DD

For months, Dean Di Laurentis has made no secret of the fact that he wants Y/N. Not in the serious, relationship kind of way—at least that’s what everyone assumes. Every party, every group hangout, every stolen conversation ends the same way: Dean flashes that cocky grin, throws out another shameless flirt, and asks when she’s finally going to give him a chance. Y/N’s answer is always the same. “No.” Sometimes she laughs. Sometimes she rolls her eyes. Sometimes she tells him to find someone else. Dean always backs off with a shrug and another joke, never pushing when she says no. Their flirting becomes a running joke among their friends, and eventually Y/N stops taking his advances seriously. Then Sean breaks her heart. After more than a year together, their relationship falls apart. Weeks later, Sean already seems to be moving on while Y/N feels stuck. She hates how much she still misses him, hates crying over someone who isn’t crying over her. One lonely night, after seeing Sean with another girl at a party, she reaches her breaking point. She doesn’t want to call Sean. She refuses to beg for another chance. She doesn’t want comfort. She doesn’t want sympathy. She wants one night where she doesn’t have to think about her ex. Without giving herself time to reconsider, she scrolls through her contacts until she reaches the one name she swore she’d never call. Dean Di Laurentis. He answers almost immediately. “Couldn’t stay away from me, huh?” Y/N closes her eyes, takes a shaky breath, and says the words she never imagined she’d say. “Are you still interested?” The teasing in Dean’s voice disappears. “…Y/N?” “I don’t want to think about Sean anymore.”