Brayden Elliot - "You can't tell me you want to do this with anyone else after that kiss,"
For all my Finding Her Edge girlies starving for more Brayden crumbs (aren't we all team Braydiana)
You can find my spicy Brayden fic here
no warnings, tiny bit of spice (touchy makeout sesh but nothing 18+), fake dating with brayden becomes too easy, fake dating established before qualifiers (instead of before worlds), he proposes to fake date and falls first, charming!brayden, cocky!brayden, the good stuff!brayden, adriana and brayden never skated together
Confession - I usually write smut so bear with me while I write fluff 🥹
When the music finally stops, you close your eyes for a second. "I'm going to throw my skates out of the rink if you want to do the routine one more time," you mutter, earning a breathy chuckle. Brayden's minthy breath ghosts over your face, the warmth of his firm chest against your back. He's aware of how close you are, and he swallows hard. You feel his hand sliding off your arm, down your waist, brushing over the bare skin of your back as your shirt was ridden up from him lifting you up. "It's perfect, we will kill it," you say, twirling around to skate to the exit of the rink.
"That's cause you skate with me," the charming smile spreads across his face again, flashing his white teeth at you. Even when you step off the ice, skates still on, he's towering over you. Brayden leans his elbows on the door, hair falling over his forehead so effortlessly. "We should go out tonight," he proposes, causing your eyebrows to raise. "I thought you were snogging Elise Russo behind my back?" you counter, sitting on a bench to untie your skates. "I thought we agreed to leave that behind us three months ago already when I committed to us," Brayden replies, head cocking a little sideways,
"But you're cute when you're jealous," there's the grin again that both makes your blood boil and causes your stomach to dip like you're on a rollercoaster. "People will start talking if they see us together off the ice," you say, sinking some more inches when you step into your slippers, holding your skates in hand. "That's the point," he states, fingertips grazing over your elbow to make sure you pay attention. It's a habit you don't understand, but you grew addicted to it anyway. "We're hot, but if we add some more spice...," his voice trails off, a look in his eyes you recognize from practice, when your body is pushed against his and you're so close you only need to tilt your head to kiss him.
"You want us to fake it off the ice too," you catch on. "Think of the benefits. Marketing, sponsorship," Brayden says. "Says the guy who hates media?" you squint your eyes at him. "Look, I promised you gold. This is the way to get it," he stands up straight, crossing his arms over his chest, causing your eyes to dart over his muscled arms and the confident glare in his eyes. "I'll think about," you hum, turning around to get to the locker room.
"Where are you going?" Adriana whistles as she and Freddie sit at the table in the kitchen of the Team Russo home. "Out with Brayden," you say, turning a piroutte. "What's going on between you two?" Freddie asks, an amused glint visible on his face. "We're good partners," you strategically answers. "He proposed we should fake date as a marketing strategy," you add, biting at your lower lip. "I don't think it's fake from his side," Adriana giggles, making your eyes widen slightly. "He's just a flirty person," you say. "Sure," she replies with a smile. "Have fun. Remember, ice time tomorrow at seven." You roll your eyes with a chuckle, heading out to find your uber waiting for you there. Brayden texted you he was there already, your thoughts drifting off to his proposal as you looked at his profile picture on your screen.
Fifteen minutes later you were dropped off at the club, and he opened the door of the car for you, offering a hand like the charmer he was. "Hey," Brayden smiles, warm fingertips lifting your chin slightly. "You look pretty," he says, voice a little raspy and only for your ears to hear. Your cheeks heat up slightly. "Did you think about..." You nod before he can finish his sentence. "Let's do it," you say. His eyes darken, his grip on your waist intensifies. "We're gonna be so hot together," his lips brush over your ear with a grin before he pulls away, taking your hand in his to guide you to the club. The heat inside is a shrill contrast with the snowy weather outside. You drop your coat off before he pulls you towards the dance floor.
People notice your presence right away, camera's sneakily snapping a picture when he twirls you to his chest. His fingers curl around yours in a sweet way, a familiar way. Like you're on the ice. Except he's closer to you than ever, his cologne making your head spin a little. "Everyone's looking at us," you say, seeing his eyes move from yours to your lips, one of his hands gliding from your arm to your waist. "We should give them something worth watching." Tension sizzles as his nose bumps into yours. He's waiting for you to give the green light, now both of his hands on your waist, fingers digging a little harder into your skin. Yours is curled around his bicep, the other sliding up his chest. It's again like on the ice, when everyone is watching and you fade into a world where only you two exist.
It's an addictive state of mind, one that makes you feel drunk while being sober, the heat of him against you, his lips ghosting over yours. "Please," he says, the letters slowly dragging from his mouth before you finally kiss. Your eyes fall closed, hand disappearing in the hair on the nape of his neck. It's so effortless, making your body itch for more as you follow his lead naturally. Brayden deepens the kiss gently, stupid butterflies erupting in your stomach. Your shirt rid up slightly, his fingertips circling the exposed skin in a comforting way. He leans down with you when you pull away to breathe, nose against your neck, breathing in your scent. "Convincing enough?" he asks, easily ignoring the stares.
"Or should we try again?" the kiss he leaves on your skin makes you shiver, one of his digits teasing the thin strap of your lace top. Brayden's sure his heart starts hammering against his ribs when your hand is placed on his chest, hovering over the beating organ. You don't reply, his head dipping again, but you turn your face a little. "That's unfair," Brayden complains with a breathy laugh, kissing the skin beneath your ear instead before spinning you around in his arms. You ignore your phone for the rest of the night, knowing your notifications were probably exploding on all platforms possible.
"We're going to need some rules," you say when you both climb into the backseat of the taxi a couple of hours later. Brayden gives you a roll of his eyes while leaning his head against the seat, even in the dark his stare burns through your chest. You ignore it. "Touching and kissing only in public and if absolutely necessary," you start. "And we can't see anyone else." He gives you one of his flawless grins again. "You can't tell me you want to do this with anyone else after that kiss," his chest puffs out slightly, making you gnaw down on your bottom lip to suppress a laugh. "You're down bad," you push him gently. "Don't worry. We will win," he promises you.
To your surprise, Brayden follows the rules you proposed. He was serious on the ice, the perfect fake boyfriend off the ice. Brand shoots and promo parties flooded your inbox, both of your socials grew triple in follower size. You expected it to mess with your relationship and the boundaries you set as professional ice dancers, but if possible, it made you grow closer. Less mistakes each training. Countless times telling press how you fell in love together. "We hated each other's guts, stopped acting like children and finally realized what others had already seen: how good we are together," Brayden had told journalists so many times, you knew at what points in the story he'd look down at you with that smile that made your stomach do somersaults and when his hand would find the dip in your waist to pull you closer.
It was all so effortless, felt so natural to let his hand slide in yours when you made an appearance at a charity gala, felt normal when he teasingly pulled on your pony tail, let his fingers drift down your neck before drawing you in for a kiss dangerously close to your lips - all for small clips to show up on your instagram feed with dreamy captions and fans drooling over the couple you were. Qualifiers happened and you felt more connected than ever before. You were skating so freely, trusting each other, getting the perfect score. It was all so perfect and you started asking yourself more and more often how fake it was.
You stop the video of your performance at qualifiers when someone knocks on your door. You had been celebrating with the team earlier tonight, but you pulled back from the party to lock yourself into your room. "Can I come in?" Brayden peaks around the door. "Yeah, sure," you reply. Dressed in a pair of grey sweats and a tight, black shirt he enters your room, closing the door behind him. "Didn't feel like partying?" Brayden asks, letting himself fall on your bed where you were seated propped up against the pillows. "We can party after we win," you say with a small smile, letting him know that wasn't the real reason.
"You can watch it countless times, but we didn't make any mistakes," he nods to your laptop, making you close it and get up to drop it on your desk. His jaw clenches a little, hyperaware of the shorts and sportsbra you're wearing, how much skin is exposed to him. He's gotten to know you really well over the past weeks, having more difficulties to keep his desires to himself. Brayden wanted to be selfish and have you to himself off camera too. You climbed onto your bed again, sitting on your knees while looking at him. His hands rested behind his head, your eyes drifting to his muscular upper body without a thought. "We look good together," Brayden speaks up again.
"We do," you confirm for the first time, his eyes darkening slightly. It's quiet for a second, tension crackling like many moments before. You reach out to brush the hair on his forehead aside, his hand catching yours and pulling you towards him immediately. "We should kiss," he softly says, voice lowered an octave. You don't hesitate to lean forward and let your lips collide. It was even better than the kiss in the club. No pressure from people watching and snapping pictures. His hand sinks into your hair, shifting from his position to pull you closer to him, your back hitting the mattress. His weight hovering over you makes you sink deeper into the sheets.
"Tell me it's a real kiss," Brayden's breathless against your mouth. "Need me to pinch you?" you tease, making him laugh softly. He kisses you now, hands finding your waist, your hips, his body rolling so deliciously into yours. Your nails bite into his shoulder, the other hand pulling on the roots of his blond hair. His tongue licks gently into your mouth, experimentally and intrigued by your response. Brayden's fingers tickle your skin above the waistline of your shorts before settling on your hip again. Your heart is racing when he parts from you, leaning his forehead against yours. "I wanted that for a very long time," he confesses with a smile.
"Promise me one thing?" you ask. "Anything," he quickly responds. "No distractions until after worlds." His smile turns into a grin, knowing damn well what you mean. "You're torturing me," he hums, turning his head to kiss your palm as one of your hands holds his face. "I agree," he adds then. "We're going to make it," he repeats, rolling to the spot next to you. He faces you while you prop yourself up on your elbows to look at him. You hold up your pinky and he laghs, grabbing it with his. He brings your hand to his mouth again, kissing the back.















