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KISMET (Chris Brown)

Summary

Christian Hayes is steady, patient, creative, and just a bit neurotic. Nearing thirty, single, painfully introverted, and in search of a new path after a basketball career-ending injury, he seizes a huge opportunity to move from Virginia to Atlanta to pursue songwriting professionally. There he meets Sage Michaels: beautiful, eccentric, and a little mean, the best friend and roommate of his close musical collaborator for an upcoming songwriting project. She’s unlike anyone he’s ever met, and she makes him feel seen and understood in ways that he’s only ever known in his imagination. They bond quickly and deeply over their shared love of music and nerdy shit and weed. He finds himself constantly in awe of her and her outlook on life. She’s just as eager to get to know him as he is to get to know her, but their relationship remains staunchly platonic despite how badly he wants her. As autumn becomes winter, he falls deeper and deeper into his fascination with and attraction to Sage. Along the way, guided by Sage’s tender love, strong boundaries, and healing-first attitude, he confronts his traumatic upbringing and the uncomfortable relationship he has with himself. Before he knows it, he’s written a beautiful, vulnerable album about her, all for someone else to sing. As spring approaches and the album release date looms closer, he struggles to decide between acting on his feelings (and potentially losing Sage altogether if she doesn’t feel the same) or keeping the feelings to himself forever for the sake of preserving their already beautiful and fulfilling friendship. Read KISMET to laugh, cry, contemplate and heal with Christian and Sage.

Status
1mo ago
Chapters
6
Rating
n/a
Age Rating
18+

CAST

Cast:

Sage Michaels, 27

Christian Hayes, 29

Melanie Ross, 29

Raymond Giles, 22

more info:

This is a slow-burn romantic comedy (kinda!). It’s strangers-to-friends-to-lovers with slice-of life elements. There’s a lot of yearning and pining and cute shit in general, with a tiny bit of angst too. While very unserious, this version of Chris is kinda reserved and in his head a lot, and this fic talks at length about anxiety and ADHD. Trauma is also discussed to some degree, but it’s pretty brief to keep the story light. There’s also some sexual content, but I’ll be sure to put a warning on those chapters.

Less important stuff: I didn’t exactly have a real person in mind when writing Sage, and especially when coming up with her physical description, so the way she’s described in the story and specifically her hair color throughout doesn’t match that of the face claim, but she’s the closest to the description I could find. In my head, Christian is very 2017 Chris with his natural teeth and no face tattoos.

That being said, aside from the song lyrics used (of which there are a lot — Christian is a songwriter, and they both really love and bond through music), this is my intellectual property. No AI was used during any part of the planning or writing process. I don’t own the face claims used, nor am I attempting to make any statements about the actual people with my writing. This is a work of fiction. I’ve been working on this story for months, and it has been a labor of love, so please don’t steal. All rights reserved. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I’ve enjoyed and still am enjoying writing it.

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