Can I request Mark + College or Fake dating + prompt 42?
Rush | Mark Lee
Part of Tqmies 1K Event!
college & fake dating au, 42. “Who’s laughing now?” “…Clearly not you. You’re crying, dear God.” wc: 1k
Note: why choose an AU when we can have both ?!
"I want to piss off my parents - Which isn't illogical, by the way - so what better way than to drag you into it?!"
"Is this supposed to make me agree?" You quirk a brow, tapping a nail on the desk in front of you. And your wearing a frown, taken aback by the sheer audacity of the male in front of you, who you haven't spoken to in years, asking you for help.
"It'll only be for a bit! I'll parade you around for a bit, make my mom blow up in her chair, and then we'll fake break up!"
"I'm missing the part where I benefit from this.. And why me anyways?" You loll your head to the side, its not like you were a particularly bad influence or anything. You were nice, hard working, and a good student. If anything, you were a mothers dream for their son.
"My mom hates your mom."
Ah there it was, the moment of truth. You and Mark's mom had attended high school together, and from what you know, the two weren't fond of each other at all.
But your mom held no ill intent towards Mark, would Mark's mom hate you? How immature, doesn't sound too far off of what your mom would say.
"Still don't see what I get from it." You shrug, going back to your book.
"You'll get to date me." He points at himself, eye brows raised as he's dead serious. He thought of himself as a catch, why weren't you jumping at him?
You want to laugh in his face.
"And I'll pay you."
"Now we're talking." You nod, not one above being payed off. Hey, you'd done far more questionable things for as little as twenty dollars.
But being faced with someone as affluent as Mark, you're sure you'd get a check out of this.
Which is why you're now standing beside him as he shoves his hands in his pockets, waiting for his parents to get the doorbell. You had to admit it, you were kind of nervous.
Not that you really liked Mark or anything, but you weirdly felt pressured to win over his parents.
The door opens and you're met with Mark's dad, and he offers his a son a curt nod before he turns towards you. "Oh, will you be joining us for dinner tonight?"
The smile is wiped off your face. "He didn't tell you?"
Mark's dad shakes his head, and Mark avoids any direct eye contact with you. Oh you were going to piss Mark's parents off, that's for sure. Mark's dad just turns and heads inside, the two of you following after.
You enter behind him into the kitchen, where Mark's mom is. Her eyes widen among seeing you, "Mark, honey, I didn't know you were bringing a guest."
"Ma, this is my girlfriend."
You expect steam to blow out of her head, for her to angrily rage and demand you leave, to even start cursing out her son.
But she does none of that, instead offering you a warm smile. "It's nice to meet you. Mark didn't tell me we were having guests, or else I would've cooked up something special."
You shake your head, unable to stop yourself from returning the kindness. "The food smells amazing."
Why'd Mark want to piss off such nice people anyways?
The evening goes pretty well, and Mark thinks that he's not getting his moneys worth. He had bet by this time at night that you'd be getting ran out of the house as he got berated for dating you.
But none of that is happening, in fact his mom looks happy as ever. She doesn't mind your mother either, she had to know by now, you had even given her the names of your parents when she asked. So why was she keeping it together so well? Didn't they hate each other?
You tell Mark's mom your major and she jumps up. "Oh wow, so pretty and smart. How did my son manage to snag you?"
You just nervously laugh, shrugging playfully. "I don't know either."
"Mark usually brings home such trouble makers." She shakes her head as she cuts into her food. "It's a relief to see he found someone so good for him."
..
Mark slams the door as he climbs into the drivers seat, and you can tell he's mad. And really, you can't blame him, seeing as his parent's didn't seem pissed off at all.
"Well, guess your genius plan didn't work out after all, guess I'm just too likable." You make a snark comment, crossing your arms.
Mark leans his head against his steering wheel as you continue.
"Tried to use me to piss off those sweet people! Jokes on you, Who's laughing now?" You mock, facing Mark when he doesn't respond.
Instead you notice wet tears fall off his face, the sound of sniffling as well. You grow confused at that. ".. Clearly not you. You're crying, dear God."
He wipes as his face aggressively as he sits back up. He looks at you as he scoffs. "My parents don't like anyone, okay? Even if they didn't care about your mom, I knew they'd find something to pick at you for. They always comment on my date's outfit or their manners."
"Oh wow, I'm sorry Mark. That's really shitty." You respond.
"But the one time I try and piss them off, they like you?" He says, bewildered. "Not a single bad thing to say? And it's all for a girl that I'm not even dating. God, I'm such a loser, why did I think this was a good idea? How am I going to explain that I let the one good thing I had go?"
You assume he's referring to you not showing up anymore, and for as little as you know the boy, you find yourself sympathizing. "I can always show up again, if that helps."
He nods a little, "Sorry I dragged you into this."
You can't believe you ever agreed to this fake dating thing, but something you tells you that you'll be sticking around longer that you intended.
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Was rewatching episode 4, season 3 of merlin, and i noticed in the opening, arthur talks about how like 'yeah we should get mead its been a long day of hunting' and merlin just kinda sounds annoyed by the idea of it. and it got me thinking. what if merlin just isn't that much of a tavern guy. like sure arthur probably thinks he is cause of gaius being like "oh well merlins probably just at the tavern" to hide what merlin is doing every time arthur doesnt know where merlin is, but merlin might actually just be not that big on drinking, which would be so funny to me actually.
Arthur: you've actually done really good work today Merlin, that's a rare occurence, care to join me at the tavern for a little celebration? i mean, you must know a lot of the locals down there with how much time you spend at the tavern, so you could introduce me to some new people, we might find some new guys to train for knights with how good you are at finding guys like that.
Merlin, who just does not go to the tavern that often because he is busy saving the kingdom, arthur, himself, working his ass off to do other stuff, helping gaius with whatever herb he needs, and just isn't the biggest fan of mead: oh. uh. yes. the tavern. that i am often at. with the people. that i know. very well. yes. we can go.
And on the way there he sneakily gets a bunch of servants to tell some of the knights that Merlin is telling them to go to the tavern so he can just put Arthur with them and sneak off while Arthur is occupied with the knights, because as much as he loves Arthur, he just cannot be bothered with the tavern after a hard day of work.
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