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Win, Lose or Draw - Chapter 15: The Next Step

aka “the series finale <3”

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“Eve, you are scaring me. Why did you spam my phone with one hundred text messages screaming urgent in all caps?”

“Because this is urgent.”

After the brunch, Eve quickly spoke to Elena about a plan then rushed out of the cafe and took an Uber to Villanelle’s building, relieved that she had a break in her schedule to talk. Running to the elevator and down the hall, she practically took the door down, knocking on Villanelle’s chic apartment entrance.

“Is it sexy time? Is that why you are out of breath to see me? A simple I miss you could have done the trick.”

“No idiot. Well, I do miss you but that is not why I am here.”

“Uh oh. Serious Eve has arrived. Are you going to school me on my questionable economic policies and tax incentives? That sounds pretty sexy.”

“No. Focus please. This is bad.”

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Win, Lose or Draw - Chapter 8: The Dinner🥵💋

aka “uh oh! what happens after the kiss? will they? or wont they?”

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Eve jerks out of bed, groggy and aching. It is currently pitch black outside her window, with the occasional car light or hollering drunkard. She reaches for her phone on the side table but comes in contact with a bottle of pills and a bottle of water instead. Trying to sit up and see where her phone lies, Eve feels something is off. She never goes to sleep with socks or a sweatshirt nor does she have anything on her side table except reading glasses and her phone.

Reaching over the mysterious bottles, Eve taps her phone open and the blinding light of the phone screen makes her wince. Shit, I feel like garbage. Oh and it’s fucking 4am. Slamming her phone face down, she calls out Elena’s name then remembers that Elena has been staying with Kenny, so she is all alone in her vast hotel room. But she feels like there was someone else here because even sober Eve wouldn’t take care of herself that well with Advil and water.

Not being able to go to sleep, she pops two pills in her mouth and downs it with a big gulp of the cold water. What happened last night? Eve ponders on the memory remnants floating around in her mind space and tries to put the puzzle pieces together. Okay, it was the debate. It apparently didn’t go too well because Eve realizes she drank her angry cocktail of wine AND gin. Yep, that’s not a good sign.

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Win, Lose or Draw Chapter 12: The Holiday, Part 2

aka “a continuation of soft, vacation villaneve”

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The lobby has mostly cleared out from about an hour ago, the sun is setting already. Villanelle practically skips out of their room, dragging Eve behind her. They’ve changed into more comfy beach clothes since their old ones were on the floor somewhere after their little pre-dinner activity. As Villanelle waits for Eve to lock the door, she admires her partner for the thousandth time that day.

Eve wears a simple coral sundress that is tapered at the waist. She also has on some heeled beige espadrilles. Villanelle laughs softly at this because even with heels, Eve is still shorter than the blonde which is perfect in every way. Villanelle, on the other hand, dons ripped denim shorts and a ruffled white blouse. Eve had insisted on just wearing sweatpants and a tank top to dinner, yet she forgot that they are technically public servants and media outlets crawl about anywhere, even on a remote island like Chincoteague. They settled on the more casual side of formal for a quick beachside dinner.

The two women try their best to exit the lobby unnoticed with sunglasses and matching white floppy hats on. As much as Villanelle wants to feel the electric spark from Eve’s hand again, it is best to keep a safe distance, just in case another bystander spots them.

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Win, Lose or Draw - Chapter 10: The Solution

aka “the one where eve thinks a lot again + villanelle and eve have a soft convo at IHOP”

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Today is Wednesday morning. Eve mindlessly goes through her morning routine. Wake up, roll out of bed, brush hair and teeth then wash the face. She plops back into the cozy warm bed since today is her first day off in a very long time. Elena is at Kenny’s doing whatever lovers do while Eve sits here, waiting for 11am.

For the past few days, Eve has been running around Washington D.C. like a crazy woman. Elena has booked her to the brim with Senator meetings, TV interviews, trips to schools and restaurants to connect with locals, and even playing a game of bowling with the senior citizens. Kenny secured a job at the Department of Defense (thank god) working as a computer security engineer, and Elena decided she will split her time between the governor’s office and DC when Eve ultimately becomes governor.

Carolyn is most likely snooping around somewhere and that new candidate Geraldine has no clue what is going on which leaves one more person in Eve’s life unaccounted for. Villanelle responded with a simple “see you then” when Eve reminded her of their long-awaited pancake meeting a few days ago. Other than that, radio silence from Villanelle’s end.

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Win, Lose or Draw Chapter 9 - The Deal😟

aka “a continuation of carolyn's unwelcome interruption + catching up with konstantin”

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When Eve gave that look, there was nothing more than pure lust and excitement running through Villanelle’s body. Now, being cornered by quite possibly the most intimidating person she has ever met has replaced those feelings of passion with fear and anxiety. She senses Eve’s own apprehension as they stand a few feet apart, next to each other, confronting Carolyn.

“I see that you two have amended your relationship.”

Carolyn looks them up and down, silently scrutinizing them. Villanelle side-eyes Eve, who remains speechless and frozen. The silence is terribly loud, but Villanelle has no idea what to even respond.

“Yes. Well. Eve and I were just, uh-”

“No need to explain, Villanelle . I frankly do not care what goes on in Eve’s life or yours. We can skip the excuses and niceties. I want to talk about your campaigns.”

In her years of law and working with Konstantin, she had never met a person so blunt and self-assured. Weirdly enough, though, Carolyn is not mean yet somehow she makes Villanelle quiver in her boots, which is very difficult to do. And no one conducts campaign business in bathrooms, so even more, Villanelle understands that this woman is all business. No wonder Eve is so uptight.

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Win, Lose or Draw - Chapter 14: The Decision

aka “villanelle and eve go campaign their asses off, but something goes down *uh oh*”

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Two weeks out and Villanelle has to work her ass off to catch up in the polls. She can’t help that her girlfriend is a skilled politician who might be better than her in every way, but still. Villanelle cannot afford to lose at this important time. Irina had set up a thorough, detailed schedule of events for the final two weeks. She either has to get up now, at 5am or figure out a way to be in multiple places at once. Villanelle loves working and grinding, but absolutely nothing will make her motivated enough to wake up before the sun rises and actually work.

Anything to win, though.

She rolls lazily out of bed. Irina already had sent her hundreds of texts which range from angrily yelling “WAKE UP” to aggressively sending voice notes that are a mix of Russian and incoherent yelling. Villanelle has to visit a nursing home, give a speech at a factory nearby to help her jobs section of the platform, go to voter registration booths at the local university, and drop by restaurants and cafes to really reach the people...according to Irina of course.

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Win, Lose or Draw - Chapter 13: The Return

aka “a transition chapter and ooooH many villaneve developments!”

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“As much as I would love listening to you and Villanelle’s little rendezvous, we have to get this shit done. Three weeks Eve! Just three more weeks!”

“I know, Elena. It’s just-- really? We have to still have events with that Geraldine girl?”

“Yes Eve. While she stands no chance, we have to keep it that way, yeah?”

Eve groans out of frustration, partly because she would much rather focus on her perfect holiday with her girlfriend . However, Eve also knows that she has to think about winning against her too (it is getting more and more conflicting by the day).

Ding!

Elena eyes her, annoyed as ever because that text notification had been filling the empty spaces of the morning for hours now. Even if she can’t see who is trying to reach her, because Elena threw Eve’s noisy device into some random cabinet in the hotel room, Eve knows exactly who it is.

She would have never pegged Villanelle as the clingy type, so her phone’s incessant sounds were a surprise, especially because the messages started the second they parted from their trip to Chincoteague. More importantly, though, Eve is grateful that no pictures or news leaks came out about their trip and their holiday was quite calm. She smiles to herself softly as she replays their trip home full of love and music.

“Eve….Eve....Earth to Eve!!”

“Huh...wha--Ah sorry, Elena. What were you saying?”

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to people who keep up with Win, Lose or Draw (love yall btw), I am taking a break/a few more days to write these next chapters. I am traveling and stuck with a lot of exams right now and I don’t want to put out something half-assed. might get chap 12 up by this weekend, we will see <3

thank you and good night!!!