in bed, your hand slung over her waist as the two of you were pressed against each other.
“The two of you, get up” Lia shouted.
The fear of god always shot through you when Lia shouted, due to you not really speaking to the Swiss girl much with the history between Caitlin.
“You need to go before everyone wakes up” Lia whispered.
“What time is it?” You groaned, not really taking in what she’d said.
“Did you hear me?” Lia asked as both of you sat up now. You still had a sports bra on, but Leah was completely bare and scrambling at the duvet to keep herself covered.
“I take it you don’t want anybody to know?” Lia raised her eyebrows.
“No” you shook your head, watching as Leah copied you.
“If you don’t leave now, someone is going to see you and then tell your sister” Lia explained. You got out of bed, quickly pulling your clothes on and grabbing whatever you’d left on the nightstand and shoving them in your pocket.
“Uh, bye” you mumbled to Leah, who looked at you a bit confused you weren’t offering her more than that.
“Bye” she whispered back.
“What were you thinking?” Lia asked, sitting on the bed beside her.
“Why do you think I got her out before anybody woke?” Lia mumbled.
You stumbled through the door to the villa, a few people already awake due to them leaving early last night.
“Oh, look who finally got home” Katie smirked.
“Thank you for not coming back, I couldn’t take another night of listening to some girl screaming” Teyah sighed with a giggle. God, if only they knew who it was you’d made scream last night.
“Go get ready, we’re meetin’ the girls to head to the beach” Katie nodded towards the staircase, waiting for you to say something as you’d remained silent since you got in.
“We’ve to be there in 20 minutes so don’t be long” Caitlin added.
“Ye can go on ahead, I’m gonna go back asleep” you shrugged.
“Is someone grumpy because they were kicked out of a bird’s house this mornin’?” Katie teased, wrapping her arm around your shoulder. You wanted to answer yes, but you couldn’t, especially not to her.
“No, I’m just annoyed I got 2 hours of sleep” you shook your head.
“Oh, busy night?” Katie winked as you pushed her off you.
“Will ye just fuck off?” You groaned, heading upstairs and slamming your door shut. You took a shower, knowing that would get you tired again, and headed back to sleep while the girls made their way to the beach.
The whole Arsenal squad that were here had made their way to the beach, and a few of your friends from Ireland were annoyed you’d not bothered coming out. They knew you sleeping now would mean you were refreshed for tonight, but it seemed to them like you weren’t bothered doing anything other than partying through the night and sleeping through the day.
“Y/n not coming?” Beth asked your sister with a frown when your group turned up.
“Got back from ridin’ some bird and was all grumpy and went to bed” Katie explained with a laugh.
Leah remained completely silent through the whole conversation, shrinking into the beach chair as Katie continued on, explaining how you’d always just done this routine when you were on holiday here. How one night stands were your thing and she could never see you settling down.
“Do you want to go for a walk?” Lia whispered to the blonde, sensing she was a bit uncomfortable by the topic of conversation.
She quickly nodded and the pair slipped away to take a walk along the beach. Leah wasn’t angry that you two had slept together, but she was a bit annoyed that you were making this awkward. The truth was, you didn’t actually care that you’d slept with Leah, you’d do it again if you got a chance, you just hated that it was Lia who was the person that caught you. Lia was nice, but there was a weird dynamic with your sister going out with her ex girlfriend, and it wasn’t one you liked being involved in.
You’d planned to find Leah that night when you went out to speak to her, only you couldn’t. Instead, you’d spent your night kissing some girl who admittedly, wasn’t as attractive as Leah, but the more you drank, the girl was definitely becoming better looking. Your friends had tugged you away from the girl, who you’d vowed to find later on, as you were moving off to a new place.
The place you ended up in was a bit livelier than the last place, the music was better and the girls were fitter. Your eyes instantly fell to a blonde girl who looked like- no, it was actually just Leah. You felt an immense guilt rip through you as your eyes locked with hers, and you quickly looked away. You walked straight to the bar instead of going to the booth they were at, hoping to get a bit more drunk before you needed to speak to her.
“I think I’m going to go” Leah announced, causing Lia to shake her head.
“Come on man, don’t go. We just got here” Katie complained. “Go up to Y/n at the bar and she’ll get ye a drink, go on” Katie chuckled, shoving the girl towards the bar as she reluctantly walked over, knowing all eyes were on her.
“Y/n” Leah whispered, reaching for your hand to get your attention, all the group diverting their gazes away once they’d seen Leah safely got to your side.
“Ye alright?” You frowned, gripping onto her hand absentmindedly and pulling her through the crowd of people to get beside you.
“Are you avoiding me?” Leah asked.
“No” you shook your head. “Why would ye think I’m avoidin’ ye?”
“You didn’t come out earlier, you went somewhere else first tonight” Leah began to explain before you inputted.
“I’m not avoidin’ ye” you smiled. “Cute though that ye think I was” you smirked, making the girl laugh.
“Very funny” Leah bit back. “Are you going to buy me a drink?” She asked.
“Course I will” you nodded.
“Do you promise me it’s not awkward with us?” Leah asked, her fingertips subtly tracing your hand that you had yet to let go of.
“Yeah, I just got a bit flustered with Lia because, ye know, Lia, Caitlin, Katie” you began to explain as Leah nodded. “The situation just annoys me and it’s annoyin’ that she is the one that knows” you added.
“I understand, but she’s my best friend and she won’t say anything to anybody” Leah smiled.
“Okay” you sighed. “Incase I didn’t make it clear, I’d love to fuck ye again” you smirked as the girl gripped your arm tightly.
“Well, maybe I’ll see you in the bathroom later” Leah whispered in your ear as you almost went weak at the thought of it.
The two of you went back to the table, you sitting beside your friends and Leah next to Lia, but your eyes didn’t leave each other all night. Anytime either of you would try to excuse yourselves to be alone, someone would follow you. Most girls had eventually moved to the dance floor of the club, but you stayed tucked into the table with Leah sat beside you. And it surprised you, but Leah was extremely easy to talk to.
“Y/n, we’re goin’” Katie shouted to you as you shook your head.
“I’ll follow ye back in a while, we’re just talkin’” you moaned.
“No, I meant we’re goin’ somewhere else” Katie rephrased.
“Is everyone going?” Leah asked.
“Yeah, so come on” Katie chuckled, sticking her hands out to pull both of you up, but you swatted her away.
“We’ll finish our drinks and follow ye down” you mumbled, shooing her off as she shouted the name of the nightclub and everyone headed off. Lia and Leah spoke briefly, Lia wanting to ensure that Leah knew what she was doing, before agreeing to leave with Beth and Steph.
It wasn’t long after everyone left that you and Leah couldn’t keep your hands off each other. You’d moved from the table to the dance floor and then to the bathrooms. Leah pushed your back against the bathroom door as a smirk grew wider on your face. Your hands found the bottom of Leah’s skirt as you pushed it upwards and you sunk to your knees. Leah’s fingers traced through your hair as she pushed your head closer to finally get her to topple over the edge, your hand quickly covering the girls mouth to quiet the moan she made when she came.
“Fuck” Leah panted when you’d finally removed yourself from her.
“Ye should probably know, I kissed someone else before I saw ye tonight” you admitted as the girl laughed and shook her head at you.
“Charming” she scoffed.
“If ye want to make this a regular thing, I promise I won’t kiss anybody else” you added, as the girl pulled you in for a kiss and a pounding came on the bathroom door to kick both of you out.
“Where do you want to go?” Leah asked, trying to remember the name of the place that your sister had told you.
“Are ye tired?” You asked, watching the girl nod at you. “Can I walk ye back? I don’t need to stay but just so I know ye get back alright” you mumbled.
“You can stay” Leah smiled and the two of you shared another kiss before walking back to her villa, hand in hand and admittedly, not that drunk.
-
Somehow, every night after that, you and Leah had found some way to be alone. Neither of you even batted an eyelid at another person the entire holiday, too busy thinking what you’d do to each other that night. Lia covered for the two of you, sneaking off, or the moans that ripped from Leah’s bedroom late into the night, and waking you early in the morning to sneak you out before anybody woke up.
You and Lia had actually started warming up to each other a little bit more when she realised that you seemed to care about Leah. She watched your relationship with the England captain change through the holiday. Some nights you both had said no to going out and not all of those nights did you and Leah meet up just to get busy. You’d cook dinner, or go for a walk and chat about life. You did care about Leah, and the more these one night stands happened, and the nights you spent talking and laughing with her, you craved for it to be more.
-
“Leah?” You whispered, lying beside her wide awake as the girl was just starting to drift off.
“Mmm?” She mumbled.
“When we get back to London, what are we?” You asked as Leah suddenly woke up a little.
“What do you mean?” Leah asked.
“Does this stop and we just go back to normal or do ye want somethin’?” You sighed softly, knowing you were probably making a mistake in trying to push this into something more serious than it was.
“Are you- are you asking me out?” Leah stuttered.
“Yeah, is that alright?” You replied with a hint of a smile. “And we don’t have to rush into anythin’, we can take it as slow as-” you were trying to get your point across, but Leah pulled you into a kiss, that felt very different than any other kisses you’d shared with her.
From that point, you and Leah became official, but kept it to yourselves, with the exception of Lia, who knew everything about your relationship with the England captain. Your feelings for Leah hit you hard and fast, and for something that started so casually on a little island, you didn’t expect it to lead to here. You’d found yourselves spending the night in the other’s house, going on dates, going to matches together or to watch the other, and ultimately, falling in love with her.
-
At Christmas time, you and Leah had been happily dating for five months, and it was the first time in your life that you’d had a girlfriend at Christmas time. You decided to pull out all the stops for her, buying her a shit ton of presents and inviting her over to do your own little celebration for Christmas before you went home to your family in Ireland. You’d gone so far as to decorate your house with Christmas ornaments, to make it really feel like Christmas for when she came over.
“What did you go and do all this for?” Leah teased as she came in.
“Wanted to make it seem like it was like the proper Christmas Day cause we won’t get to spend it together” you shrugged. “I didn’t bother makin’ a Christmas dinner though because I knew ye wouldn’t eat it” you smirked.
“You know me too well” she giggled, kissing you quickly before she followed you into the living room. “I have your presents”
“Yours are under the tree, baby” you gestured your head towards the rake of gifts under the tree. “Lia helped me wrap them cause I couldn’t do it” you chuckled.
You and the Swiss girl had became really good friends now since you and Leah started dating. You’d put the awkwardness behind you of the whole situation and got to know Lia a lot more, knowing she was important to Leah. You sometimes went on double dates with Lia and Mariona, Lia’s new girlfriend who also played for Arsenal.
“It makes me so happy you two get on now” Leah smiled, wrapping her hand behind your head.
“Yeah, yeah, just open your presents darlin’” you kissed her before removing her hand and heading to the couch where your presents were, while Leah sat on the ground beside the tree. The two of you ripped your presents opened, both of you mumbling ohs, ahs and thank yous as you opened them.
“You didn’t need to spend so much” Leah groaned as she sat back beside you after opening her last gift.
“Ye spent equally as much on me” you chuckled. “I uh, I did get ye one more thing” you mumbled, standing up and heading to the shelf above the fire place to get the gift you’d been hiding. “Uh, here” you whispered, handing her the little box.
“What is it?” Leah asked with curious eyes staring at the box in your hands.
“Open it, please” you pushed the box forward again and she finally took it out of your hands.
When she opened it, she revealed a Christmas tree decoration with two little penguins on it. One penguin had your name, the other had Leah’s name and the year 2024 was written underneath.
“I was thinkin’ we could get one for every year and they can go on our tree then” you shrugged. Leah stared at the little ornament while you spoke, before she looked up at you with teary eyes and stood up.
“I love you” Leah whispered, for the first time.
“I love ye too” you smiled in relief as she hugged you tightly.
When you’d broken away from the hug, Leah kissed you hard, and you very quickly spun around, sitting back on the couch as she straddled your lap. You moved to her neck, knowing it drove the girl insane when you kissed her neck.
“Take my top off” she grunted and you did as instructed. You placed kisses softly on her chest as your hands reached around to unclip her bra.
“What’s the fuckin’ story with all the Christmas decora- what the fuck?” Katie shouted.
Thankfully you hadn’t taken Leah’s bra off yet so she very quickly threw her T-shirt back on as she jumped off your lap and you stood up. You placed your hands out in front of you like you were calming a vicious animal and not your twin sister.
“Katie” you sighed.
“What the fuck?” Katie repeated, with Caitlin coming in behind her, wondering why she was shouting.
“Oh fuck” Caitlin raised her eyebrows, taking in the scene in front of her.
“Katie, it’s not what it looks like” you explained, knowing your sister would think this was casual with Leah and not that you were in a serious relationship.
“So what? It doesn’t look like ye were about to ride on your couch?” Katie snapped.
“It’s not fuckin’ like that” you groaned.
“What’s it like then? Because it looks-”
“We’re together” you cut across her. “Leah’s my girlfriend”
“She’s your what?” Katie frowned.
“Katie, calm down” Caitlin pleaded.
“Have ye anythin’ to say?” Katie asked your girlfriend. “Or just gonna stay quiet and pretend you haven’t been gettin’ with my sister for, how long?” Katie pushed.
“We’ve been together since Ibiza” Leah finally said. “It started just casual, but I don’t know” Leah shrugged.
“I love her” you admitted as Caitlin’s eyes went wide at your reveal.
“Fuck off” Katie finally groaned. “Ye can both fuck off” she warned.
“Katie, please man. Please just talk to me” Leah pouted, grabbing your sister’s wrist to pull her back towards her.
“Don’t ever speak to me again” Katie snapped, pushing your girlfriend a little bit too hard for your liking.
“Touch her again and I’ll kill ye” you grunted, pushing Katie away and stepping in front of Leah, both of your girlfriend’s taking grips of your arms and pulling you away from each other.
“Come on, let’s go” Caitlin whispered, pulling her girlfriend out the door and getting her outside before stepping back into the house herself.
“Cait” you sighed.
“She’s just angry you kept it from her, not that it’s happening, you know that” Caitlin told you as you nodded. “I’ll talk to her” Caitlin said, hugging you tightly.
“Thanks” you mumbled back as she broke away from you and hugged Leah.
“Welcome to this mental family, it doesn’t get any easier” Caitlin laughed making Leah smile before she went back to the car to listen to her girlfriend bitch about you two the entire way home.
“Sorry, that was such a fuckin’ shit show” you sighed as you fell back onto the couch in frustration.
“It’s not your fault” Leah said, sitting back on your lap and cupping your face. “You never fail to amaze me, we go from saying I love you for the first time to you nearly killing your sister in the space of three minutes” Leah chuckled.
“Nothin’ is different for me, even if she never speaks to me again. That’s a risk I’ll take to be with ye” you mumbled.
“I want to be with you too” Leah smiled.
“Christmas is gonna be amazin’” you groaned.
“Well, let’s make fake Christmas one to remember before you go” Leah smirked before her lips connected with yours and you picked up where you left off before Katie interrupted.
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You and Katie had practically blanked each other for the entire period you were at home for Christmas. Your whole family could sense the tension in the house and when you’d went out on a run with Caitlin, Katie explained what had happened to make you two stop talking. You talked to Caitlin a little bit, but it seemed like everytime you did, Katie interrupted to take her girlfriend back.
In the few minutes here and there that you and Caitlin did speak, she asked you about your relationship with Leah and you were very open about how much you loved her. Caitlin had tried to convince Katie that it seemed that you and Leah were really serious, but it didn’t seem to be working.
You’d decided to cut the time at home in Ireland short and just go back to London. At least if you were in London you could see the person you wanted to spend time with.
Lee 💘
Miss you xx
Y/n 🧸
Miss you too baby
Gonna come home early and be there for New Year’s Eve ❤️
Lee 💘
Best news ever 🥰
Can’t wait to see you x
“Mam?” You mumbled, interrupting your mam and a few of your siblings talking in the living room. Your mam seemed to get the drift you wanted to say something to her alone, so she followed you into the kitchen.
“Everything okay?” She asked.
“I’m gonna go back to London a bit earlier than I planned to” you sighed.
“How come?” She frowned.
“I uh, I want to spend New Years with Leah” you admitted as a smile spread across her face.
“You seem to really like her, you know? It’s nice to see you loved up for a change” she chuckled as you shrugged back at her.
“I know ye have met her a load of times but I want ye to meet her proper” you nodded. “I really love her, mam” you laughed anxiously, never having admitted to her before that you loved someone.
“Jesus ye’s are proper serious then?” Katie said from the kitchen door as you nodded. “Can ye give us a minute?” Katie asked your mam who squeezed your cheek before she walked towards your sister.
“Don’t you dare say anything that gets in the way of her being happy” your mam warned her before leaving the room.
“Look, I’m really sorry we never told ye” you quickly blurted out before Katie said anything. “Like Leah said to ye, we got together in Ibiza and it just moved quite quickly, but we were just tryin’ to see where it went before we told anyone”
“I get it” Katie nodded. “I know I was probably too harsh that night, but you’re my sister and Leah’s been my mate for years. I was just a bit-”
“I’m sorry” you hung your head in what felt like shame.
“Don’t say sorry ye dope” Katie laughed. “I’m happy for the both of ye if ye are both happy” she said and gave you a hug.
“I’m really happy” you whispered as Katie completely softened. “I’m goin’ back to London to be with her for New Year’s Eve”
“Deadly” Katie smiled. “I’m really happy for ye, okay?”
“Thanks” you mumbled.
“I’ve had to listen to Caitlin shite on about how she thinks ye are the perfect couple since that night anyway” Katie laughed.
You and Leah were the perfect couple. When you got back to London, Leah picked you up from the airport and jumped into your arms as you dropped your suitcase to grip her tightly.
“Missed ye” you smiled.
“Missed you so much” she giggled, pressing kisses to your face before jumping back to the ground.
When you got in the car, she’d told you about the plan for tonight, consisting of you heading out with some Arsenal, Chelsea and England girls to reel in the year.
Neither of you hid the fact you were together anymore, allowing people to gush about the two of you. Having not had seen each other for the last week or so, you too were glued to the other’s side for the entire night, sharing quick kisses and dancing with your mates. When the countdown started, Leah’s fingers interlocked with yours as you both smiled softly at each other.
“I love you” she whispered.
“I love ye too, Lee” you said softly, as the countdown reached zero and the celebrations began. Your lips connected with hers as both of you felt like the world stopped and it was just the two of you in the room.
“Happy new year” Leah giggled.
“Happy new year” you repeated. “I hope this is the first of many” you added.
okay hey divas!! I disappeared again for like a week but we can blame harry styles for that
icl I haven’t wrote anything but hoping to finish this fic soon and get it out to you all so hayden and kyra can be yours again 💗
in the meantime, if anyone has an blurb ideas or short fic ideas please feel free to send them my way! I lowkey really wanna write a Georgia Stanway fic 😛
Y/n Poulter is Barça’s rising star, a player who came through the Masía and is destined to shine in the first team – or at least that’s what everyone thought. A couple of difficult financial years force Barça to sell their starlet to Arsenal, and little by little Y/n will discover that home isn’t so much a place as all those people who find a spot in your heart, whilst she continues to impress the world with her immense talent.
Disclaimer: In this fanfic, Keira Walsh signed for Arsenal instead of Chelsea.
while I work on this Hayden and Kyra fic, does anyone have any ideas for short fics or blurbs they’d like to see about them? Or even just normal blurb/short fic ideas!
Wanna give you guys something to read while I work on this! :)
