i miss you, i'm sorry → timothée chalamet.

O40. → disneyland discoveries

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disneyland discoveries

december 2023

"was that good?" shouted haley from across the rink sarcastically. she had unsuccessfully attempted to perform a triple lutz, even though she was well aware that she could only do one at her current stage of training.

"don't do that, you might get injured and your filming will be set back," scolded nathan chen, the gold medalist for skating in the 2022 beijing winter olympics. he was helping haley train for her upcoming movie where she had to play a figure skater who was a drug addict. the idea was a bit like that of the movie flight (2012), except she wasn't a pilot. "focus on what you're supposed to be doing now."

"nathan, i'm doing all the classes, i'm doing all the lessons, i really have to learn it soon—"

"i know that you wanna do all of it yourself, but there's a reason why stunt doubles exist, you know. so that you can do the rest of the movie. uninjured." he added sternly, offering her a hand to get up. even though he was two years younger than her, he took skating very, very seriously, even when he wasn't the one competing in the sport. "you've only been training for a month!"

"fine," haley conceded, grabbing his hand and standing up from the ice where she'd fallen. "i still have to learn it, though."

"haley, you've got two whole years to practice that." nathan shook his head, then noticed something in the distance. "is that..." she turned to see him pointing at someone. they were at the edge of the rink farthest from the entrance, so it was hard to make out the person's figure. but haley recognized him immediately.

"timothée!" she exclaimed, skating over to the opposite side of the rink where he was to give him a hug.

"hi," he breathed, smiling at her.

"i missed you." she mumbled, burying her face in his shoulder.

"same here." timmy answered, gently rubbing circles around her back. he hadn't seen her properly in about three months. the last time he did was when he visited her for three days in california that august, before he had to go to venice again in september for the dune: 2 premiere. "listen, i'm sorry i missed your birthday, i swear i really wanted to celebrate but work—"

"trust me, i know. wanna go for a walk?" she offered, leaning on him for support as she yanked off her blades and switched to a pair of slides she had by her bench.

"sienna would love that."

"you brought her?!"

timothée grinned. "she's outside." so they exited the skating rink and opted to lounge outside by the parking lot that chilly day in november. "so, uh, how've you been?"

haley smiled up at him. she missed his presence in general, and to be walking around with him and sienna felt like she was back in march earlier that year. "i'm good, i'm good... nathan keeps me at it. i've got lots of different lessons and trainings to do."