Best Friend’s Brother - Chris Evans x Reader (Part 21)
Summary: You and Scott have been best friends ever since you were 10, meeting at summer camp. Being best friends with Scott means you know his family very well. Especially his older brother. After a failed attempt at dating Chris when you were 18, when you move to LA for a job will you and Chris grow close again? What would the world think? and most importantly what would Scott think?
Word Count: 2.4k
Warnings: Angsts, tiny bit of fluff, Language
The first week Chris was away was alright. It took a while to get used to sleeping alone again but dodger was there to keep you company. He was a good cuddle buddy, but he wasn’t Chris.
Dodger had become a firm favourite at the uni. You often had students coming to your office to come see him or offer to take him for a walk. Dodger was loving all the attention if anything he was upset when your workday was up and the two of went home. He’d give you the look of betrayal when you’d take him to Scott’s house instead of work.
Every night you and Chris would FaceTime so you could tell each other what you’d been up to. He’d let off steam if he had a bad day. You’d cheer him back up with stories of what dodger had been like. You really missed him, but it was manageable. Considering you were thinking of moving back to Boston you’d better get used to it.
What was helpful was that the press seemed more on your side than ever before. There were photos and stories of you and Chris on that date to the restaurant and pier. But all the stories were really positive and saying how sweet the two of you were together. You’d seen how some of his fans were tweeting that you were couple goals. You were just so glad that all the negativity and bad press was firmly in the past.
You were heading over to Scott’s house to go pick up dodger after a long day at work. You had a day full of meetings so didn’t think dodger would enjoy it so took him to Scott’s instead.
When you knocked on the door Scott opened it so quickly you were surprised he didn’t have whiplash.
“Are you okay?” He asks worriedly.
“What? Yeah I’m fine what’s gotten into you?” You asks surprised at his outburst as you step inside.
“Have you not seen the news?” Scott asks shocked.
“No I’ve been busy all day I haven’t had the time to check my phone” you sigh shaking your head.
Scott sighs pulling out his phone and showing it to you. As had a look you saw another TMZ article about you and Chris. Scrolling through it you saw that a source had told TMZ that the reason Chris and Circe broke up was because Chris has cheated on her with you. The source alleged that you had led him astray because you didn’t like Circe along with many other false allegations. The whole article pasted you as a homewrecker and a slut. It has completely undone everything that Chris and you had done.
“What the actual fuck!” You exclaim.
“I know right! It has to be Circe! She hated your guts!” Scott explains as the two of you sit down.
“Thanks Scott” you scoff slightly.
“You hated her too, but she must be involved in some way or another” Scott points out.
“There’s no way we can prove this though is there?” You sigh rubbing your forehead tiredly.
“It would be difficult but possible maybe” Scott sighs.
“Do you think Chris knows?” You ask him biting your lips nervously.
“Don’t think so he would have called you by now” Scott says shaking his head.
“I’ll text him, give him a heads up” you sigh pulling out your phone to shoot him a text.
“I’ll grab some wine” Scott says patting you on the knee as he stood up.
You drop your head into your hands groaning at the situation you found yourself in. You feel dodger nudging you with his snout making you chuckle half-heartedly, but you moved to cuddle him.
“Thanks bubba” you sigh.
You and Scott spend the next couple hours trying to kill time while you waited for Chris to call. Scott tried to distract you with gossip from home and whatever TV series he was currently binge watching.
When your phone finally rang you were so relieved to see Chris’ name flash across the screen. Answering it you barely had a chance to speak.
“(Y/N), sweetheart are you okay?” Chris asks quickly a mix of concern and anger in his eyes.
“Yeah I’m fine, Scott’s and dodger have been looking after me” you tell him with a small smile.
“Hey Chris” Scott says moving into Chris’ view.
“Hey Scott thanks for looking after (Y/N)” Chris sighs.
“It’s cool, so what are you guys gonna do?” Scott asks.
Chris shrugs his shoulders with a deep sigh “I don’t know, my team are still looking into finding out who that source is” Chris explains.
“Scott thinks it might be Circe herself” you tell him making him raise a brow.
“Yeah I mean it would make sense, when I told her that I was breaking up with her it really didn’t go well” Chris says looking up slightly with a small grimace.
“She was a bit crazy, I seriously don’t know what you were thinking dating her Chris” Scott agrees.
“Thanks Scott, maybe we should focus on the problem and not my ex” Chris suggest.
“Well they might be one and the same” Scott points out making Chris rolls his eyes.
“Scott” Chris warns.
“Okay fine, could we maybe do the same as last time?” Scott asks referring to the Instagram post he put up.
Chris sighs shrugging his shoulders “I don’t know, I don’t think it’ll work as well this time, I’ll have to talk to my team some more try and find a solution” Chris sighs.
You purse you lips sighing slightly looking down at your lap frustrated at the situation.
“(Y/N) it’ll be okay I promise, we get through this before and we will again” Chris says getting your attention and making you look back up at him.
You see how upset and frustrated he also was, you knew he probably would be on the next flight back if he could.
“I know just frustrating that’s all” you sigh giving him a half-hearted smile.
“I know, it sucks but we’ll deal with it, I’m not gonna rest until this is sorted” Chris tells you reassuringly. You could see the determination in his eyes.
“Just don’t work yourself to death, okay” you tell him making him chuckle slightly.
“I won’t I promise, Scott you look after her alright” Chris says.
Scott hold his hand up in a salute before wrapping his arm around you tightly.
“Don’t worry, I’ve already given her some wine and we’ll watch a cheesy movie tonight” Scott says making you chuckle.
“Thanks Scott, I’ll call you tomorrow (Y/N) hopefully with some good news” Chris says with a small sigh.
“Thanks Chris can’t wait to see you” you say forcing a smile swallowing the lump forming in your throat.
“Can’t wait to see you too, I love you” he smiles.
“I love you too” you say.
When you hang up Scott quickly pulls you in for a tight hug not saying anything as you begin to sniffle a few tears escaping. He just rubs your back reminding you that it’ll be okay, and it’ll all be sorted.
You spent the night at Scott’s since you had definitely drunk too much to drive home. That and you didn’t really want to be alone. You knew your brain would get too noisy and since you didn’t have Chris around to calm you. Staying with Scott was the best option.
You woke up with dodger laying right beside you. His head nuzzled in close beside you. When he felt you shift he lifted his head nudging your face with his snout.
“Morning bubba” you sigh stroking his head and scratching him behind the ear.
As if he could sense your sadness he started licking your face his tail wagging excitedly. You instantly start laughing as you try to escape. He doesn’t let up lying over you not letting up.
“Yes dodger I love you too bud, c’mon stop now” you laughs giving him some fussing hoping it would distract him enough.
Finally he stops and just lies down on top of you pinning you to the bed. He nudges you again with his snout asking for some more scratches. You start scratching him behind the ear again smiling as he leans in tilting his head.
“Right you hungry?” You ask him making him bounce up excitedly jumping off the bed tail wagging furiously.
“C’mon then” you smile climbing out of bed to follow dodger who was spinning around to check you were still following.
When the two of you walk into the kitchen you instantly smell pancakes and see Scott stood plating up a large serving.
“She’s awake! I made pancakes” Scott smiles.
“I can tell! Looks like you’re ready to feed an army” you chuckle.
“Thought it would cheer you up so sit back and enjoy while I feed dodger for you” Scott smiles passing you your plate.
“Thanks Scott for everything” you smile sitting down at the counter. You chuckle to yourself as you watch dodger trot after Scott.
Tucking into the pancakes, they were delicious, and you could tell both the Evans boys learnt from their mother. Just the thought of Chris made you miss him, wishing he was here to help sort all of this shit.
“Right plan of action! We are going to regress to our teenage selves. Watch old movies and play video games all day” Scott says sitting beside you.
You shake your head swallow the last bite of pancake “no, no I don’t wanna be a burden or anything, you’ve done enough already” you say waving him off.
“Nope you have no choice in the matter Chris put me in charge of looking after you and that’s what I’ll do. Whether you like it or not” Scott tells you giving you no room to argue.
“I’ve already gotten Steve to swing by Chris’ to pick up some clothes and stuff for you so you can spend the entire weekend here” he continues, and you couldn’t help but smirk slightly.
“Thanks Scott, guess it’ll be like our old sleepovers” you chuckle.
“Like?! It’ll be exactly like our old sleepovers. Now you ready to fully regress to distract from the hell that is reality” Scott exclaims.
“Hell yeah” you laugh high fiving him.
Fully regress is exactly what you did. you and Scott played old video games, watched old movies. It was the perfect distraction from everything. The two if you were currently playing Mario kart and completely demolishing Scott. You were currently trying to go the rainbow road track but where the both of you were bumping the other two off the track. Despite all this you still managed to place above Scott.
You were just about to start another race when Chris FaceTime'd you.
“Hey Chris, how are you?” You smile as you pick up happy to see his face.
“Hey sweetheart, I’m good little tired but good, how you holding up?” He asks smiling slightly.
“Good I think, Scott’s been looking after me we’ve been playing Mario kart, watching old movies avoiding social media” you tell him with a small chuckle.
“Great glad you’re okay, can’t wait until I can get back. Look I’ve tried to get to the bottom of this whole source thing, and we’re not getting far. My team have tried getting in contact with Circe’s team but they’re struggling. Total radio silence” Chris sighs shaking his head in frustration.
“Because that screams I’m innocent” Scott scoffs shaking his head.
Chris sighs nodding his head in agreement.
“So what can we do?” You ask trying not to sound too down for Chris’ sake.
“I don’t know, my team are gonna find a couple more avenues, I’ll also see if I can convince them to respond to a couple more trusted news outlets. Give a comment denying the allegations or something” Chris sighs, you could see how tired he was as he rubbed his forehead.
“I’ll be right back” you whisper to Scott before standing up and head off to the guest bedroom.
“Chris you alright?” You ask settling down the bed.
“Yeah I’m fine just tired that’s all” Chris sighs giving you a small smile, you could tell it wasn’t the whole truth though.
“Chris-“ you say, you didn’t need to say anymore before Chris sighs dropping his head shaking his head.
“I know, I just- I’m just so frustrated, I could barely sleep last night just worrying about all this fucking mess. Things were going so well, and it’s all gone to shit and all I want to do is be with you” Chris rants rubbing his face tiredly.
You sigh struggling to think of what to say, all you really wanted to do was reach through the screen and hug him.
“Chris it sucks I know it, and I want nothing more than to be with you and give you the biggest hug possible” you tell him earning a small chuckle.
“But if it makes you feel better Scott is making sure I’m okay, and I’m here for you whenever you need it. You don’t have to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders all the time, let me carry it too” you continue, and Chris gives you a small smile.
“Thank you sweetheart, really means a lot” he says with a small smile and a sigh.
“You look exhausted why don’t you get some rest, we can chat more tomorrow” you suggest when he lets out a small yawn.
“No I’m fine, tell me about your day” Chris says shaking his head.
“Okay but get comfy because we did a lot” you tell him lying down slightly as you watch him lie down in his hotel bed.
You start telling him all about your day purposely dragging it out. As you talked you could see Chris trying to stay awake. He was clearly tired though pulling his duvet up at one point. Eventually he did fall asleep and you smiled to yourself as you watched him sleep. He looked completely relaxed his mouth open slightly. You did take a screenshot before hanging up.
“How is he?” Scott asks when you walk back out.
“Tired and stressed, he’s asleep now but I feel bad since I have you and dodger and he’s all alone” you sigh sitting down.
“Yeah, he’ll be fine, he’s a tough nut and it’s just another week and he’ll be back, and you’ll have each other” Scott tells you reassuringly.
“Counting the days” you sigh just thinking of Chris and hoping he was okay.
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