#solohontas

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 | @thenavajovalleyhandler

    “You know... if I was a Disney character, I’d definitely be Flynn Rider,” Owen smirked, side-eyeing Alex to see what her reaction would be as he chopped up cucumbers for a salad. 

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//I made these pops of Alex and Owen for @thenavajovalleyhandler for her birthday, and I wanted to share them with you guys too <3 I’m still so in love with how they came out. (I made them before they announced an official Owen :])

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SEVEN MINUTES (High School Exchange Student AU)

Your number is: 16

This got so long but SOOOOO worth it omg.

 16: Discuss the 7 minute story they should tell the others

    A beer tohis lips, Owen surveyed the room. This party wasn’t really his kind of thing;he’d so much rather be outside, working with his horses. His brother River hadbrought him an untamed mustang- Owen’s new personal project. He couldn’t waitto tame the beautiful creature and build up his trust. Owen never really likethe phrase ‘breaking’ horses. He knew what it meant, but he also liked tobuild up a relationship with them, something based on mutual respect-

    “Owen!” 

     A voicecut through his daydream, bringing him back to the party. Sure, he was popular,and happy to be invited. But none of his real friends were here, just a couplepeople he knew from a few classes. But hey. He liked a good time and night offas much as any. This just happened to be less than thrilling. 

     Untilnow.

     “You’renext!” the dude shouted, much drunker than he should have been. Owen curled hislips in distaste. 

     “Listen,man, I’ve-”

     “And your partner is…. DRUM ROLL PLEASE!” Some idiot next to himrapped his fingers on a bookshelf while idiot number one head banged to thesound. He pulled a piece of paper out of a cup of names and revealed who Owenwould be spending his ‘Seven Minutes in Heaven’ with. “ALEXSHIIIIIIIMA!” 

     Oh.Things just got a bit more interesting.

     Owenlooked over at her. She seemed to be trying to melt into the couch, but itwasn’t working. Her friend seemed excited for her- in fact, she was lifting herby the arm, encouraging her to head towards the closet. Owen couldn’t help butsmile a bit as he got up. She was the foreign exchange student, and he hadalways thought she was very cute, in spite of her shyness. Or, perhaps becauseof it. He knew she was only here because her friend had dragged her out, but itlooked like he would finally get a good chance to say hi.

     He lefthis beer at his spot, popping a quick mint just before the door closed. Hedidn’t want her to have to smell his beer breath, and he was quite grateful hehadn’t even downed half of his first one. As darkness enveloped him, he reachedup to scratch an itch, accidentally banging Alex’s cheek bone with hiselbow. 

     “Oh mygod, I am so sorry!” He fumbled forward, trying not to hurt her again. “Are youall right?”

    “I’m all right,” she murmured. “It wasjust a nick.”

    “Still. I’m sorry. I know you weren’texpecting to get beat in the face tonight.”

     “I wasn’t beat in the face.” She chuckled,and Owen liked her laugh. He hadn’t heard it before. “Don’t be so hard onyourself.”

    He smiled, but then remembered she couldn’tsee that and added a chuckle of his own. “Sooo…” he said. “I guess we could…kiss, or something.”

    She hesitated, and Owen felt his heartsink with embarrassment. “I’m not trying to pressure you or anything, I swear.We don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do.”

    At her sigh of relief, he relaxed. “Thankyou.”

    “It is a pretty awkward way to get to knowsomeone. In a closet, in the dark… Talking might be better for us.”

    “Yeah, it definitely is.” She confirmed,her voice light. Owen was thankful to know he hadn’t offended her.

    “You know what? Let’s come up withsomething to tell them. They’re going to ask; let’s get our story straight.” Owengrinned.

    “We can tell them you were a perfectgentleman and made up for bashing me in my eyebrow.”  

   “We could tell them that,” Owen said, “Or,we could tell them that we actually found a secret tunnel to Narnia, and Aslansays hello.”

    She laughed, a little too loudly. Owencould hear other people from class laughing outside the door, making crasscomments. He sighed, hanging his head. Something told him she was blushing, andhe knew she heard the comments, too.

    “Pay them no mind.” He said. “They kindasuck. High school, right?” he rolled his eyes. “Can’t wait to graduate.”

    “Tell me about it.” Alex said quietly. “Iwish I hadn’t come tonight.”

     “I’m glad you did,” Owen said softly. “Talkingto you is the best thing that’s happened tonight.”

    She was quite, but this time, Owen had afeeling she was smiling too. “Yeah?”

    A loud knock broke the silence. “Okay,lovers, time’s up! Getcha selves outta there for the next two- Audrey andTrEEEYYYYY!! HEYYY!!!”

    “Wanna get out of here?” Owen asked. “Thisparty sucks.”

    “Yes.” Alex agreed, her hand accidentallybrushing his. “Oops. Sorry.”

    “No problem.” Owen grinned.

    The door flung open, nearly blinding themwith light. Owen blinked hard, readjusting. “Soooo how was it?” the idiotasked, obnoxiously loud. “She’s kinda hot. Is she a good kisser?”

    Owen gritted his teeth. “You know, it’s noneof your damn business, Hurly.” He unclenched his fist, resisting the urge to punchHurly in his drunk gut. “I hit her in the eyebrow with my elbow, and we spentthe whole time looking for a bandaid. Happy?”

    “Then why isn’t she wearing one?”

    “Eh, we used one of your little pinksweaters to mop up the blood.” Owen snapped back. He kept walking, straight upthe stairs and out the door. As he headed to his motorcycle, he realized Alexwas still behind him. “Sorry about that guy. I promise, not everyone at thisschool is like him.”

    “I know,” she said softly. “But too manypeople in this world are.”

    Owen nodded. “Where’s your car?” he asked.“You going to get home okay?”

    “I can handle it. I shouldn’t leaveRebecca alone. I think I’m her designated driver, even though we came in hercar.” Alex’s features said she would much rather leave, but she needed to dothe right thing for her friend. “I’ll be okay.”

    “Can I see your phone?” Owen asked. Alexnodded, handing it to him. He put in his number, then handed it back. “You havemy number. Use it if you need it, okay?” She pocketed her phone, nodding. “Promise?”

    “Yes. Thank you.” She could definitelyhandle herself, but it was nice knowing Owen was on her side if she needed him.“And thank you for, you know, back there.”

    “It was the decent thing to do.” Hegrinned, mounting his bike. “See you Monday, Alex Shima.”

    “Have a good night, Owen Grady.” Alexsaid, still clutching her phone. She waved as he drove off, thankful he was toofar away to see the faint blush spreading across her cheeks, or the tiny smilegrowing on her lips.

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Vacations

It had been a nightmare the past few months. Every time Alex was available for date night, Hoskins had something for Owen. Whenever Owen was available, Claire had something for Alex. Or they were being sent around the world on digs, to conferences, survey other possible locations… anything. And the handler was done with it. She went over Claire’s head to Masrani, and demanded two weeks free of anything but normal work for her and her fiance. Simon did one better. He gave the handlers two weeks of paid vacation, which would result in time and a half if they clocked in for work. Alex, grateful and excited, rushed home to find Owen, working on fixing the bike. “Owen! Guess what!?” She called out as she jumped from the parked jeep. “We have vacation! We are officially on vacation and no one can bother us. I’ve missed you so much! I feel like we haven’t seen each other in years.”

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    A swig of a deliciously icy cold soda chilled his throat on the humid day. A few minutes of spare time, grabbed out of desperation on a rarely free evening, now dedicated to working on the Triumph stretched before him. He knew he should be enjoying himself, but it was just so dang hot out... He had discarded his shirt long ago, but it hardly helped. He wiped the sweat from his brow, reaching for another tool from his toolbox. The Jeep swung into the drive, catching his attention. 

     Owen stood up, unable to resist grinning at the sight of his wife’s excitement. His mouth fell open in shock. “What?! We do? When did that happen?” He welcomed her into his arms, hoping he wasn’t too sweaty. He didn’t want to gross her out and ruin her happy mood.

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"HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LOVE!" Alex ran to him and leapt into his arms, kissing him lovingly. "You deserve an amazing birthday. So, what would your perfect birthday be?"

     Owen picked her up as she leaped into his arms, spinning her around. Her lips were soft against his, and he could feel her smile melding with his own. “Anything with you is all I want. Let’s go for a ride, and watch the sunset from the mountaintop. How does that sound?” 

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Solohontas Home ~ Fallen Kingdom Era

He finished that cabin ;)