Some of them will be about couples I like that exist in the real world or in the fictional world; some will be about multiple people, and some will be about one person.
Strongly advise to listen to A Change of Heart or Somebody Else by the 1975 while reading this. Thank you and enjoy.
She comes back to the town. The town that is full of memories that she wishes would leave her. But not all of the memories are bad. Because there's him. Even if he's not the reason why she came back, he sure as hell still enters her mind. It's not like the town made her think of him anyways.
Her job as an editors assistant surely didn't help her keep him out of her head. Since her boss is his editor. They also worked on their books. They both came out, and were successful. Just because there was success, doesn't mean there were wondering thoughts and doubt in her mind. When she heard about him and his book Ostinato, memories flooded back to her. Memories she kept at bay because there were distractions. Her job, her secret boyfriend Liam, her tough boss- you get the idea. She managed to push it all away until she got a letter from Alison about Charlotte. And that leads us to the present where she's in the town of Rosewood, PA.
The first thing all the girls do is meet up at the Brew and catch up for a little bit. They sip their drinks and talk about their jobs, college, relationships, and everything else. They haven't seen each other in five years after all. After this she visits her dad and the house shes lived in for years. She tells him repeated words she's already said to Hannah, Spencer, and Emily. After they're done catching up with her, Bryon begins to catch her up on Rosewood.
"So what did you think of the new Radley?" he says with a smile. He's so elated to see her after five years. She has a neutral expression on her face as she replies, "Haven't seen it yet, but I'm sure we'll get down there." Her father looks at her confused. "I thought that's where you were meeting Hannah and the girls." he states his thoughts. "No we meet at the Brew, old habits." She smiles quickly at the memories that enter her mind. The ones of her and the girls being in that comforting coffee house, where whispers were made and laughs were shared. She looks down to shove more stuff into her bag. "The Brew?" He has a weird expression written on his face. She looks up with a cautious face. "Yeah, that's right. Why?" He sighs as he talks. "Did you see Ezra there?"
She looks up from the book in her hand and freezes, just staring at her father. "He's back. He still owns the place and I heard he's moved into the apartment upstairs." She hugs the book to her chest. "I thought he was still in South America?" Her eyebrows bunch together. "No, apparently he got sick and they sent him home. I haven't talked to him, but I've seen him in town.." She stares silently, looking frozen again. She begins to wonder how Ezra's doing. Bryon reluctantly says his next words.
"Did you know the girl?" "Nicole?" She replies quickly. She sighs heavily and continues, "I met her once, long time ago before they left." He shakes his head with a sad expression. "Fifteen dead or missing. They're down there building houses; it's not supposed to be controversial." She repeats his actions and looks down. "Have you talked to him?" He has a concerned expression now. "I wrote him a letter when Nicole..when it happened, but I never heard back from him." He looks both sad and concerned as she continues to look through her bag.
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She's been sitting in her room for a while just thinking. She props herself up on the mattress and shifts her sight to the nightstand across from her. She remembers the book that used to be there. The book Ezra wrote in. She smiles and looks down at her hands to scrape her chipped nail polish. Screw it. Shegrabs her bag and rushes out her old door to the comforting coffee house.
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She parks her car and sits in it for awhile. Do you really wanna do this? She begins to think, Yea I do and before she realizes she's entering the Brew for the second time today. When she enters she begins to look around hopefully, searching for him. She expresses a quick nervous smile, but it suddenly falls as her heart skips a beat. She doesn't know if it's because of her old feelings for him or out of nervousness. She freezes for what seemed like the thousandth time today, but she can't help it. She sees someone walking down the stairs from the apartment above, but she knows it's Ezra. Her eyes widen as she walks towards his direction.
As he gets off the stairs and walks into the room he begins to think it'll just be another ordinary day of managing and self-loathing, but then he stops mid-step when he sees her. His heart skips a beat too, but unlike her, he knows why. Of course he knows. While he's looking at her in shock, she's looking back at him in pitty. Because she knows what happened. Also because of his appearance. He has stubble now, which she rarely saw, and has bags under his eyes.
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He blinks a couple of times and his mouth moves but no words come out. She smiles back at him and jerks her head to say "Hey." She walks closer until there's little space left between them. "Aria. Wow I- it's been awhile." he says exasperatedly. "Yeah, it has.." She whispers then they both fall silent. She smells alcohol on his clothes while she replies, but doesn't say anything about it.
The world around them seems to be in slow motion as they stand there, appreciating each others presence. Aria and Ezra both stare into each others eyes trying to find words to say. He points at her and yells at the cashier "Latte for the lady!" And both of them smile warily as they walk to the cashier. Awkward tension is still between them, but they manage.
After all, what do you expect after five years of lost communication?
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A/N:
Hey guys, it's been a while. Ok explanation time! Ezria has always been my otp, but I've always been afraid to write about them because their storyline is so bomb that I didn't want ruin it with my mediocre writing...
Anyways yes I finally got over it and got inspired. Mainly bc Ezria is so strong in season 7 and the music video for somebody else by the 1975 came out today and I couldn't get the song out of my head. And to me personally, that song strongly relates to Ezria throughout some parts of their storyline...
Ok I hope you enjoyed this and hopefully I'll continue to do more oneshots. More of ezria of course but I'll do others! Like larry, other couples, and people...I really hope these collections of oneshots work.
