the ace of hearts - alejandro x reader

ch1

Your luggage was packed, and your head was spinning. You had no idea what was about to happen... and you didn't know if it was good.

Last minute, while boarding the flight to the mysterious location, you get an email.

What To Expect On This Season
Ur gonna be in a biigg mansion with a buncha rooms. No lies. Trust.
It's on a private islamd with jungles, a desert, and a forest, all in da backyard of the mansion!
See more when u arrive.

"This actually seems sorta cool...", you think to yourself.

But little did you know what you were in for.

You woke up, a little before landing, and you got to see the island through the plane window.
"Well, they weren't lying in the description of the island..." you said, eyeing the island's scenery, until you were shaken up by the plane abruptly landing.

"Okay, take your stuff and get out.", said an intern on the plane with you.

"Rude.", you thought to yourself.

You grabbed your luggage and left the plane, and while you stepped down from the stairs of the plane, Chris McLean began introducing you to the other contestants who were there, and the camera.

"This right here, is [Y/N]! A sweet ol' damsel in distress." he said loudly, speaking as if you weren't there.

Guess that's what he got from your application, and you were annoyed at how he described you, but you didn't say anything.

You scanned the other contestants while walking towards the crowd they were in, and there were a total of 7 other contestants there before you.

"Glad she didn't hurt her pretty little face with that reckless landing." someone said, but you couldn't catch who.

However, one particular tanned, green-eyed being, with dark and long brunette hair caught your eye, and he smiled at you when you made eye contact with him.

You smiled back, just to be nice, but someone came to approach you.

"Hi! I'm Bridgette.", said the blonde in front of you.

"Oh hey, I'm [Y/N]." you said back.

"Let me introduce you to everyone else who arrived here before you.", she said. You were definitely gonna befriend her.

She cleared her throat and began to usher her fingers at the people on the island. "That's Duncan, he's pretty snarky. That's Leshawna, that's Izzy, that's... ahem... Ezekiel, that's DJ... and...", she said, not finishing her sentence and beginning to blush.

"I'm Alejandro.", the tanned, green-eyed male said, finishing Bridgette's sentence. "What a delight to meet you, [Y/N].", he said, taking your hand into his.

"Uh, yeah.. nice to meet you too, Alejandro..." you said, awkwardly pulling your hand out of his. He seemed to be a charmer, but he didn't seem to charm you.

"I don't get how you didn't grip that hand back!" Bridgette said when Alejandro turned away

"Eh." you said, shrugging, but also distracted from the next planes coming in.

You were honestly quite suspicious about his personality, though you didn't say anything, yet... who knows his intentions?

Everyone and everything was introduced, and you were about to get sorted into teams.

"Oh, also, if your team loses, you'll have to sleep here in the backyard.", announced the host.

The backyard was pretty empty, and only had 2 sheds, one which seemed to be a confessional room and the other being larger, but empty nonetheless.

"The team placing second will have to sleep in the shed, while the winning team gets to have the mansion to themselves!" Chris said, a few groans following.

"Now, we begin the team sorting...", he added, and started to sort people into teams. "...and final team we have is Owen, Tyler, Sierra, Noah, Alejandro and [Y/N] all on the same team!"

You didn't know what to say, but just went along with what was happening.
Until you felt a hand on your shoulder.

"It's good we're on the same team." said Alejandro.

"And why is that?" you said back. You weren't falling for his stupid playboy act that he was putting on, but you couldn't lie, he was veerrryy hot.

He smirked and whispered into your ear, "Just some eye candy's good for the team." while looking you up and down.

You told yourself you weren't gonna fall for his charms, but when he said that, you felt an odd sensation in your tummy.

It was as if a swarm of butterflies had suddenly taken flight inside of you, and your heart was racing. Your face felt warm and honestly, you didn't know how to react to this compliment. You weren't even sure if he meant it.

"Alright campers, your first challenge is to successfully find the resources to build what is handed to you on paper. Each team will have a different task, but the first to complete will win immunity, and the team who loses will have to vote someone off, as you know. Also, aesthetics and presentation will be taken into consideration on deciding the winning team!"

That seemed easy enough.

Chris handed a sheet with the resources you'll need and the instructions to build 4 seats and a firepit for the mansions backyard.

"Alright, I'll take charge of this challenge for now. Any objections?" said Alejandro.

"None.", said Noah, rolling his eyes.

"Alright!" Alejandro said, "Owen, you go with Noah into the woods to find, well, wood. Sierra and Tyler, you two find these two materials.", he said, pointing to two materials for the build on the sheet. "And [Y/N], you're with me. We'll scavenge for any stuff that might be useful to decorate."

"Uh? What exactly do you mean? I wanna go out into the woods, not be lame and stay back here with... you." you said, hoping to get him annoyed to see if his act would shatter.

"I never even said we'd stay back here? Just follow me." he said, holding onto your wrist.

You didn't have a choice anyway, and grunted.

You and him were searching for resources, however you noticed the island was littered with wreckage... from what seemed to be a storm?

"Alejandro. I think this island isn't as safe as we think it is." you say, breaking up the silence.

"Huh?" he said, caught off guard by why you would mention that.

"Look, don't you see all this wreckage? It looks like the island could have pretty extreme weather, maybe even hurricanes could happen!"

He looked at you for a second. "You know, you're smarter than I thought. Good observation." he said, praising you even more but you didn't notice as you focused on how he was rubbing your hand with his thumb.

There was romantic tension, which hung in the air like the humidity shrouding the island.

Alejandro was impressed by your intellect, and you liked how easygoing he seemed. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all.