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dayslynthesix · 2 years

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hello, this it parte 1/3 of what im calling the lovers series, you can read the prologue of this serie right here and i hope you enjoy this as much as i enjoy writing

as i said, this doesn't have any compromise with real life and despite the team that are mentioned during this serie exist they main character its not related to any of them or the players

let's consider thay in this reality covid never existed, I'm following the 2020 calendar just for chronological purposes also the Olympics still happened in 2021 again for logistical purposes

tw: volleyball injury, self doubt, Turkish GP because that's a sensitive topic for me, mention of intrusive thoughts

Delicate | Lewis Hamilton imagine

January, 2020, Brazil

It was a pretty nice night, after all, it was match night. Minas was winning 2x0 on the house, they were playing on their own court with all his fans, it was 17x14 on the board, Priya came from a back row attack, she remembered everything about that point. The ball was set, she gave three steps and jump, her hand hit the ball in the most incredible way, before the block could be put together the ball was already on the floor, also Priya. She jumped, she spiked that ball and once she landed on floor she felt an excruciating pain.

Priya PoV

I could feel every part of my body, i was super aware of everything, i heard people talking to me but i couldn't fully understand what they were saying, i got pieces like "injury" and "knee" and i was taken away from the court. I also remember my teammates look, they were terrified, no one saw that coming. During those first moments when the medical team take a look at me i knew something was really wrong. An injury on my knee, apparently was that, but i couldn't say the gravity of that injury.

"Someone call my mom, please." I remember saying that to no one in specific, all that night was a blurr, I remember the point, but after that it's all a blank space.

During the week I made multiple tests, x-rays and everything related, they told me I had a shattered knee, time of recovery: 6 to 8 months. They also told me it was better if I did the surgery back home, where I could have family support. My dad was in Brazil within 24 hours after the match, we were flying to Monaco within 72 hours, and in between a week I was with a surgery scheduled and full months of recovery to go.

It was that way my career would end?

The formula one seasons didn't have started yet, we were in January and the season was booked to start in March, so it wasn't much of a surprise when Lewis showed up at my appartment - temporarily mine. He looked incredible, as always, and the presence of his persona was something that always takes my breath away.

"Hi Priya."

"Hello Lewis." I was tired of people asking me how i was feeling, because I was feeling like shit, and I felt really grateful when Lewis didn't asked me that

"I saw the match, and the point, it was a pretty good one, you came from the back of the court and hit that ball, really impressive." he take the seat by your side

"Well, thank you, it was a pretty good point. I was feeling so good, you know? I was feeling all my body when I jumped... it didn't end well."

"Can I ask you how are you feeling?"

"I rather not, but I'm feeling terrible. No one says anything. They don't give one reassurance I'll be able to play the next tournaments, or my rehab time, or even if I'll be able to go to the Olympics... I'm exhaust, I'm frustrated and I'm sad, but yeah..." I let all out

"That's why I'm here. Your dad called me, he is worried about you, but he isn't an athlete so it's pretty hard from him to fully understand what are you feeling. I also talked to Angela, and she agreed to help you through the recovery process, all of it, if you want to, obviously." you could feel in love with that man, he was so gentle to me and I really need someone to be gentle with me without thinking I'm broken or something.

"Yeah, that would be nice, thank you Lewis, honestly." I reached for his hand, and he slowly came closer to me, I could feel his breath and his scent, that bring back memories

"Priya, I need you to be fine, and recover and I need you to play the Olympics, not because you're my favourite athlete, but because I know how much that means to you and how much the recovery process is painful, but as long as you want me here I'll be here with you."

"I just keep wondering, am I still good enough to be a high level athlete? I've seen injuries which was way less worst than mine that retired athletes, I shattered my knee, Lewis, I'm so scared that all I think about is if this is the end of my career, because if it is I don't know what to do, I don't know who am I without volleyball, I'm juts... its so much..." I was holding the tears, but at that point I let it all go, the gasp that came out of my throat was so awful that breake me all over again, Lewis held me closser, he take all the care with my leg and he kept me in his arms for long moments

"That's ok you are scared, I don't know what it feels like, but thats ok, you're gonna pass trough this, I'm with you, you're Priya you know, you are so much more than volleyball..."

"But volleyball is my life, I don't want to live in a world without volleyball. The worst part of the injury is not the pain, is the uncertainty, is the recovery, is all the doubts and that can break an athlete's mind in levels that the injury itself can't."

"I know that, i know how much you have put in volleyball and what it represents to you and your life, but you are more than an athlete, it might not look like, but you are. Ever since day one I met your dad he said he had a athlete daughter and his daughter wanted to go to an Olympics, you went once but next one its gonna be your show time, I've seen the incredible season you've made and how much you evolved all these years, you became an extraordinary player, Pietra, and this injury is not gonna take that away from you."

Lewis and I had talked before, countless times, but this time was the first time we were having a conversation that deep. I was never afraid to tell people what I was feeling, but the kind of vulnerability I was allowing myself to feel with him was different. And if you asked me where everything started I would answered it was the first day after the doctors cleared me up to physiotherapy.

It was middle May, it had been 4 months since the injury and I was cleared to started the rehab process. My knee hurt like a bitch and since I was out of any medications I was feeling like a bitch. I couldn't do much more than exercising my legs and some light stuff.

Lewis was out racing, the season started and he needed to go, Angela too, so I was pretty much on my own. I had my physio team, the people who has been with me since I started to play volleyball, but it was different.

Angela was one of the most sweet people I meet in my life, she talked to me during all the firsts session, she asked me how I was feeling physically and mentally, and she was walking with me, not just guiding me.

During the first days, Priya became distant, she wasn't talking to anyone, not even with her siblings, and everyone understood that, she was putting all she had left to heal and the healing process was painful, more painful than the bruises.

All the process Lewis was there, he got used to practice with Priya around and they could actually talk about different things. She became a continues presence on his days. Even if he was on some different country he would still call her so they could talk and work out together. Alan had called him multiple times to check on his daughter, even though she was staying with her dad, he couldn't reach his daughter the way Lewis and Angela could.

It had been a long time since she went to the paddock to watch a race from inside Mercedes Garage, but for the Austrian GP she was there, wearing a beautiful dress to cover her knee, she wasn't able to look at it, and she didn't want anyone looking either, not there was anything to see, outside it was pretty much healed, but yet; and looking all happy to see the drivers again, and meet the ones she hadn't yet. And even though she was still in pain she was smiling again, she was feeling better, 5 months was nothing to heal, but it was the start of the process, and she was confident with that.

It was really nice for Lewis to watch how she bonded with a couple of drivers who always had been really nice with him, even being a couple of years older than them, Priya became really closer to Charles, they shared more things than they could imagined and Priya became sort of a mentor to him, looking forward, Lewis think Priya was one of the main responsible to the mental strength himself and Charles had.

Even the RedBull people went to talk to her, Christian Horner itself went to the garage to say hi and talk to her, he asked how she was feeling, what the doctors had said; Max came latter that day, he was also very nice with her. Being a high level athlete, Priya was an inspiration to many of athletes in world, not just inside volleyball.

Priya watched the full race with the engineers and her dad, at some point her knee started to annoy her and someone inside the garage got her a bench so she could rest her legs. They were so involved with the Caspari family that at that point they were all family, and they wanted another champion on the team, more than that, they need Priya to be ok, they saw her grew up and became the athlete she is today, they need her to be that good because she wasn't putting much faith on the process, so they were keeping the faith alive. Once or twice someone came to her to ask her simple things about volleyball, her favourite athletes, where she wanted to play, what she was expecting from team USA, small things just to reassure her that she was still an athlete.

They watched how she started to feel better, GP after GP, how she was actually healing. How after long weeks she started to give interviews again, how she was walking around easily, how one by one her teammates started to show up at some Grand Prix.

Once the Italian GP arrived, Priya and Lewis were spotted running in Monza, at that point, there were already something happening between them. Lewis started to snitch out in the middle of the night to her room. Priya started to wear Mercedes jerseys with his number on it. Lewis showed up once in the paddock with one personal jersey from one of her teams with his name and number on it. They started to have lunch together, and dinner.

They were already something. It wasn't Priya the volleyball player. Lewis world champion. It was Priya and Lewis, always together.

Pierre Gasly won the GP, Lewis finished 7th place, not the result he wanted, but after everything that happened with the French driver, deep down everyone was happy for him, said that, Priya and Lewis went out to celebrate with him.

Things changed that night. After really long years sleeping around with each other, that night was the first night which the euphoria didn't take time with them. They were sleeping together because they had feeling for each other, it was beyond celebration sex. If there was any doubt the next morning erased all of them. They left the hotel together and went to her apartment back in Modena, where she could finally starting to hit again. They went to the closest court, some of her closest friends were there, Dahlia was part of the whole process and she wouldn't be anywhere else. One of the youngest players of the next generation of the Italian Volleyball was there too, and she was setting to Priya.

"You know, she was scared to run and jump, you being here make things easier, i couldn't thank you enough" Dahlia said to him while the other girl was busy

"She's doing so much progress, everyone is optimistic. Im here as long as she wants me here" Lewis answered back

"Trust me when I tell you, she doesn't want anyone else beside you here. You're pushing her to recovery in the best way possible, she doesn't want to stand behind a world champion and that competition is healthy for every athlete"

"She's an Olympian, I think we are even"

Priya spent the whole afternoon inside that court and seeing her so happy doing what she loved fulfill Lewis with a mix of emotions, he was happy, really happy, he was also proud, he was so proud that he couldn't contain the smile seeing her run, jump and hit.

"What are you laughing at?" she asked once the girl were gone

"I'm happy to be here with you and see the grandiosity of Pietra Caspari" she went red

"Don't make me blush, it's rude" but she was laughing, she was laughing and holding his hands, and they were hugging.

They didn't know back then, but Lewis heart was full of joy and Priya's soul was leaking happiness.

When the Turkish GP arrived, no one was expecting anything that happened that race. November 15th marked the day Lewis became a 7 times world champion. The garage was in completely silence after that last lap, for a couple of seconds you couldn't hear one single sound, and then everyone was celebrating.

"... And now he finds himself alongside Michael Schumacher as top in the records books, the world championship record is equals. Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and it's a seven times champion of the world." the narrator voice was all around, everything felt right in that moment, everyone was already leaving the garage to meet Lewis outside on the number 1 standing. Priya watched as he got out of the car and ran to his team, but most important, ran to her. He just won his 7th world championship and he went to her, he held her tightly and for what feels like ages for them were merely a couple of seconds to everyone, they hold each other gaze and they kissed, in front of everyone, all the cameras, the crowd, the public, they were all witnessing two of the most victorious careers in two different sports.

The podium ceremony was beautiful. Lewis was so happy that got everyone happy. Priya's sisters were there, her parents were there, her friends were there, they came all the way for her but at the end they were celebrating Lewis's victory like it was Priya's one, that's how much she cared for him and how much her friends care for her.

"You could've tell me you and Lewis were a thing." your mom started

"Yeah, instead we figured out with all the world." Samuel, your brother whispered to you

"Dad's not happy with that." that was Lauren

"If Dahlia knew and we didn't I'm seriously not considering you my sister anymore." Catherine ended

"Jesus Christ, all of you could be Oscar winners with all this drama. It's new ok? No one knew because there was nothing to know about it. Chill down. Let's celebrate his victory ok?" Priya put a final dot on the family drama

Your dad kept staring you from distance, and considering you were his first child and daddy little girl, you went to him.

"Dad?" you poked him "Don't be mad at me." the puppy eyes always worked

"Are you happy?"

"I am." he looked at you, deep into your eyes

"Ok. If you're happy I'm happy. And I'm really proud of you, soon as you think you're going to be playing again." you smiled, during that week you went to the medical team from VakifBank, you didn't tell anyone, but your dad deserved to know

"Vakif just offered me a 2 seasons contract, 2021 and 2022 I'll be playing for them again. It's a secret and I didn't signed yet because I want to see my doctors first and see the perspective of my knee, but I'm feeling fine, the pain is barely here anymore and Angela said I'm doing great, just wanted to tell you."

Your dad's eyes teared up.

"Oh my God, thank God. I couldn't stand you not playing anymore, I was in physical pain just to think about it. I'm so happy, Pia." your dad was the only one who called you Pia, you hugged him for long minutes, it was the place in the world where you felt more safe

As the podium ceremony ended you went to find Lewis, he was already back on his natural clothes, smiling like a child to his trophy. You smiled with the view.

"Hey you." you approached him and his smile got bigger

"Hello." he looked at you "I'm sorry about the kiss earlier..." he started

"Don't be. Im happy with this little bubble we have and I'm happier that you feel comfortable to tell the world."

"I like being with you, you inspires me." he got closer and held you face with both of his hands, his nose on yours as both of you smiled to each other.

"Thank you. For your support, for having my back, for holding me when I was falling. This year was brutal, but seeing you conquer this whole title makes me want to pursuit more, to be more."

"I'm the one to thank you, for all the kind words, all the time you put on me... I'm really happy to be with you right now, there's no one in world I would want to be with."

"I don't want to steal your spotlight but I need you to know... Vakif offered me a contract, two seasons, titular player, I didn't signed yet, but I'll, and you are the person who made me choose the yes, who make me say yes and didn't let me give up."

"Oh my God. You're playing for the biggest team in the world again. Priya, I'm so proud." he was hugging you after that.

The following days were full with news about you, the statements, even though there was still a couple of races left. You posted something on your social media congratulating Mercedes and Lewis, and people were nuts with it.

Later that week Priya and Lewis went to see a match between Vakif and some other team, Priya showed to him all the players and their positions, she let him know which one of them would play with her the next year, and they enjoyed that time there was left, because once the season ended, she would present herself to the national team back in California and the formula one season would have a break, Lewis and her spoke briefly about him flying with her to California, they agreed, but thay would be a brutar year.

When Abu Dhabi came you and Lewis went together to the paddock and the gala after. You were spotted together doing random things and people loved it.

January came with a call from team USA coach asking you to join the team in April to the VNL, the world competition and to let you know that the spot to the Olympics were still yours, even though you spent a year out.

2021 started amazing to you and Lewis, but no one was expecting the turn of the facts that your season was going to be amazing while his title would be steeled away from him.

New year, new obstacles.

that's part 1, hope you enjoy this as much as I, i love this idea, i love how this turned out.

see ya anytime

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thecountessofkilmartin · 2 years

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Does anyone else want to challenge Krista Vernoff to a duel at dawn for the crimes she committed against humanity? I take everything she did to japril very personally, and I will take my hatred to my grave!

I have a strong feeling that she decided to delete the japriet scene in 13x01 that we only got to see in promo pics.

She tried to villainize April's character and distance her from all of the other characters in season 13.

She deliberately created a rift between japril (using the Minnick situation and the storyline about Catherine taking April under her wing).

She made japril's reunion in Montana seem like it meant nothing.

She made April tell Jackson that she wanted to move out of his house in season 14 and tried to make it seem like April was angry at him until Sarah requested for her demeanor in that scene to be changed.

She paired Jesse, Sarah's scene partner of 6 years, with Kelly, who's one of Sarah's closest friends from the cast.

She made Maggie save April in 14x23, and expected the fans to start liking her and ship jaggie (as if lol).

She had the audacity to title 14x24 (Sarah's final episode on Grey's at the time), as "All Of Me", which is the title of a song that was played in an iconic japril scene.

She made April date Matthew, who is a public enemy of the japril fandom. The least she could've done was bring in a new/decent guy for April. But she was like, "oh no, let's have her be with the person she left at the altar, and try to negate the years that April spent with Jackson."

She made April get married to Matthew in front of Jackson (which later ended up being a plot device for Jackson to realize his feelings for April, but I bet a thousand bucks that it wasn't intended to have a positive impact on japril in the future).

She made April give up her career as a trauma surgeon.

And the worst one of them all is the way Sasse have been directed in japril scenes after she became in charge of running the show.

The directors have tried to mess with most of the fundamental attributes of japril to make them seem platonic. You can clearly see that when you watch their scenes starting season 13. Jesse looks like he's holding himself back, and Sarah is trying to work with the direction to the best of her abilities. The only time they seemed like japril was in 13x16 (Kevin McKkid directed the ep so he probably didn't torture them with notes cause he's really nice). And Sarah and Jesse saved the rest of their scenes in season 16 (both before and after 13x16) with their subtle body language.

Then they tried to make japril seem platonic in 17x14, the episode that was supposed to give us closure. We all know that Krista wanted to keep April married to Matthew, and Sasse fought to change the script to leave a possibility for a japril endgame, plus they even improvised the japril handhold and hug.

And don't even get me started on the way April was treated by the other characters in 18x20. Only Amelia, Ben, and Bailey were polite to her (I'm not counting the Averys since they're practically April's family). Owen didn't even acknowledge her properly (I know that he was going through stuff, but in 12x24 April literally got stranded in Mere's house in the middle of a storm, and had to have a c-section without anesthesia because she went to look for his wedding ring, but she doesn't even get a proper hello?) The way Mere reacted to April's greeting is how Krista wants to treat Sarah (I said what I said). Even Ellen Pompeo has more class than Krista. Plus they cut one of April’s scenes with Catherine.

And then we find out that one version of their scene in 18x20 was cut. I bet you anything that the one that aired was also edited down to make it as short as it could be. Jesse didn't fly to LA from NY, and Sarah didn't make an entire film production halt their work in Canada, to shoot scenes of japril eulogizing Catherine (who's very much still alive), and having random convos with people about the hospital. The only substantial scene for japril, other than the one in the elevator, was April's scene with Amelia. Sasse must have expected so much more from that episode, just like we did. And that makes me so sad.

All of this for what? To take something away from two actors who loved working together, and break the hearts of millions of fans who found happiness in shipping this amazing couple? How sad do you have to be to actively try to ruin other people's happiness?

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. Now that I've said this, I feel a bit better 🥲

#japril #sasse #jackson avery #april kepner #jesse williams #sarah drew #greys anatomy #thoughts

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