Richard Madden Fanfiction

Chapter One

I've officially been living in London for two weeks now and I've been taking my time settling in spending some time with friends who live here and just relaxing. Today though I'm back to work promoting my new role on the Last Kingdom which is my first role in a few months and it was honestly the best experience ever. I'm doing press here in the UK and then flying to Budapest for some more press and also the states. I'll be doing interviews with Alex, Millie, Harry, Mark here and in Budapest aswell as Emily Arsan and Tobias all of which I love to bits.

Today Mark and I are working together in the morning and then I'll be with Millie and Alex in the afternoon. I need a coffee before we start so my driver stops outside a café "Hey can I get a carmel macchiato to go with soy milk please" I say and I step aside and check my phone for messages "I think this coffee is yours" says a charming Scottish voice and I look up and see Richard Madden "Thanks" I say and I go out to my car but not before casting another glance at Richard who's also looking at me.

Mark and I have caught up and are set up for our first interview which is playing who knows their costar better game "Hi I'm Freya Vittori Volkova and I play Ellinor in the new season of the last kingdom" I say "And I'm Mark Rowley and I play Finan in the last kingdom and we are playing how well do I know Freya. Pretty well considering I spent six months on set with her" he says "First question. Where was I born?. I've never seen these questions before today and I commend your research but the answer here in front of me is actually wrong. But you know the answer anyway because this was one of the first things we ever talked about on set" I say "I do because I'm a great listener. I think the answer on that card is London but the actual correct answer is Romania" he says "Correct. It says on my Wikipedia page which someone can now edit that I was born in London because that's where my parents were living at the time but I was actually born in my mother's place of birth in Brașov Romania. Next question what are my middle names and their are quite a few so I'll be rather impressed if you get them all" I say "So will I. Freya Sophia because that's your social media username for everything" he says "Freya Vittori Volkova is too long" I say "Freya Sophia Isabella Maria Alexandria. Is all I can remember" he says "Good effort your only off by like two names. Freya Sophia Isabella Maria Alexandria Esme Natalia Vittori Volkova. Their all family names apart from Esme that was my mom's choice" I say "I was close" he says "I'd give you a point for effort. I've modelled for the likes of Dolce and Gabana, Versace, Gucci, Calvin Klein etc but what was my first runway?" I ask "Do I know this" he says "Probably not it's more something you'd read about then I'd ever tell people" I say "I'm gonna go with Dolce and Gabana" he says "Wrong. My first runway show was Ralph Lauren and I was five or six and my mom was modelling for them and I was backstage and when I saw her I went out on the runway and she grabbed me picked me up and continued walking the runway with me. It's a pretty iconic moment. My actual first runway was Marc Jacobs" I say "There's a video of Freya teaches us to model walk on set and it's both embarrassing and amazing at the same time" he says "I was impressed with their modelling skills. How many languages can I speak fluently for a bonus point can you name them" I say "Five. Italian Romanian French Portuguese and Dutch" he says "Correct. Fun fact I grew up speaking both Italian and Romanian only until before I went to school so my first language is not English which people can probably tell when I slaughter English words because my brain thinks in Italian and Romanian" I say "It happened during filming a couple of times" he says. We finish up this interview and do a few more with Alex and Millie joining us and it's like being back on set again and we decide to grab dinner after we finish up.

It's the weekend and we fly to Budapest tonight so I'm having a chilled out day before we leave. I've done some relaxing morning yoga and spent the afternoon running errands and packing. I have some time to kill before going to the airport and I need a coffee "Carmel macchiato with soy milk please and can I grab a piece of the banana bread please" I say and pay and take a seat "I was hoping to run into you again" and I look up and see Richard standing in front of me "Here I am. I'm Freya by the way" I say "Richard nighttime coffee" he says "I have a flight later and I've hit a slump" I say "What do you do?" he asks "I'm an actress actually. I'm promoting my role in the last kingdom the viking drama" I say "I've heard of it" he says "Like I've heard of the bodyguard" I say "Pretty sure everyone has" he says "True" I say "Where you flying to?" he asks "Hungary for press then to the states then back here to my new home" I say "Can I take you out when you get back?" he asks "Normally I'd say yes but I'm trying this whole staying single working on myself thing. I have a bad habit of jumping into relationships which I then wreck because I'm an emotional trainwreck who doesn't think she deserves love because she can't love herself and I've got some other stuff going on" I say "I can deal with being friends if you can" he says "Friends sounds good. You'll know where to find me when I get back" I say and finish my coffee and go.