Love and Other Drugs, Right?

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A/N: your girl screwed up her own damn timeline. Spider-Man Far From Home hasn't been released yet in this fic, which makes sense cause Seawall/A Life is still in early production. Anyways I went back and fixed it, moving forward Spider-Man FFH is not out yet :) sorry

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I collapse out of bed at 5:30am, I've got a photo shoot today from 7-11am, and then I've got to be at the theatre from noon till 5. But first I need to shower considering I got home too late last night.

I jump in the shower and blast some music, trying desperately to wake myself up. Half an hour later I step out and wrap myself in a towel before going into my room and changing. I grab all my photography stuff and pack it up in my backpack, everything else I need will be at the studio I rented out for today's shoot. I head out, jumping on the subway and then meeting up with my client. He's a guy looking to get headshots done, which is literally the easiest shoot you could as for, so I finish up earlier
than expected and pocket the cash.

By 10am I'm back home, getting ready to head to the theatre. My phone rings and I grab it, smiling when I see the caller ID.

"Hey Jake." I answer,

"Hey, I kind of need to ask you a huge favor." He says,

"What's up?"

"Well I dunno if you saw but the teaser for Spider-Man Far From Home was just dropped and I'm kinda in it right, well not kinda, I'm pretty much a lead." He says, "and that means that the paparazzi are gonna be storming my apartment this morning and probably for the next few days. I was hoping, if it's not too much trouble, that I could just stay at yours for a night or two? So they won't be on my ass." He explains.

"Damn Jake I know you all of three days and you're already trying to move in." I joke, he laughs,

"I know it's a really weird request but I talked to a few other people and they all had some excuse, I can give you a few minutes if you wanna come up with one too?" He says, I laugh,

"Well as long as I'm your last resort... sure." I say, I can hear him sigh in relief.

"Thank you so much, you're a life saver. Ill bring some stuff to the theatre and hopefully at the end of the day we can sneak out and get to your place without being spotted." He says, I smile, I can almost imagine the headline now; "Jake Gyllenhaal Seeks Refuge with Mystery Blonde" or "Jake Goes Home with Mystery Woman after Release of Spider-Man Far From Home Teaser" oh the irony.

"Sounds good, I'll see you then." I say, he thanks me again and then we hang up.

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I'm messing around backstage with some of the rigging, it's almost 1pm and I've spent today pretty much alone in the dusty wings of the stage, listening to music and reconfiguring wires and stuff. Suddenly I feel someone pinch my waste, I yelp, jumping and turning around to see Jake smiling at me. I pull out my headphones,

"You scared me." I laugh,

"Sorry." He says smiling, "it's almost 1, I was gonna order something for lunch. Do you want anything?" He asks. I'm a little surprised he came to ask me, but considering how comfortable he's clearly gotten with me in just two days I guess I shouldn't be. I mean this guy is about to spend the night on my sofa, I guess it only makes sense he'd offer me lunch.

"Yeah that'd actually be great!" I say,

"I'm ordering from a Chinese place down the street, unless you don't like Chinese?" He asks, I laugh,

"No I love Chinese. I'll get sesame chicken and rice." I say,

"Ok got it, I can come get you whenever it gets here?" He offers,