Reconnect || Stana + Chris
Moving to Santa Monica was supposed to be a fresh start for Stana. A fresh beginning, an opportunity to leave everything in her past. And that worked, for about a grand total of two seconds. Chris Pratt wasn’t exactly a stain in her past, but he was definitely a piece of it. They’d parted on decent terms, with work and life just simply becoming far too much for both of them. It had still hurt, though, so she’d wished to put it in the past. But then he showed up, smiling and charming as ever, and she wasn’t entirely sure how to feel.
After her... mistake with Tyler in Yosemite, there was nothing Stana had been more sure of in her recent life. The charms of the dark-haired actor had been enough to draw her in, to make her toy with the idea of there being something there, especially given that their chemistry felt undeniable. But, as she’d quickly come to discover, it was a friendship chemistry and no more. What had come out of it, though, was more than a friendship, and more than one good night. It had solidified what she felt for Chris. The acute guilt that niggled in the back of her mind ever since was something she could deny no longer. She wanted to try again.
Making her way to Chris’s house was easy, and she steeled herself with a deep breath before climbing out of her car and walking up to the front door. Another deep breath before she could calm herself enough to knock, and then there was nothing left to do but wait for him to answer.
{ @theotherchris }