summary; Enemies with a deal: play the perfect couple for one week. But in the heart of Texas, under one roof and one lie too many… They forget where the act ends and the feelings begin.
word count; 4.1k
warnings; fake dating au, enemies to lovers, age gap (reader is in her late twenties, jake’s in his late thirties), smut, oral (fem receiving), jake has a praise kink, reader has mommy issues (too self-indulgent haha), slight angst, happy ending
a/n; i originally had planned for reader to freak out and leave jake but i decided i wouldn’t make y'all suffer so i went for a happier path, also can you notice i took a page out of glen’s set it up’s book? haha. this is the final part of the series, thank you so much for reading and commenting and reblogging, it made my day <3
Not when Jake backed you into the guest room like a man on a mission. Not when the door clicked shut behind him with a soft finality. And definitely not when you shoved him back by the shoulders until he hit the mattress and stared up at you like you’d just rewritten the laws of gravity.
“I’m on top tonight,” you said, breathless but firm, planting a knee on the bed beside him. “Keep your hands to yourself until I say.”
summary; Enemies with a deal: play the perfect couple for one week. But in the heart of Texas, under one roof and one lie too many… They forget where the act ends and the feelings begin.
word count; 3.2k
warnings; fake dating au, enemies to lovers, age gap (reader is in her late twenties, jake’s in his late thirties), reader has mommy issues (too self-indulgent haha), slight angst, happy ending
a/n; so sorry for the delay!!! i had to rewrite this part because i wasn’t sure of the ending. THERE WILL BE A FIFTH PART!!! 🫶🏻
The boot store smelled like leather and sawdust and something deeply, irrevocably Western. Like the moment you crossed the threshold, some unseen force whispered yeehaw directly into your soul.
The place was huge. Rows upon rows of boots, belts, and hats lined the walls like the world’s most aggressive country music museum. A taxidermy longhorn head stared at you with judgment from above the cashier’s desk, and Johnny Cash crooned softly through dusty overhead speakers.
summary; Enemies with a deal: play the perfect couple for one week. But in the heart of Texas, under one roof and one lie too many… They forget where the act ends and the feelings begin.
word count; 5.4k
warnings; fake dating au, enemies to lovers, age gap (reader is in her late twenties, jake’s in his late thirties) smut, oral (fem receiving), jake has a praise kink, reader has mommy issues (too self-indulgent haha), slight angst, happy ending
a/n; part 3!! this is soooo the proposal meets probably every single enemies to lovers romcom there is just because i’m actually obsessed with that movie and romcoms in general
The second Jake pulled into the long gravel driveway and killed the engine, you knew something was… off.
It wasn’t the house — a wide, sun-bleached ranch-style home with a wraparound porch and hanging baskets of pink petunias swaying gently in the breeze. No, the house looked exactly like what you’d pictured.
It was the volume that gave you pause.
Voices. Dozens of them. Laughing. Shouting. Country music floated in the air, and was that the sizzle of a grill?
summary; Enemies with a deal: play the perfect couple for one week. But in the heart of Texas, under one roof and one lie too many… They forget where the act ends and the feelings begin.
The takeout containers sat between them like a tiny, chaotic buffet — half-finished pad thai, a nearly empty box of dumplings, two egg rolls, and the sad remains of a fortune cookie that had crumbled in the bag. You were cross-legged on the living room floor with your blouse sleeves rolled up, hair messily pinned, chopsticks in hand like weapons. Jake was on the couch, one arm slung over the back, the other balancing a beer on his knee, watching you like you were his evening entertainment.
summary; Enemies with a deal: play the perfect couple for one week. But in the heart of Texas, under one roof and one lie too many… They forget where the act ends and the feelings begin.
word count; 2.8k
a/n; welcome to part one! this is the shortest chapter of the series, just a little introduction of the characters and the plot, hope you enjoy!<3
The envelope had arrived in the middle of a Monday, as if it were any other piece of mail. No warning. No preamble. No thunderclouds gathering outside the windows of his office to signal the oncoming storm. Just a thin ivory envelope tucked between a flight roster and a water bill, sealed in gold foil with a waxy script that sent a jolt through his spine the second he saw it.
He didn’t open it right away.
Instead, Jake Seresin stared at it for a long, quiet moment, his fingers tightening slightly as he leaned back in his chair. The Top Gun insignia gleamed on the wall behind him, catching the warm light of early afternoon, but his mind was already a thousand miles away — somewhere green and sun-drenched and thick with cicadas.
