Hey I absolutely loved your writings!!! I saw that your requests were open and had an idea. Could you write a story about chris and actress reader (she’s in her 20s) They are at the james cordon show and are playing spill your guts or fill your guts. You can choose if they already know each other or not. But can you let it end where they end up being a couple or having a date or smt.
I also had the idea of chris and actress reader reading thirst tweets together. Just saw a lot of videos and thoughy it would be nice with chris too. You can chose if you wanna write both or not.
Thansk anyway ♥️
A/N: Hiya lovely! Thank you for putting a request in, i love both of them. However, i might only be able to do the Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts one, i hope that’s okay. I will be using a book called The Stopover by T L Swan as a book being made into a movie that reader and Chris will be starring in together. Although this book hasn’t been made into a movie, it has been in this fic.
Disclaimer: My work is not to be translated or to be posted anywhere else other than MY Tumblr, Wattpad and Ao3 without my permission. However, reblogs are welcome.
Pairing: Chris Evans x Actress!Reader
Warnings: Age gap romance! But other than that, no other warnings. All fluff and wholesome shit, enjoy.
Word Count: 3,000
GIF NOT MINE!!! Credit goes to @chrisevansedits go check them out!
Who Knows?
Around the first time you met Chris Evans, you were new in the business, the industry of acting. It was hard to settle in at first, being that everyone on the current movie set had been working together for years, so when it came down to making friends, you definitely struggled. But that’s when Chris did the most to include you, to make you feel welcome and it worked. You felt right at home, as though these were people you’d known your whole life.
But along with gratitude for Chris and his kind hearted gestures, came a crush, a very big one. And sure, you’re not a kid, you’ve had relationships, both purely physical and romantic/serious. You’ve had crushes too, most of which faded over time. But Chris, now that’s a crush you’ve harboured since that first hello. And it’s dangerous territory, simply because he’s 40, you’re just a week shy of your 28th birthday. So there’s the age gap, the 12 year age gap. And also the knowledge that there are some projects in the making, projects you already know will require you to work alongside Chris again. Despite promoting your most recent project currently.
Many actors have formed romantic connections whilst working together, it’s bound to happen, you’re all human after all, but you pride yourself on your professionalism. However, when it comes to Chris, it all melts away like ice in the Sahara desert. You feel your resolve dissipating at the mere sight of the man, you’re a fool. This much is true.
So in promotion for your recent movie ‘The Stopover’ a movie adaptation of the book of the same name by T.L Swan, yourself and your co-star Chris are appearing on the Late Late Show with James Cordon.
And as you sit comfortably on the couch next to James with Chris to your left, the makeup artist starts to touch up your lipstick whilst James prepares for the next segment. The one you’ve been dreading.
You were informed prior to today that you’d be playing a game called Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts, with Chris and James. A game you are more than familiar with, yet one that scares you to death. Mostly because the questions can be anything from rank your previous co-stars kisses from best to worst all the way to James asking you to list your celebrity crushes.
Much like Forest Gump and that box of chocolates, the questions could be anything, you never know what you’re gonna get.
Once you’re given the 5 minute countdown, you make your way over to the table, waiting on the cue to begin.
As the cameras start rolling again, you swallow your anxiety and keep it in for the sake of looking less terrified.
“Hi and welcome back to The Late Late Show, i’m your host James Cordon and as you can see i’m still joined by the stars of new romance movie The Stopover. Chris Evans and Y/F/N everyone give it up for these two. Now, we’re going to spice things up a little with a game i like to call”
The overhead announcement rasps out “Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts”
This is it, you suppose.
James runs over the rules quickly before deciding that he’ll go first to get the ball rolling.
He takes a peak at the card in his hand and then loses all control, his laughter fills you with even more dread, especially knowing the question is going to be directed at you as that’s the order you’re going in.
“Y/N, you’ve been acting ever since you were 18 and your first movie was an appearance in The Avengers, the first movie starring six of earths mightiest heroes. Rank the actors playing these heroes from your favourite to least favourite?”
Okay, that’s an easy one.
“Nice and easy to start off with” James chuckles, awaiting your response.
The audience cheer to encourage you, or so you think, but as you glance at James, he winks at the crowd to signal this is just to ease you in.
“Hm, let me think!” you ponder it for a couple seconds, but as you do so, James turns the table so that the bird saliva is right in front of you “if you can’t answer, i’m afraid i’ll have to say Bon Appétit” his smirk riles you in the best way.
You continue to wind everyone up, including James by threatening to make him have the bird saliva before answering.
“RDJ, Hemsworth, Scarlett, Mark, Evans and lastly Jeremy” your smug self sits back with a smile from ear to ear, your head turning to face the audience as they cheer you on. Whereas Chris just shakes his head laughing, his smile making you feel all warm inside as you shuffle in your seat excitedly.
“Now the game has really started” you pick up a card, turning to Chris to ask the question, your cheeky laugh alarms him, reminding him just exactly what game he’s playing.
“Christopher” you tease, holding the card close to your chest “Y/N”
Oh but the way he says your name, the way it falls so easily and heavenly off of his tongue. It’s like you’re fully aware of how you lose yourself in your crush on him, but you love it, you love the torture of never making a move. In a way you’ve kind of already decided he’d never want you, and you’ve written it off without even trying. Mostly due to the fact that you were only 18 when you first met Chris, surely he’d only ever see you as a friend...or so you think.
God, you’ve lost count of the amount of times you’ve gone back and forth with yourself over making a move on Chris, or if it would only lead to hurt. But do you really want to have regrets? Not exactly.
“You’ve had your fair share of love interests in the duration of your acting career thus far. Rate the following actresses on the their kissing skills and who you enjoyed kissing the most to who you enjoyed least” a loud ‘oooooo’ sounds from the audience as you dance in your seat, enjoying the way Chris is currently squirming. “The options are as follows... Myself, Michelle Dockery, Ana Farris, Michele Monaghan and Alice Eve”
He rests his head in his hands, peaking through his fingers to spy what rancid option is up for him to eat, should he opt out of answering.
The dish of choice, well, your choice, is the cod sperm. The audience make disgusted sounds as they smile at how Chris reacts to it. He scrunches his eyes closed in horror.
“I mean that cod sperm looks delicious, Evans” you wink as he rolls his eyes at you “could always just opt out” your way of pushing him into answering.
Although you’re anxious to hear his answer, you’re also wishing your feelings away in this moment. Rejection is all you’ve ever known, you’ve never been the one who was wanted and you’ve never been the first choice for guys. So everyone could basically assume you’ve not got the most amount of confidence. And they’d be right. But you’ve gotten better at faking it..faking it until you make it, right?
A long and never ending deep breath later and Chris sits upright, prepared to answer.
“In order of who i enjoyed kissing the most to the least, Y/N, Alice Eve, Michelle Dockery, Michele Monaghan and Ana Faris. But all women are great kissers, and dear friends of mine” the crinkles at the sides of his eyes causes you to silently swoon. God his smile, you could look at him smiling all day long.
He’s heaven in human form.
Who would have known when you first met Chris, that all these years later, you’d be doing a steamy romance movie with him and have a high flying crush on him. Because you certainly didn’t see this one coming. Sure, he’s a looker-well, he’s a lot more than just a looker, and you’ve had a crush for years but it’s bloomed into something you never thought possible. At first you didn’t see it as anything more than just you being a teenager with an admiration for the man. But now it’s clear it was never just that.
“Well i guess i should thank you, Evans. But also let’s swiftly move on” you feel the heat start in your chest, creeping its way up to your neck and eventually your face, leaving your mouth open as you try to hide your flustered state, however, James already noticed.
“Looks like someone is embarrassed” he comments, under his breath of course, but everyone still hears.
You barely manage to glance over at Chris, praying his eyes are elsewhere, but surprise surprise, his ocean eyes are boring right into yours. And suddenly you’re being stripped bare for the entire world to see, or at least that’s how it feels, that’s the power of his stare. Goosebumps cover your entire body, even the parts that are covered, arousal forms in your panties, leaving you unable to speak, you’re not even sure you’re breathing properly.
As you start to think that perhaps you should look away, you’re immediately forced back to reality, where Chris’s focus is solely on James as he picks up the card that holds the next question.
However, your mind is elsewhere the entire time. To put it bluntly, the lights are on but no one is home. All that you want is to feel his eyes on you again, to feel his undivided attention.
The seconds tick by and you feel like you’re floating in a hazy state, aware of your surroundings yet uninterested.
Before filming this latest movie with Chris, you felt more on a platonic level with him, that the line between romance and friendship was too thick to cross, that you could never even attempt to do so. Whereas after filming, you know the line is thin, way too thin that it’s almost too hard to notice when you’re crossing it sometimes. During filming, Chris was a lot more flirtatious on set, in between takes, during rest days and over text. It was a lot but you welcomed it with open arms, mostly due to fear, because you weren’t entirely sure how long this new in between with Chris would last. So you chose to embrace it. But to your surprise, he kept up with this change in demeanour way after filming ended.
The next few rounds come and go, luckily you haven’t had to eat any of the rancid options on the table, James had to eat the bug trifle being as he didn’t want to answer some question regarding his crew on The Late Late Show. Chris had to eat the giant water scorpion after being unable to answer your question to him about which movie of his he thinks is the worst. You already know he’d feel too guilty about answering something like that.
James wraps up the segment before then wrapping up the remainder of the show by introducing a performance by the singer of your movies main song, Shawn Mendes with the song ‘Fallin’ All In You’
A favourite of yours regardless of it being on the soundtrack to your new movie.
The camera pans over too the other stage to Shawn as he starts to play his guitar, the introduction to the song.
You remain seated in your chair, with the crew members removing your microphone as well as Chris’s but as they do so, you decide to look over at him and once again, his focus is solely on you. His intense stare is enough to cause any confident woman to crumble.
You’re losing yourself in his eyes too, unable to stop it in it’s tracks.
James rises to his feet after Shawn finishes singing, whilst yourself and Chris cheer for him, he’s a talented guy, ridiculously so. You’re a huge fan of his, if that wasn’t at all obvious. The second you knew he was going to be doing the main song for the movie, you freaked out, admittedly. It was both embarrassing and funny. Chris just found it endearing.
Once your mics are off, you make your way over to hug Shawn, greeting him as well as issuing a compliment on his performance, to which he smiles and thanks you before congratulating the two of you on the upcoming premier that’s occurring tomorrow night. The event everyone has been talking about.
Chris thanks him before everyone makes their way back to their dressing rooms.
You settle in your chair, everything has been gathered together by your assistant but you’re taking a couple minutes to respond to some texts. As you’re doing so, there’s a knock at your door. You wonder who that could be.
The door opens to reveal Chris standing there anxiously, he looks at you through his long eyelashes, making your stomach flutter.
“Hey, what’s up?”
“Could we have a moment to talk, please?” he asks, polite as ever.
Your assistant naturally excuses herself to give the two of you more privacy whilst Chris takes a seat next to you on the couch. Your stomach starts performing backflips, clearly thinking it’s a gymnast.
“I don’t know how to say this, so i think the best way to say it is to just come out with it” he breathes “i like you, Y/N, i like you a lot. And that thought alone has bugged me for so long, way longer than i’d ever care to admit. But after tonight i just felt like if i didn’t say anything then i’d burst”
Your whole body freezes, did he really just say what you think he just said? Evidently so, being as Chris looks at you with sad eyes, taking your silence as rejection.
Your body chooses the perfect time to wake up.
“I like you too, god. I’ve waited a long time to say that. I guess a huge part of me was unsure due to the fact that i’ve known you since i was 18, i didn’t expect things to ever get to this place. I just second guessed myself constantly”
A weight clearly lifts from the both of you, the air feels fresher, clearer, as does your minds. The goodness that can come from speaking the truth is incredible. It’s like it was never ever going to be difficult yet the two of you overthought the entire thing, tricked your minds into thinking the other one wouldn’t feel the same. But you’re glad he made that first move to confess his feelings.
“When did you start feeling this way?” you inquire, hesitantly.
“I liked you prior to filming The Stopover, but after we began filming, it solidified everything and i’ll admit i was scared, but i’m glad i feel this way. You make me laugh, you make me feel calm. And to be perfectly honest, i feel like deep down in your soul, there’s no age gap whatsoever. Everything has come so naturally”
You watch his lips move, hear the words tumble out one by one and you can’t help the way your heart beats faster.
“I wish i could say i haven’t had the most pathetic crush on you since i was 18 but i want to be truthful. At first i brushed it off, but over the years it’s gotten bigger and tonight, there was just something different, something exciting that made me want to tell you how i’ve been feeling”
There could be a million guys in this room and your eyes would still be on his, he’s the only man you’ve ever had a clear view off for years, everyone else is merely a irrelevant blur.
“Well that was all easier than i expected it to be” you laugh, trying to make light of your foolishness.
“It was, we’ve managed to turn something simple into something complicated so quickly. It’s safe to say we’re not great at this stuff” he laughs too, your favourite sound.
“So my age is not an issue?” the elephant in your mind, something that’s held you back from saying a word to him, you have to know.
The way he shrugs and shakes his head, so calmly, he didn’t even stop to think about it. It fills you with relief.
“Not at all. I’ve always felt that age is a number, and we’re both adults, aren’t we? Surely we deserve the right to explore whatever this is”
He has a point, why were you worried about the age gap, when he has never seen it as an issue?
“So, where do we go from here, do w-”
“I’d like the chance to take you on a date, we can see where this could go, only if you’d like to, i’d never pressure you”
A true gentleman all over, you’re swooning.
You smile softly, reaching your hand to grasp his, to which he turns them over and intertwines his fingers with yours “well?”
“I’d love to”
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