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gina!! I love this how and everyone in it but u have to be insane to not admit she carried it

#beloved 🫶🏽 #gina porter #art

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#sofia wylie #cast #tagged 🤍

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#SHE'S SOOOOO CUTE #sofia wylie #people #tagged 🤍

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hii just wanted to drop in and say your tags on my fic left *me* in tears, it was so sweet—i’m so glad you liked and enjoyed it, i was v worried about their characterizations bc that was my first hsmtmts fic!!!

omg hiii ofc, you're a phenomenal writer!! i immediately went and checked if you had any other rina fics and was shocked to discover this was the first sdjfksdf so i’ll definitely be tuning in if you write for them in the future!!!! 🫶🏽

#answered #joysmercer

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just breathe, just relax, it'll be okay

in which there's no soundcheck at intermission.

i. hoping that the fire won't burn me (just one time) [gina]

ao3

Gina has spent a significant portion of her life on stage, or preparing to be on stage, but out of all of that, what she did just now has got to be the most impressive acting performance of her entire life. A Night To Remember was her favorite number to rehearse (besides the troyella duets, of course), but she feels like she’s singing through jello during the entire song now. Every time she looks at Ricky, she’s reminded that he’ll never get the senior prom he thinks he’s promised, and it will all be her fault.

Still, she plasters a smile on her face and leans into him as the audience gives them a standing ovation (her mother excluded; Gina hasn’t missed how she’s been at the exit, one foot out the door, this entire time), and once intermission is called, she presses a kiss to his cheek and runs away giggling, the sound high and false in her own ears—

Until she reaches the set of quick-change booths that have become a makeshift dressing room for the girls (their actual room being taken over by designer-gown options for Gina to wear at the press conference tonight, although none of her friends actually know that). Gina immediately yanks her Act 2 costume off of its hanger dashes into the booth closest to her, desperate to get changed and on her way, but the clasp of her current dress promptly gets stuck. Fucking hell, she thinks—or maybe yells, perhaps, given that Kourtney barges her way in a split-second later, her protective gaze piercing daggers through Gina’s skin (though if it's meant for her or the dress, one could only guess). Gina pushes past her as soon as she’s decent without another word.

Eyes seem to follow her as she tosses her heels god-knows-where and hangs the white dress back up. “I’m fine,” she tells those nearest to her, glaring at Ashlyn before her sister can offer what she’s sure is sage advice for anyone not about to go and kill the spirit of the one person who deserves a perfect show tonight.

I’ll apologize later, Gina resolves, knowing there’s so much more she’ll have to apologize for anyway. She can’t fathom the idea of going away from any of the people in the room, more a family to her than her own blood for the past year, which is a terrible situation to be in given that she has to very, very soon.

“Ricky’s on his way to his locker,” Emmy informs her as she leaves, and Gina nods, certain the younger girl has no idea why she’s trying to meet him right now but thankful for the information nonetheless. If she sprints, she can get to the actual girl’s dressing room before Ricky does.

They haven't had a chance to talk since the show started, not really, but by the way he's been acting, she's now absolutely certain she knows what he's been dying to tell her all night—and even though the words haven't actually been said yet, the knowledge of what they are is enough for her to know she has to say her piece first. Even if it kills her—kills them.

Fate, for once, is on her side, and she gets to the room with enough time to make it across the counter and take a deep breath before her boyfriend (her heartbreakingly wonderful boyfriend, her absolute favorite person in the world) runs in, still in his prom tux from Act 1, curls wild and tie half-undone with a guitar clutched in his hand. His eyes widen in sheer delight when he sees her (as if they hadn't planned to meet here during intermission) and within a second, he's run across and swept her into a massive bear-hug that lifts her away from the counter and around in the air.

Gina might throw up, and not from all the spinning.

"Missed you," Ricky murmurs, when he's finally put her down again.

You just saw me, Gina thinks, but the words, and the smile that should go with it, get lost somewhere in her throat. With as much strength as she can muster, she manages to resist the urge to fold right back into his embrace, instead stepping back and letting her hands fall down to hold his.

"So," Ricky says, somewhat giddily, but when he meets her eyes, her expression must be so grave that the grin slips straight off his face. "Gi, hey, you okay?" he asks softly, gently.

Gina tangles their fingers together as her heart plummets to the floor. She takes a deep breath, and then another, and then a third, but remains unable to steady herself. She's not ready for this. But that doesn’t matter.

Ten seconds, Gina, she admonishes herself. Ten seconds, then you have to tell him. One, two, three—

She makes it to five before the guilt of it all overwhelms every cell in her body and the words come tumbling out. "Quinn offered a movie—I'm leaving, after the show tonight," she blurts out, and a mere moment later, tears follow. She squeezes her eyes shut, unable to look at him.

His hands slip out of hers. Gina waits, eyes still closed, for the inevitable sound of his footsteps moving away from her and out the door. Instead, a second later, she finds herself pressed against him again, slow circles being drawn on her back.

Ricky holds her as the tears fall, and fall, and fall. She allows herself to collapse against him, wondering what she did to deserve this incredible boy who absolutely doesn’t deserve her.

I can't leave, she thinks; I can’t lose this. This isn’t a new thought for her—it had admittedly had been flitting in and out of her head over the past week—but it has gotten steadily more intense over the day, now taking over every crevice of her mind.

Maddox’s ten-minute warning suddenly blares through the speakers in the room, but all Gina can focus on is the fact that Ricky’s apparently still standing there with her. "You're not—you're not mad?" she asks, somewhat stupidly and against her better judgment.

Ricky shrugs, the skin around his own red-rimmed eyes creasing in a halfhearted smile. "Upset, maybe," he says, "but you," he reaches up to cup her cheek, "You're a superstar, Gi. Of course HSM4 wouldn't be it for you."

That wasn't quite the answer Gina was looking for, and she suspects it isn't the one he wanted to give, either.

I. Don't. Want. To. Go.

"I wanted to tell you," she says quietly, as if that would make it okay, make it any less real. "But the contract isn't signed yet, and Quinn didn't confirm until this morning, and some part of me—" she quickly swallows the rest of the sentence poised on her lips, not wanting to give him false hope; god, she can't do that to him, not after all of this—"I didn't want to ruin your night," she finishes lamely.

Ricky nods. There’s a painful expression on his face, as if he'd been expecting this, mirroring exactly how he did just under a year ago, when Nini announced she was leaving (the first time).

GIna feels terrible.

"So you'll be gone next semester, then?" he asks, cutting into the silence.

"New Zealand," Gina nods. "Six months—” she hesitates, then adds, “I should be back to see you graduate."

"Hm."

Gina regrets adding that part immediately. Who was she kidding? He had tried the whole long-distance thing before, and it didn’t work, so why would he want to do that again? She takes a deep breath. "Ricky—"

Her apology is interrupted by his lips on hers. This kiss is unlike any one he's given her before, simultaneously electric with emotion and so incredibly soft—almost quiet—with the simplicity and ease of the act, and Gina doesn't quite know what to make of it. When they break apart, she just stares at him dumbly. Half of her wants to kiss him again, but the other half is confused.

Turns out she doesn't have to ask, because he explains all on his own. "I love you.”

What?

She must have said that out loud, because he laughs, for real this time, and grabs her hand to flatten her palm against his chest. "See that? Heart, not racing. I've never been more sure of anything in my entire life."

"Ricky Bowen," she whispers, and the Thought from before is practically pulsing between her ears as it rewords itself slightly. Stay here, stay home.

"Gina Porter," he whispers back.

An understanding passes between them, a silent promise. Gina smiles and is working up the courage to kiss him again just when Maddox's five-minute call once again invertebrates through the room, and the moment's over.

"One more minute," Ricky mutters, apparently unwilling to let go of her hand so soon.

"Sorry, Wildcat—you're still planning to do Act 2, I hope," Gina jokes, gesturing to the half of a tuxedo he's still wearing, but lets a note of seriousness enter her voice. Please say yes.

Ricky seems to pick up on it, and he swiftly kisses her cheek, saying, equally seriously, "I wouldn't miss it for the world, Gi."

Home, home, home.

Gina reluctantly forces him to leave, finally, but she would be lying if she said she didn’t melt into the floor when he turns around for a look back at her. "By the way, I got into college. SLCC." He cocks his head shyly. "I'll have to tell you that story after curtain. And sing you my song," he adds, pointing to his discarded guitar still propped up on the counter.

Gina's heart swells with pride, and something else too, but Ricky's bolted away before she can respond. I love you too, she thinks. She can’t wait to say it back to him very, very soon—and repeat it forever, after that.

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read chapter 2 here!!

#i'm in tears pls #the kiss 🥺 the ily 🥺 the everything 🥺 #THIS WAS SO SO SO SO GOOOOOOOD #i love your writing sm #both their characterizations.... you get them so well #rina #fics #fav tag

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ricky Bowen/Gina Porter, Ricky Bowen & Gina Porter Characters: Ricky Bowen (HSMTMTS), Gina Porter, Terri Porter, Jamie Porter, Jet (HSMTMTS), Kourtney Greene, Big Red (HSMTMTS), Carlos Rodriguez (HSMTMTS) Additional Tags: Rina Week 2023, Alternate Universe - College/University, Fluff and Angst, Light Angst, Humor, Childhood Friends, POV Gina Porter, Getting Back Together Series: Part 2 of say the world universe Summary:

Just for a second.

She was frozen in place. It couldn’t be him. He was across the country. He wouldn’t leave Utah willingly, there was no way. She shook her head, once. Then twice. It wasn’t him. Ricky was a pretty common name, it could be anyone at that counter. Then she looked up to confirm it wasn’t because she couldn’t help herself. Because what if it was. And it seemed to be the wrong and right decision because that sinking feeling in her stomach had never wrong before. And it wasn’t wrong now. It was him. He was here. In New York. At the same coffee shop as her.

Fuck.

or

Ricky and Gina reunite at a coffee shop after years of being apart. A say the word universe what if?

or

rina week 2023 prompt: invisible string

#cuuuute 🥹 #the way they so easily fall back into their friendship.... yeah #rina #fics

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Chapters: 8/? Fandom: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ricky Bowen/Gina Porter Characters: Gina Porter, Ricky Bowen (HSMTMTS), E.J. Caswell, Cash Caswell Additional Tags: Princess x Guard au, Instant Connection, Mutual Pining, Forbidden Love, ej’s name stands for elliot james because i’m not naming a prince after elton john lmaooo, Protective Ricky Bowen (HSMTMS), gina just wants someone to understand her, and ricky does <3, Rina Week 2023, day five: alternate universe Series: Part 5 of steambend’s rina week 2023 Summary:

On the one hand, having Gina push so hard to be close to him and talk to him was near driving him to insanity. He could hardly stand her touches and her soft smiles and her twinkling eyes directed at him without wanting to do something drastic like kiss her face. On the other hand, Ricky had never felt an ache so hollow and yet so painful than the one that was Gina ignoring him.

day five: alternate universe for @rinaweek

#WOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH #they are quite insane #rina #fics

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Chapters: 2/4 Fandom: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ricky Bowen/Gina Porter, Ricky Bowen & Gina Porter Characters: Ricky Bowen (HSMTMTS), Gina Porter, Terri Porter, Mike Bowen, Lynne Bowen Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fluff and Angst, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Humor, Rina Fest 2023, What-If, Yearning, Pining, Best Friends, Ricky Bowen is Whipped (HSMTMTS), Idiots in Love, What if Ricky though him and Gina were dating season1?, Ricky if he was a little more smart and little more dumb, Gina Porter Loves Ricky Bowen, Ricky Bowen Loves Gina Porter, Get them to communicate Stat! Summary:

There weren’t many things that scared Ricky like change did. Sure there was his fear of heights or of failing math again but those weren’t as big as change. Heights didn’t compare to watching his world burn around him and having to sit and watch.

Change has brought him nothing but gray skies and gloomy days. Feeling like there was nothing to ever look forward to. And it left him paralyzed in fear of what’s to come. He wasn’t sure he’d even survive it.

Until her, really. Not until Gina Porter.

(Or Ricky learns to love selflessly)

(or what if Ricky thought He was dating Gina during season 1)

#ricky's descriptions of gina.....i'll cry rn #what a fun concept #can't wait for more!! #rina #fics

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from the first day, i knew i’d never let you get away

fandom: hsmtmts (2019), pairing: ricky bowen & gina porter, rating: t+, word count: 13,431

A door slammed down the hall and they jerked apart, Ricky releasing a shaky breath and trying not to look too closely at Gina’s face for fear he might never leave her side.

“Um, I think Ashlyn’s waiting at her locker for me. I’ll, I’ll see you later, okay?” Her lips lifted in a brief smile before she was jogging down the steps and out into the hallway, leaving Ricky wondering if keeping them a secret was the best plan.

aka five times Ricky and Gina meet secretly in the stairwell during Ricky’s senior year and one time that wasn’t so secret.

day one: secret makeouts for @rinaweek

#SOO CUUUUUUUUTE #we deserved a s5 so bad i’m miserable 😣 #rina #fics #tagged 🤍

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SOFIA WYLIE via tiktok

#🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽 #sofia wylie #cast #tagged 🤍

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never thought i’d meet you here (it could be love)

fandom: hsmtmts (2019), pairing: ricky bowen & gina porter, rating: t+, word count: 2,719

Sunshine broke through the clouds illuminating his notebook that mostly consisted of scribbled outlines and doodles from the moments where his muse escaped him and he grew bored. He glanced up, finally noticing the beauty of the day now that he wasn’t so focused on the poem that was hanging on the edges of his subconscious like words on the tip of his tongue.

Ricky liked the park on days like these. It was calm and serene without the distractions that a bustling coffee shop or his apartment could bring. At home the tv would always be on, a video game flashing across the screen as his roommate played hours and hours of Minecraft, headset on while he yelled out directions to his online partner. Not exactly conducive to quiet reflection, and he needed at least some silence in order to focus.

day five: alternate universe for @rinaweek // aes

#oh this sounds fuuuun #excited to see where it goes!! #rina #fics #tagged 🤍

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gina’s opinions on valentine’s day reflected in her wardrobe

#hsmtmtsedit #hsmtmts #gina porter #s2 #2x03 #2x04 #* #ginaporteredit #black = mourning #such a way with words #this has been brought to you by me not realizing there were tiny little hearts on gina’s sweater until i made that set in jan #i’m still on a self-inflicted hsmtmts ban but. this doesn’t count #only one gifset standing between and my hsmtmts rewatch - i will be back to being annoying over here SOON

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ricky Bowen/Gina Porter Characters: Ricky Bowen (HSMTMTS), Gina Porter, Nini Salazar-Roberts Additional Tags: Cheating, Alternate Universe - College/University, Mutual Pining, Ricky finds his soulmate and it is not the woman he’s dating, Ricky Bowen is Whipped (HSMTMTS), Gina Porter is Whipped, Shared experiences Summary:

Ricky Bowen is in an argument with his girlfriend (no one is surprised) when he first meets the love of his life, Gina Porter. It doesn’t take a genius to know pursuing anything with the woman he’s convinced is his soulmate is a momentously bad idea. Good thing Ricky made bad decisions all the time.

#LOVED THIS SM #once again had me giggling and kicking my feet #their banter their chemistry their magnetism #just SO GOOD #also the references to canon 🥹 #🥺 ← literally my face when the seranade song was mentioned #and so beautifully written as always #so many lines where i just had to stop and take a second bc. wow #rina #fics #fav tag #need some new words in my vocabulary i feel like i just say the same things over and over again KSJDKSFJ

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ricky Bowen/Gina Porter Characters: Gina Porter, Ricky Bowen (HSMTMTS) Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Canon Compliant, Mutual Pining, Unresolved Romantic Tension, set in 304 directly after the paper snatch scene, gina is very much still in love with ricky, and trying to desperately deny it, ricky is obviously head over heels for gina, and everyone can see it but her, a little bit of embellishing for tension’s sake, but honestly when it comes to rina this may well have really happened Summary:

Ricky smiled innocently at her, and then quicker than Gina had time to react, his hands shot out again, fingers wiggling to her stomach, tickling his way over her tummy and over her sides. Gina immediately broke into giggles, trying to swat his hands away, but failing when he was able to squeeze her sides again, his own laughter tumbling from his lips.

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A missing moment set after the 304 paper snatch scene.

#this was so insane of you #ricky's everything gina wants AAAH #rina #fics

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ricky Bowen/Gina Porter Characters: Gina Porter, Ricky Bowen (HSMTMTS) Additional Tags: Urban Fantasy, Fluff, Mutual Pining, Birthday Party, gina has the ability to experience other people’s emotions as if they are her own, she uses her ability to plan the perfect birthday party for ricky Summary:

Gina Porter had the unusual ability to read and experience other’s emotions - a gift that she was determined to put to good use when she made the decision to throw the best 18th birthday party ever for her best friend and long-time crush Ricky Bowen. Her gift could help her see which party related things excited Ricky the most. Gina just wasn’t expecting herself to be one of those things.

#this is just so sweet and so cute and i love everything about it #felt like a cozy blanket a warm hug a v comforting read #your writing is so beautiful i can't get over it #rina #fics #fav tag

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forever missing them 🫶🏻

#COME HOOOOOOOOME #love this! #wildcats