Drew Starkey Imagines

🥂truth or drink🥂

summary: after an exhausting day of press, promoting the newest season of your show Outer Banks, it was finally time for your very last interview of the day. lucky you were paired up with your bestie from the cast— Drew Starkey.

tw: alcohol consumption

Walking into the studio for your last press interview of the day felt oddly relaxing— probably because you were paired with Drew for this one. The managers and press teams liked to pair up different people from the cast for each interview, to get more of an assortment of responses to the interview questions. Now you were finally paired with your cast bestie, in an interview you were actually looking forward to— the 'Truth or Drink' interview with Cut.

You and Drew take your seats on opposite ends of the table that is filled with two stacks of cards and two different bottles of tequila— one blanco and one reposado.

The Cut production crew counts down behind the cameras letting you both know that filming is about to start. Once the cameras begin recording, things are going much smoother than the rest of the interviews you've done so far today.

"So, to start, what are your names and how do you know each other?" The cameraman asks.

"Well I'm y/n..."

"And I'm Drew Starkey."

"And we know each other from this little Netflix show you may have heard of, Outer Banks" you chuckle as you look into the camera.

"Mr Starkey..." you laugh as you begin to speak, not able to hold your goofy side back when you're with Drew "have you ever stolen anything from set?" You ask the question on the card, already knowing the answer.

"Indeed, I have. Uh...some shirts and...oh some of the gold bars that the prop department made because they were absolutely sick." Drew laughs along with you.

"No I totally get it, I've taken some of the gold bars too, they make some really cute bookends." Your face lights up from slight embarrassment as this is the first time you've ever admitted that out loud, and now it'll be on YouTube for the whole world to see.

It's Drew's turn now, he slowly plucks a card from the top of the deck and immediately lets out a few small chuckles and he slides one of the tequila bottles in your direction. "You're probably gonna wanna..."

"Oh great, already." You stifle back your laughter as you wait for Drew to read the words on the card.

"What do I do that annoys you?" Drew asks, raising an eyebrow, genuinely curious to see if you have an answer.

"Oh god, where do I start? No, no, no...I'm just kidding" you cackle as you tilt your head, pretending to think of answer.
"Well I mean Drew is like...truly my best friend out of the whole cast. But there's definitely uh...some things that slightly annoy me, but...I won't be saying what those things are" you swiftly grab the bottle of tequila and pour yourself a shot, downing it in seconds.

"Wowwww y/n, I see how it is" Drew flashes a cheeky smile as he feigns offense.

It's your turn again and you hesitantly pull the top card from the deck. "Oh wow, this one's a good one that I'm actually quite curious to hear the answer to." You smirk at Drew as you glance down at the card.
"Do you have a crush on any of your Outer Banks cast-mates?"  Your eyes dart to Drew as you anticipate an answer— knowing he probably won't give one, not on camera at least.

"Uhh...I mean...yeah, never-mind." Drew's face turns the hue of a strawberry as he attempts to speak.

You raise your eyebrows in suspicion, realizing that he's avoiding acknowledging the answer for a reason. "Well that's news to me. Oh I am so grilling you about that when the cameras stop rolling" you laugh as you stare directly into his eyes, trying to come up with the answer to which cast member he's taken a liking to on your own.

After several more questions—and shots later, you and Drew head into the green room, slightly tipsy as you wait for the rest of your cast members to finish their 'Truth or Drink' interviews. The both of you plop down onto the loveseat, relieved that all of your press for the day is finally finished.

"Sooo...about that crush..." you scoot closer to him, making sure that you're close enough to hear every bit of the gossip.

"Nice try, y/n. Not telling you." Drew lets out a deep chuckle.

You respond with an over the top gasp to add to the theatrics. "Wow, keeping secrets from your best friend is crazy." You playfully shake your head as you pretend to be offended.

You feel the mood of the room change very suddenly when you see a worried look in Drew's eyes as he stares into yours.

"I feel like the answer might...ruin things." You can tell he doesn't want to be saying anything, but he feels bad about withholding the truth from you.

"Drew, how can it ruin anything? I won't tell the person, I'm just curious." You try to assure him with your words, but you can tell it's not working.

"Y/n. It's..."

The hesitation in his tone and voice throws you off ever so slightly as you ponder exactly what could be going through his head at the moment.

"It's what, Drew? I promise I won't judge...or laugh, or anything. You can trust me, Drew. I mean my god, I'm your best friend. I swear I won't tell your secret to anyone. Your friendship matters to me more than some little gossip, so even if you don't want to tell me...it's okay." You place your hand on his as you try to calm his nerves with your kind words— not sure if it's working or not.

"It's uh...it's...you. The crush I have...is on you, y/n."

Still not sure if anyone's reading or not lol. But I went down a very steep rabbit hole of watching pretty much every single OBX cast interview and got the inspiration for the imagine from the truth of drink interview that the cast did. I hope you guys liked this one😊