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Friends Don't - Charles Leclerc

You finger hits the little phone icon next to Charles's name in your contact list bringing the device up to your ear. You bite your lip while staring at the ceiling hoping that the Monégasque answers. "Y/N what's wrong?" he asks sleepily, the concern apparent in his tone, "I can't sleep, come over?" you reply quietly. Charles shuffles around on his end, "I'll be there in five" you smile before hearing the line go dead so you move the phone back onto the duvet next to you. Moonlight bathes the room in a subtle light as you rotate away from the window letting out a sigh while shutting your eyes as you wait for Charles.

They open again when you hear the lock turning at your front door. A smile comes to your face while listening to the Monégasque attempting to be silent. You hear a clatter and then a curse, which makes you laugh under your breath. Charles appears in the bedroom doorway, his hair a mess, you smile which makes him do the same before walking to the bed. "You okay?" you ask the clumsy brunette, "yeah, but you really need to tell me when you move the furniture in here" he replies, you shrug innocently and he rolls his eyes. You hold a hand out towards him so he sheds his sweater and climbs into the bed behind you, his arms finding their way around your middle. "We're always going to be friends..right?" you ask breaking the silence that has fallen between you two, "always Y/N, you can't get rid of me that easily" he replies while tightening his hold on you, "okay good" he kisses your shoulder, and you ignore the way your heart flutters at the gesture.

••••

A couple of days later the two of your are coming back home after an event Charles invited you to. "Can we go the long way?" you ask while peering over at him from where you're sitting in the passenger seat of his car, "of course" he replies while looking over at you with a smile. You rest your head against the window a smile on your face as the music plays on the radio and a comfortable silence grows. At some point you reach over to his hand, lacing your fingers through his for the whole ride home, not thinking anything of the way his hand fits perfectly in yours. When Charles suddenly pulls your hand upwards you look over again, he presses his lips to your knuckles a smile appearing on his face. "You look beautiful tonight" he murmurs without looking away from the road, you blush at the compliment and feel his thumb moving along your skin, "you're looking handsome in that suit" you reply your eyes following the line of his shoulders going down his body, stopping for a second longer at his muscular thigh. You don't realize you've been caught until Charles squeezes your hand, making you move your eyes back up to his face, which has a cocky grin on it, you shake your head and lower your eyes to get rid of the thoughts you shouldn't be having about your friend.

"Don't look at me like that" he chuckles, "like what Y/N?" you huff and look at him, "like you're god's gift to women" his grin only becomes bigger at your exclamation. "I would usually say that I am, but I'm God's gift to you, and only you" it takes a few seconds to process his reply, and when you do your cheeks turn an embarrassing shade of red, "that's not true" he squeezes your hand again, "but it is Y/N, it always will be" you notice that he has stopped the car so you go to leave your seat. Charles' hand keeps you in place before he tugs you close in one movement, you gasp at how close he brings you, the gear stick the only thing preventing any more movement to close the gap.

The Monégasque brings his free hand up to your cheek leaning towards you even further, you feel your heartbeat quicken and your eyes flick down to his lips. "Char" you murmur quietly, unsure if what you think is happening is going to happen. You feel his breath on your cheek as his thumb moves along your cheekbone, the gentle motion making you close your eyes. His nose brushes yours and your lips quirk up slightly eyes still closed as you wait for his lips to connect with yours, but his phone starts ringing loudly making you jump away and open your eyes in surprise. He cruses before taking out the device, he looks at the screen before looking at me sheepishly, "i'm sorry, I have to take it" you smile, "it's okay, I should probably go" he smiles too and you lean over to kiss his cheek. Your hand on the door handle to leave the car, you peer back when one last time to see Charles on the phone, you sigh and turn back to walk into your building ready to sleep after the eventful night.

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Weeks later you can't handle the near misses between you and Charles, the hand holding, the almost kisses, the tension that seems to sit when the two of you are in a room together. With the help of your closest girl friend's encouragement you decide to put a stop to whatever you and the Monégasque are avoiding in your friendship. After staring at your bedroom ceiling for what feels like hours you huff while sitting up, grabbing your phone and sliding into some shoes before leaving the apartment basically running to Charles' apartment a few blocks away. Once you're in front of his door you knock before you can come up with a plan of action, which makes your heart jump into your throat as you wait for the sound of his footsteps.

You take a deep breath to calm yourself down as you hear footsteps. When the door opens you let your pent up feelings free as you step up to the Monégasque. You bring a hand up to the back of his neck and move his head down to yours to press your lips to his. He tenses but quickly realizes what's happening so he slides an arm around your waist bringing you flush to him as your lips move in sync. You pull away after a few seconds, moving a hand up to his jaw as you catch your breath. Charles brings his hand to your cheek making you open your eyes, "I needed to do that, I couldn't handle not knowing for this long" you say, he smiles and drops another quick kiss to your lips, "me neither" he replies while peering into your eyes. "We're stupid huh?" he laughs then kisses me again, "yes so stupid, I think everyone saw it before we did" you giggle and bring your lips to his not able to resist. "Be mine Y/N?" he murmurs once you've pulled away slightly, "always Char" you reply and let him drag you further into the apartment to enjoy your first night as a couple, even though you've been acting like one for way longer.