tartaglia x fem!reader. fluffy fluff fluff. not really any warnings here except it's tooth rotting fluff. college au.
i took inspiration from a line in a rick and morty episode, and the movie 10 things i hate about you for this. the song is can't take my eyes off of you by frankie valli. who's even gonna read this nonsense 🤣
ajax is the ideal man. tall, athletic, smart, and handsome. blue eyes that would put the bluest oceans to complete shame. he is charming with a silver tongue, and popular.
perfect, right?
well, ajax also has a revolving door of girls. he can get any girl on campus into bed with him on the first date. and he knows it. you are honestly surprised the college hasn't had a pregnancy spike.
ajax has left a lot of girls in tears. it didn't even matter that you are weak to him as well. that his eyes took your breath away, and his charm made your heart pound. you aren't stupid, though. you are sure it would end the same way with you as it did for those other girls.
which is why you didn't take him seriously when he started pursuing you at first.
if there is one thing ajax is, it's determined.
"hey, beautiful! i'm looking for a job," his voice sounds next to you, right on time as you walk to your first class that morning. ajax is also incredibly consistent. you could predict he was coming without turning your head to look up at him.
"what?" you ask, raising an eyebrow as you look up at him. he shots you a charming smile that makes your cheeks heat, and you can't help but notice how good he always smells.
"i'm interested in applying for the job of pleasing you," his arm loops around your shoulders before you could move away. "part time. full time. either one works for me."
"it's too early in the morning for this," you reply, taking his arm from around you. how tempting it was to tuck yourself under his arm, bury your face in his chest, and inhale the scent of his cologne. let him walk you to class.
but you stood your ground. "you are going to be late, ajax. have a good day," and with that you kept walking to your first class.
he has some departing words for you, however. his charming smile never falters, nor does the glint of determination in his eyes. "i love it when you play hard to get. i'll just have to change up my strategy then."
god, ajax wants you so bad. he doesn't think he has ever wanted someone so badly in his life. and to top it all off, you are the first girl who has ever turned him down. he loves the thrill of the chase.
ajax is relentless. you have lost count of how many paper airplanes he has thrown your way in classes he has with you, all asking you out with circle yes or no written on them. he has even whole ass sat in classes he doesn't have with you, pursuing you until your professor tells him to leave.
he isn't kidding when he says he is changing his strategy. he is fast to show you the fruits of his well thought out labor.
"so, gorgeous? how does friday sound?" ajax trots up to you on your way to get lunch.
"what about friday?" you ask, sighing as you raise your eyebrow. every day it is getting harder and harder to fight him. quite frankly it's exhausting how much will you always have to muster up.
"i was thinking friday is the perfect day," he continues, stepping in your path so you are forced to stop so you don't bump into him.
"what are you talking about, ajax?" your foot catches on the sidewalk a little, causing you to stumble from stopping so abruptly. he smoothly catches you, and your breath is stolen away when you look up into his eyes. you huff, frustrated as you move away from him.
"i am going to ask you out every friday at 1pm," tartaglia declares, wishing he had the chance to feel you against him a little before you moved out his grasp. "it's perfect, don't you think? then that leaves the weekend open for our date."
"assuming i ever say yes," you quickly say, and you can't help but laugh a little. he wasn't kidding. he really has changed his strategy. this has be the most creative way he has asked you out yet.
or so you thought. you found out after 2 straight months of him asking you out every friday without fail he has much more up his sleeve. at this point, you are pretty sure other guys on campus are making a series of ajax's pursuit of you and posting it on tik tok. you have actually been tagged in videos.
little did you know that your downfall is right around the corner.
the following friday, you notice it's 5 minutes past 1pm. this isn't like ajax at all. he usually is right on time, right down to the second. you have seen neither hide nor hair of him all day. you assume he finally gave up.
until you hear the shrill noise of a microphone. cringing, you snap your gaze in the direction of the sound...to see ajax standing on one of the tables of the food court with a karaoke machine next to him.
"you are just too good to be true. can't take my eyes off of you," it's in this moment you discover ajax has a really good singing voice. "you'd be like heaven to touch. i want to hold you so much. you are just too good to be true." every student in vicinity is watching, and several girls look hopeful as he raises his finger to point- "can't take my eyes off of you,"- right at you.
"i love you babbbyyyy. and if it's quite alrighttttt i need you, babbyyy. trust in my when i sayyyy," you stand there, slack jawed in stunned silence as ajax full on serenades you.
"oohhh pretttyyy babbyyy, don't bring me down, i pray," campus security is closing in on ajax at this point. he is not going to them stop him. "wait, wait, wait, fellas. she hasn't answered me yet," he pleads into the microphone before dropping it and jumping off table.
honestly, you had to laugh at how comical ajax looked, still singing without the microphone, running away and dodging campus security. spying the microphone on the table, you walk up to it, and pick it up right as campus security is tackling ajax.
"okay, ajax," you say into the microphone, gracefully accepting defeat. "okay, i'll go out with you. please son hurt him, security. this all because of me. you win, ajax. i'll go out with you."
you couldn't possibly fight him anymore. especially not after all this. once campus security let's him go, ajax actually jumps around in joy, chanting "she said yes! she said yes, finally!"
honestly, what have you gotten yourself into.
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