the best by far was you - sebastian stan

( r e a l l i f e )

"what time is it?" 

"two minutes since the last time you asked." chris didnt look up from his phone. 

charlotte sighed, leaning back into captain chair. 

a knock at the door and tom hollands mass of brown locks appeared, "seb here yet?" he asked. 

"no, he's not coming for another 5 minutes." chris laughed, taking a sip out of nearby water bottle. 

"excuse me, tictac," came anthony mackie's voice, "seabass here yet?" he pushed past tom to get into the room. 

"nope," chris answered, laughing, "4 minutes." 

"wheres lottie?" another voice called down the hallway. lizzie stuck her head into the room, "there you are! wheres sebastian?" 

charlotte withered a little more into her seat, the others highly amused at her behavior, "he's not coming for another 3 minutes." 

"is the renuion happening in the room?" came yet another voice. 

"anthony's here so charstan is included in some form." 

robert and chadwick elbowed past tom, who still stood in the doorway. 

"is this some sort of class reunion?" charlotte stood up, pacing towards the window, "is everyone here to the see the makeup between seb and i?" 

"or the fight." chris mumbled, not meeting her eyes. 

"screw you, evans." 

"i'd prefer if you'd screw sebastian." anthony wiggled his eyebrows at her. 

charlotte rolled her eyes at his comment. 

"i'm here to protect her," lizzie came to stand behind her, "someone got to whoop his ass if he's mean to my lottie." 

"no ones going to be mean to our lottie." scarlett stepped into the room. 

"wheres dad?" charlotte scanned the room for jeremy. 

"children these days don't have any patience." renner's voice held an overly sarcastic tone to it as usual.

"his motorized old person scooter was a little slower today." tom teased. 

"1 minute." chris interrupted the friendly banter, "he said he's on his way to the set." chris waved his phone, bearing the said message. 

"dang it you guys!" charlotte surveyed the group of people in the same room, "this wasn't supposed to be a big deal!" 

"what wasn't?" a voice sounded from outside. 

charlotte froze. 

sebastian pushed past tom and lizzie, "is this a welcome home party?" 

"a reunion actually." anthony pushed sebastian forward. 

"a reunion? come on you guys." sebastian paused to look at her. 

she was still beautiful. still had those big brown eyes. charlotte still looked like home and a hurricane and he didnt even know how those things could exist together. she looked nervous and stressed, bags under her eyes, hair in a bun. he wanted to take her into his arms and love her, care for her. but she wasn't his. 

"hey, seb." she said, quietly. her mouth twitched with a smile. 

"hey, charlie. you're not mad at me, right?" 

charlotte didnt answer. she was supposed to be mad. they had argued and then he cut her out of his life for 4 weeks. she wasn't supposed to melt right back into the same old friendship. rumors had been started about this moment, tabloids wanted the inside scoop of this exact moment in history. 

"a little," she said, sebastian face fell, "but i'll put it past me." 

"good." he stepped forward, opening his arms, "that so good. cause i missed you." 

charlotte gladly accepted the hug, "missed you too, seabass." 

she knew this was still going to be trouble. the brown haired, blue eyed, romanian man was going to cause her trouble and heartbreak, but love was supposed to be like that. right?