Reader x Lucas Till

Like old friends

The rest of the journey to the stables had been full of inappropriate jokes and you having to act like it annoyed you... when in reality your heart would stammer every time that little smirk would cross his lips. Honestly, those dimples could make your cheeks heat up alone and the lust behind those "jokes" or sexual stabs he would make made you quiver. He knew how much you liked it, and you knew that he knew.. but where's the funny in giving in to a guy who finds amusement in chasing what he wants?

"Finally" you mutter under your breath with a small roll of your eyes. Yes, he had at last put you down on a small bench just outside the stable doors and now stood in front of you, looking down with his arms crossed.
"C'mon" he chuckled "you loved being held by me"
"Believe what you want, Lucas. As long as it helps your ego" you scoff, with a heap of sarcasm. Now being free to control your movement yourself, you grabbed a horse brush from the side of you and slowly made your way into the stables, making sure to avoid eye contact with Lucas.

The stable hadn't really changed much and you figured your Nana had kept it the same, just like everything else. Although most of the wood had been replaced and a few new horses booked up the old pens that hadn't been occupied before.

"Rusty, huh?" A beautiful white horse with clouds of grey spotting his back nawed on the hay silently, completely oblivious to your presence. He was beautiful, big and he looked to be a Welsh cob, one of your favourite horses. His hooves were draped over with glossy, white hair and his grey mane flowed down to at least his shoulder.

"He's pretty, isn't he?" Lucas asked from behind you, noticing your undeniable intrigue.
"One of the most breathtakingly stunning horses I've laid eyes upon" you exaggerate, following the scripted movie vibe you had from this romantic-comedy esk "scene".
"Well that's one way to put it" he chuckled, tapping your back gently for you to follow as he made his way into the horse pen.
While Lucas lead on the stable wall, you took to brushing rusty, watching him whinny in gratitude every time you'd brush over a one particular favoured spot on his back.

"I don't think he's ever taken to someone this quickly before. Normally he's a little hesitant about people being in his stable let alone brushing him"
"Well, maybe I'm special" you laugh, looking over your shoulder to see the blonde boys arms crossed and his eyebrows cocked at your hilariously awful comeback.
"Maybe you are.." he finally replied, walking up behind you and flicking the side of your head.

You know it was stupid, but even if it was a joke it still made your heart flutter. Who knew you'd start swooning over something so small.
At last he grabbed a brush too and the both of you spent a good half an hour pampering the horses and talking. It mostly consisted of him teasing you about earlier events but it was fun nonetheless.. when you weren't trying to suppress any "mature" feelings.

"When are we going to take one onto the field?" You question, slipping out of a horse pen and gawking at the wall of saddles, reins, numnus ect.
"Ah, are you sure you want to do that (L/N). You haven't ridden for a while, y'know... unless you've been riding in LA"
The poor joke provoked a small elbow in the side from You and he lets out a small groan.
"Okay, okay. At least ride with me first.."
"As long as you mean horse riding, then sure"

Lucas just shook his head and let out a quiet laugh, grabbing Dustys saddle from the hook and opening his pen gate again. You watched as Lucas did all the hard bits such as equipping the horse and placing the Bit in his mouth before positioning the reigns around his head. It took a small time of 10 minutes, but you still managed to let out an impatient huff, just to egg him on a little.

"You ready to ride?" he asks, turning to you with that oh-so-dreamy grin.
"As ready as I'll ever be..."

~time skip~

"LUCAS SLOW DOWN!" you almost yell, gripping to his back with the up most strength you had. All he did was laugh and kick the horse on more.
"Oh calm down (Y/N), isn't this fun?"
"NO, NO IT IS NOT. STOP THE HORSE"
By this time you're practically begging and with it sounding like you'll burst into tears at any moment, he slowed down to a trot.
"Jeez, (Y/N), I thought you still had it in you to ride like this" he teases, finally coming to a hault and twisting himself around to face you.. only after you had stopped clinging to him like some needy baby, of course.
"That... was not riding. That was racing" you still felt the wind in your hair and quickly brushed your fingers through it, just to slick it down a little.
"Racing?! Please, I'll show you racing if you really wan-"
"No! No, Lucas, I'm okay for today"

Quickly, you slipped yourself off of the horse and walked a few steps away before laying yourself down in the long, green grass. It didn't take long for Lucas to follow after you and lay down by your side, his elbows lifting his top half slightly off of the ground.