Endgame ~ Taylor Swift x Travis Kelce

the first text message

this is an a/n coming from future me. i hate these first few chapters so read at your own risk, i swear these one shots get better later on <3

July 2023

I laid in bed staring at the ceiling, trying not to feel too sorry for myself, as I was interrupted by Olivia crawling next to me and laying her head on my shoulder.

"Hey Dibbles, you wanna cuddle tonight huh?" I said in my best baby voice as I started to scratch the top of Olivia's head.

Sometimes I really really wished Joe was still here laying next to me. But then I have to remind myself we broke up for good reason. And it's not like he's a bad person, neither am I, we just wanted different things. He wanted to continue our quiet life in the shadows, but I wanted to step back out into the world. It also didn't help that he apparently had no intention of ever marrying me, which I took very personally.

"I guess he wasn't my endgame was he?" I asked Olivia, as if she'd answer me.

My thoughts were interrupted when I felt my phone buzz. I dug through the layers of blankets on my bed to find it, and noticed a notification from Tree.

Tree: Hey Taylor, don't know if you've seen, but it's blowing up on Twitter. You know how Travis Kelce came to your show last weekend? There's a video from his podcast of him saying he wanted to give you a friendship bracelet, apparently with his phone number on it. A few dating rumours have started, want me to say anything?

My eyes widened at Tree's message. Travis Kelce, the super hot football player, wants to give me his phone number?

Taylor: Wow really? Can I call you?

Tree: Sure :)

I immediately pressed call on Tree's contact and she answered straight away.

"So what are your thoughts?" She asked.

"Um... I don't know. You probably don't need to say anything right now. If these rumours get worse just let me know I guess." I replied. I don't know Travis really at all, apart from the fact that he came to my show. There's no point in Tree putting out a statement for only a few rumours.

"Alright no problem, have a good night Tay."

"Wait um- could I... is it-... maybe possible... to get Travis's number?" I asked hesitantly. I don't really know why that came out of me.

"Oh? Yeah... I can probably arrange that. How come?" Tree laughed into the phone, probably confused as to why I would ask for this random man's phone number.

"Oh I just... wanted to get to know him better." I replied as I felt a small smile creep onto my face.

"Alright sure.. I can definitely get his number for you."

"Thank you!" I smiled as I felt the blood rush into my cheeks.

"Okay Taylor have a good night, don't do anything too crazy." Tree let out a small but serious laugh.

"Don't worry about anything, I'm at home with the cats, as per usual." I gave Olivia a smile as she nuzzled her face into me.

We said our goodbyes and hung up the phone, then not even ten minutes later I received another text from her, this time with that NFL players phone number attached.

Wow, Tree is clearly good at her job.

I stared at the phone number before adding it to my contacts and filling in the name details: Travis Kelce.

It's absolutely not at all like me to start texting someone before we've even met, but this guy really decided to shoot his shot with the whole friendship bracelet thing, and I do love a man with confidence.