CAN'T PRETEND, cobra kai

☆: *.☽ .* :☆ ❝I DIDN'T MEAN TO let you down, élodie, i promise. i hate seeing you hurt like this.❞

❝BUT HERE WE ARE, and i guess i should be
used to it but i can't pretend it doesn't ache.❞

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───SHE USED TO BE THE VALLEY'S GOLDEN GIRL, anyone in the area could've told you that about élodie marshall.

but things had changed. she left town for a year with no explanation other than 'family stuff', and her sudden angry nature in her final months at school left everyone wondering what on earth happened.

she came back to the valley hoping for a fresh start, free of drama and surrounded by good friends. little did she know, though, that her arrival would coincide with the birth — or should i say, rebirth — of karate rivalry chaos in the valley.

elodie, and those around her, were about to get a lot more than they bargained for. that, and a lot of bruises.

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❝yeah love i hope you know, how much my
heart my heart depends, yeah. but i guess
that's love, I can't pretend.❞
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CAST !

STARRING
i. olivia rodrigo, élodie marshall
ii. jacob bertrand, eli 'hawk' moskowitz
iii. xolo maridueña, miguel diaz
iv. tanner buchanan, robby keene
v. mary mouser, samantha larusso

ALSO STARRING
cobra kai cast, their respective characters

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DISCLAIMERS !

i don't own any of the cobra kai characters
or the main storyline — only those created and
written by myself. this will deviate from the story
at times, please don't comment on this as it's
always intentional (and sadly, i'm not the karate
expert i wish i could be).

i try to follow the main plot, but of course this
will not always be constant.

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DEDICATIONS/NOTES !

dedicated to anyone who reads this, apologies
in advance if updates are sporadic as mine
always tend to be!

i've been really excited about writing this so i
hope you guys enjoy it too! thank you. x

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❝i know you haven't had it easy, but nobody
has. but you've gotta look after the ones you
love, no matter what.❞

cobra kai — s1 onwards
artjficially — 2021
oc x multiple characters