ellie williams x fem! drunk reader (modern au)
ʚĭɞೃ author's note: i like the idea of ellie taking care of her drunk significant other, so i added a twist to it! cherry by chromatics really sets the vibes of this fic so i think you should listen to while reading :P
ʚĭɞೃ description/warning: 1.5k words; black fem! reader (but anyone can read), pet names (babe,baby, princess (like once)), modern au, pure fluff, brat-ish reader, abby is your ex, reader got cheated on, two idiots in love, heavy drinking, best friends in love.
if you'd known your ex-girlfriend who cheated on you would’ve been at the bar you usually go to get drinks at tonight, you wouldn’t have stepped out of the house. it didn’t help that she was with the girl she cheated on you with.
you nursed your margarita through your straw and wished the earth would swallow you whole. you tried your best to ignore them, as you were losing count on how many drinks you’d ordered.
you wore a tight black dress with a pair of heels that were now aching your feet. once you decided you had enough of watching them suck each other's faces, you stumbled your way to the bathroom. as you were looking in the mirror, abby entered without the girl she had just been making out with.
“w-what’re you doing here, abby?” you hiccuped.
“i came to enjoy a drink with my girlfriend, is that so wrong y/n?”
“oh yeah, with the girl you cheated on me with, how could i forget?”
“c'mon, don’t be like that, y/n.”
“are you serious? you know what, fuck you, abby!” you exited the bathroom hastily to make your way back to the bar. you knew it wasn’t smart, but you ordered a few more drinks anyway. you hated how abby had no remorse for cheating on you. you were in love with her at one point, and she threw everything away like those three years were nothing to her.
pulling your phone from your purse, you drunkenly called the one person you knew deep down would be able to comfort you: your best friend, whom you have loved for years but were too afraid to admit for the sake of the friendship.
“hey y/n, it’s 2 a.m. this better be an emergency.” despite being drunk, you knew she just woke up from how groggy her voice was.
“i hate h-her. i ha-ate her. i don’t even know why i dated her el. i should’ve listened to you, el.” you sobbed into your phone.
you looked pathetic crying at the bar alone. your makeup, which you took hours to apply before coming, was ruined.
“listen to me, y/n, abby doesn’t fucking deserve your tears okay, you’re beautiful inside and out, and she’s going to regret it in the future, trust me.”
“o-okay.” you hiccuped, nodding your head as if she could see you.
“where are you anyway? it’s pretty loud over there.”
“i-i’m at a bar el.”
“fuck y/n, i’m coming to get you, babe. don’t you dare move; stay put, okay?”
ellie was so grateful hat you two shared locations or she would’ve had to search every bar in the area until she found you.
“mhm.”
after ellie hung up, your favorite song began blasting on the dance floor, which caused you to instinctively get up and head towards the dance floor despite crying a few minutes ago.
while abby and her girlfriend were now sitting at the bar, abby admired the way your body swayed wildly while her new girlfriend stared in disgust.
“how could you ever have dated someone like her?”
“i don’t know, it just happened,” abby said, watching the way your hips swayed on the dance floor.
as the loud music continued to blast through the speakers, you continued to sway your hips and swing your arms in the air. a man came behind you while you were dancing, but you were too drunk to care.
as the dj began playing more slow songs, you felt someone harshly shove the man that was behind you away from you. “what the fuck bitch!” you heard the man scream at the person.
“what’d you say to me?” you looked over your shoulder to see ellie walking up to the man.
“you heard me,” ellie sneered.
“e-ellie, you’re h-here!” you spoke, stepping between her and the man.
the man took this as his chance to find another girl to dance with before things escalated between him and the girl that shoved him.
ellie admired the way the black dress your wore clung to the shape of your body. though your makeup had been ruined by your tears ellie still thought you were the most beautiful girl in the world.
your beauty caused her to forget about the man behind you immediately when she laid eyes on you.
“hey babe, let’s get you home. you reek of alcohol.” she tugged at your wrist softly as she guided you towards the parking lot.
as ellie dragged you out of the bar to her parking spot, you realized how uncomfortable the heels you chose to wear actually were.
“my feet h-hurt,” you whined.
“why do you always wear these crazy foot contraptions?”
“because they’re cute el, d-duh.”
ellie shook her head at your remark. she found a bench in the parking lot and sat you down. she kneeled in front of you to take the heels off your feet, then turned around and ushered you to hop on her back.
“you owe me for this lifetime and the next, i swear.” you hopped onto her back and wrapped your legs around her waist. “you’re the best, e-ellie.” you rested your head on her shoulder as she carried you to her car.
once ellie made it to her car, she opened the passenger seat door and placed you gently inside the car. she made sure to buckle you up before she closed the door.
“i don’t want to go home,” you said, barely above a whisper.
you knew if you went home, you’d cry yourself to sleep and feel ten times worse in the morning.
“where do you want to go, babe, it’s 3am?”
“can I sleep at your place tonight, please?”
“alright.”
as ellie made her way back to her apartment, she could hear your faint snores from the passenger seat. she chuckled to herself as your mouth was agape and your head leaned towards the window. “so cute,” she whispered to herself.
once ellie’s car was parked she carried you towards her apartment door as you dozed off in her arms. after locking her door she placed you softly on her couch then went to find you a clean pair of her boxers and t-shirt to sleep in.
“babe, wake up; you've got to change and take your makeup off,” she said softly, tapping your shoulder.
“leave me alone,” you groaned.
“damnit y/n get up!”
at the sound of her stern voice, you got up immediately. “fucking fine ellie.” you said, snatching the clothes from her.
you didn’t mean to have an attitude, but you were drained. you wanted nothing more than for your head to hit a pillow. once you changed, you made your way to ellie’s bedroom, where ellie was lying with her torso flat on the bed and her legs thrown over the edge. “nope, nope, we gotta’ brush your teeth and take your makeup off. you’d kill me in the morning if i let you fall asleep in it.”
you fought back the urge to cry as ellie guided you to her bath;oom, all you wanted to do was sleep. you sat on the counter as ellie used a spare brush to brush your teeth. staring up at her, you wished that you’d dated her instead of abby. when you started dating abby, it took ellie a while to get used to seeing her best friend, whom she had always had a crush on, dating someone else. you two were too stubborn to admit that you guys loved each other more than friends loved each other.
“spit princess,” after her demand you spit out the excess toothpaste in the sink.
“okay, next makeup. i don’t have all the fancy shit you use, but i have coconut oil, a cleanser, and a moisturizer.”
“w-whatever hurry, ellie i’m sleepy.”
“you’re such a brat.”
“and you’re mean.” you were sticking your tongue out childishly.
“oh yeah?”
“yeah.” you said, rolling your eyes.
“don’t roll your fucking eyes at me, y/n.” you immediately regretted your rolling eyes at ellie because you knew how much it pissed her off.
“m’sorry.”
“it’s okay, just sit still so we can get this over with and go to bed.”
a couple of minutes later, ellie finished cleansing your face.
ellie then grabbed your bonnet from her drawer that you’d use every time you’d stayed over and placed it on your head.
“can i finally go to sleep now?”
“yes, you big baby, come on.”
once you got in bed, you rubbed your legs across ellie’s soft sheets. you scooted closer to ellie. you couldn’t resist the urge to cuddle her until you fell asleep. and of course she welcomed you with open arms.
“you okay?”
she asked, alluding to you crying to her on the phone earlier. “yeah, i just hate that i didn’t listen to you when you told me she wasn’t the one for me.”
ellie’s face began to redden because of how close in proximity you guys were, even though she’d been in this position with you numerous times. she didn’t know how much longer she could hide her love for you. with each day that she spent with you, she could feel herself falling harder for you, and she was scared.
“el are you okay?”
“yeah, sorry, i’m fine, let’s go to bed.”
“okay, goodnight i l-love you.” you said drunkenly, placing a soft kiss on her forehead.
to ellie this “i love you.” sounded different than all the ones you told her before. she stared at you with wide eyes before she decided to brush it off and go to sleep.
“goodnight babe, i love you more.”
