Will Ospreay - The Kingpin's weakness

13 - The idea of leaving

2 days left until my birthday. 2 days left to make my decision.
Chantelle had promised me she wouldn't tell Will about my birthday, knowing I got funny about people getting me gifts, and to be fair, she had been super helpful all of the previous night, trying to help me make a plan and Will had been trying his best to play it cool, but he was obviously trying his best to convince me to go with him. Will had a match on Dynamite tonight against Dax Harwood and we were going to travel to the arena together, so I grabbed all my kit and headed to his room as soon as I was ready. I knocked on his door and he opened it and grinned at me "No, I haven't decided yet" I said as soon as I saw him, he laughed softly "I know, you're not making your decision until Friday" He grabbed his case and a jacket as I glanced around his room, spotting jewellery bags and boxes, his laptop and a Versace shopping bag on the floor, of course he's been shopping again. As soon as he had his things, we headed out and got an Uber to the arena, Chantelle was in her room working on some new designs and searching for info about Visa's for me, she wouldn't be coming to the show as wrestling didn't interest her, but she said she would watch the show live while she worked.

The trip to the arena was short and upon arrival Will helped me track down the glam area and unpack my things as other wrestlers arrived and began milling about, getting ready for their matches. Once I was set up, Will gave me a hug, kissed my forehead and set off to find a locker room to prep for his own match, so began busying myself preparing makeup and face paint for various wrestlers, when suddenly, the other artists all wandered in, looking happy as always and they all greeted me with hugs and smiles, and it saddened me, because if I went with Will, it would mean leaving my amazing team behind.

Before long, she show was about to start and we were busy with everybody's looks, I had just finished Tay's makeup and sent her on her way when I found myself getting lost in thought again. Could I really just leave this job I loved? For a man? Tanzi pulled me from my thoughts "You okay there boss? You look....conflicted." she asked, halfway through Darby Allin's paint. I sighed and nodded, I may as well tell someone right? I walked closer to Tanzi, Darby and Aubrey who was sat admiring her makeup, the 3 of them looking at me a little concerned. "Well, I am conflicted, but this conversation stays between us okay?" I asked and they all nodded, I did trust them, and got on well with both Aubrey and Darby as if they were apart of the glam squad. "Okay, so, I have been offered another job, and I don't know what to do" I admitted and they all looked shocked, Tanzi even gasping "Doing what? Please don't say you're going to do makeup for another company!?" Aubrey questioned and I shook my head "No, a wrestler has asked me to be their assistant, like, keep them organized on the road, arrange their travel,  keep their calendar up to date and stuff, I'd travel with them and help look after them, but it would mean leaving AEW, leaving America and leaving all you guys!" I let out an exasperated sigh as they all looked in thought for a second "Honestly, you'd be great at that, you're basically everybody's mom around here" Darby said with a smile, and I chuckled "Yeah that's true, I guess" I responded, then Aubrey spoke "You would actually be super good at that, you're really organized and you know the business, and hell, you're the smartest bitch I know. We'd all really miss you if you left, but we'd always keep in touch" she was usually the voice of reason and I was a little surprised that she had tried to convince me to go. I looked over at Tanzi and she was looking off into the distance, a sad expression on her face "Tanz? What do you think?" I asked and she looked at me with glassy eyes "Obviously I don't want you to leave, you're our glam queen, nobody could replace you and we'd all miss you so, so much, but.... I think.. You would boss it."

They'd promised not to say anything to anyone else and had all reassured me that I'd do a good job, and honestly, they'd made me feel invincible, like I could actually do this, but there was still doubt in the back of my mind. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed the clock on the wall, it was almost time for Will's match so I made sure I wasn't needed and wandered out of the room to head to gorilla. As I turned the corner, I saw him, but the first thing I noticed was that he was wearing the old coat with dark green fur, rather than his new one "Hey sweetie, I came to wish you luck before your match, where's your fancy new coat?" I asked as he turned to me and smiled, he glanced down at his coat as he replied "Ah, I wanna save it for Forbidden door" "That's fair, well, go and smash it, I know you will" I grinned and he wrapped his arms around me for a hug, as he pulled away, he lifted his hand and brushed his fingers down my jaw, I held my breath and readied myself for a kiss when he dropped his hand and stepped back yet again "Thanks darlin', I'll see you tonight" he smiled before a member of crew got his attention and he jumped up and down a little prepping himself, I excused myself and headed to a nearby monitor to watch his match.

Unsurprisingly, the match was great, I watched from the back as he beat Dax with a hidden blade and pinned him clean. I smiled to myself but then 4 people caught my eye, Davis, Kyle, Jeff Cobb and Great O'Kahn all ran through gorilla, up the steps and out to the ring to celebrate with Will and I watched on the monitor as they began laughing at Dax and berating him in the ring, then my eyes caught more people running passed me, as Cash Wheeler, Rocky Romero and Trent Baretta all stormed to the ring to attack United Empire and defend Dax. As chaos erupted in the ring and the brawl began, I spotted one more person, casually strolling up to the steps, waiting, and just as The Empire were beating everyone down, the music hit, the crowd went wild and Orange Cassidy walked through the tunnel, the ring cleared, leaving Will standing alone as Orange approached and carelessly rolled in. I watched Will like a hawk, his stern face, eyeing Cassidy as he walked around him. I got a little distracted admiring Will's body when he turned to face Cassidy and got up close, but FTR and the rest of Chaos quickly flanked Orange to back him up and I watched as Will simply backed up and rolled out of the ring, joining the rest of United Empire on the outside, and I couldn't help but feel like this would lead to Will finding his opponent for Forbidden door. It suddenly dawned on me that this could be my new life if I choose it. Watching all his matches and always there to wish him luck before a match as well as waiting for him after each match, and honestly, I found myself quite fond of the idea.

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Author's notes: Oooooohhhh, decisions, decisions. You guys have no idea how much research I have been doing to try and keep this story as accurate as possible to how the shows all went, hope you're enoying it and thank you for all the lovely comments and messages about this story!
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