ʙᴇɪɴɢ ʙᴇᴤᴛ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅᴤ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʀʜᴇᴀ ʀɪᴘʟᴇʏ
rhea ripley x best friend!reader (same aesthetic)
??? x reader (surprise at the end)
Rhea and you met each other in NXT, when you both signed with WWE and competed in the inaugural Mae Young Classic. You were both young wrestlers, had spent your teen years wrestling and bonded over your shared experiences.
You were like yin and yang, you matched each other so well.
When Rhea cut her hair, you dyed yours to make her feel less nervous about it.
You have several matching tattoos.
By the time you both reached the main roster, Rhea was put into the championship spotlight with Asuka and then a team with Liv. You went to Smackdown.
Being separated didn't stop you two. You both made friends on the roster. Rhea got closer with Damian, Liv, Finn and Iyo. You got close with Tiffany, Zelina, Alexa and Sonya.
For the first time for both of you, Rhea and you got to wrestle against each other. You got to feud when she was still in the Judgement Day, but ending resulted in you joining the Judgement Day.
Damian took to you quickly, he took you under his wing like he did Rhea.
He was like an older brother to you both and you spent most of your time together.
There was a time where you had briefly crushed on him, but that was over before your friendship started.
You guys travelled together, made TikToks together and trained together.
You'd seen Motionless in White 5 times, and each time you'd gone backstage and hung out with the band afterwards.
Fans exploded when they saw you, Rhea and Cathy do a TikTok together. Cathy stood between you two, saying 'Mommy' while looking at you both.
Fans then exploded when they saw you and Rhea team together against Liv and Raquel.
Your moves were smooth, synchronized and your skills on par.
You matched each other so well, it was like seeing twins.
You did a TikTok after the match to the sound "You're not seeing double - everyone loves us - you're seeing trouble."
You post regularly on your feeds about each other.
Buddy enlisted you to surprise Rhea for her birthday the first year after they married. He flew her to Australia to see her family and when they went to the restaurant for her (unbeknownest to her) surprise party, you were sat there with her family and she actually SQUEALED when she saw you.
"You came." Rhea whispered as she hugged you.
"Of course I came. It's your birthday." You whispered back, stroking her cheek as you pulled away to look at her. "I'm not gonna miss your birthday."
"I'm so happy you're here." Rhea had said at the end of the night as you, Buddy and Rhea walked back to the AirBnB they'd rented.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world, baby." You cooed.
Buddy is fully aware that while Rhea is his wife, you're her person and he's fine with that. He will introduce you two as "my wife and my wife's wife" and no he doesn't care if that confuses people.
When he went to AEW, Rhea had sobbed in your arms. But you regularly visited him and no matter how shit Buddy felt on the day from a match, he smiled when he saw the two of you at the airport.
You and Buddy have a great relationship because of Rhea. You'll face time each other and you'll always open the conversation with "How's our wife?"
Your boyfriends for the most part never understood how you could be so close with Rhea. Which resulted in you not continuing the relationships when they made it a central problem.
Your last big relationship was with an AEW wrestler. And you broke up because he was upset you felt like you wanted to spend time with Rhea more you did him.
It was a very public break up backstage at AEW.
"You love her more than you love me! You call her your wife and your person!" He had shouted at you.
"Because she is!" You had shouted back.
"Why can't you be like that with me?"
"Because you're not my person! She is! She's my best friend!"
"Please, if Buddy wasn't in the picture, you two would be married!" He had scoffed.
"Yes! Because I love her!" You shouted, shutting him up.
"Do you not love me?" He asked quietly.
"Not if you can't accept that she has been in life for almost a decade and she will be around for the rest of it." You said finally.
"Then I hope you three are very happy together." He said sarcastically. "You, her and her husband."
"Thanks, we are." You snapped. "Get the fuck away from me."
You had been the one to sob that night and Rhea and Buddy comforted you, Buddy got you your favourite snacks, ordered food, brought you a blanket and put on a movie you all liked. Rhea cuddled you under the blanket and stroked your hair as your sobs subsided and by the end of the night, you fell asleep with Rhea in the middle, and you and Buddy on either side.
You went on a few dates after that but mostly stayed alone.
"You should meet someone new." Rhea urged you. "I love you and I want you to be happy."
"I'd rather be happy and alone then miserable in a relationship." You replied, shaking your head.
Rhea and Buddy set you up on dates with people and while they were great, you weren't that interested in more than a casual relationship.
Until you met him, he was a musician of a metal band, and he understood completely.
He knew you and Rhea were close, and while him and Buddy didn't run in the same circles, he had no issue with him.
When you told Rhea and Buddy, they'd congratulated you and Rhea had hugged you so tight, you felt the air leaving your lungs.
"This is so good." Rhea had said, cupping your cheek and smiling at you.
"I have another person to keep track of you two now." Buddy had joked.
You just smiled and looked over at your boyfriend, who smiled back at you, his eyes sparkling and his expression tender.
"I have no problem looking after the two of them." He said. "As long as my girl is happy."
"She better be or we'll be having words." Rhea threatened lightly, the seriousness of the threat hanging there.
"I'm really happy." You assured Rhea. "I found my other person."
After everything that happened, you finally found your person. And it was in Chris fucking Motionless, of all people.
(A/N: I just had this idea of being best friends with Rhea and I was obsessed with it because she's genuinely one of my favourite wrestlers, and probably my favourite female wrestler. And I'm such a massive fan of Motionless in White as well, and the crossover of Rhea and Chris. So I feel like it was kinda obvious I was gonna do this.)
