𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭

NILA RAO

screenplay writer!! (23. august 26. sweetheart. afterglow )

insta official: @nilarao
private: @iwouldntmarrymeeither

"Are you saying we fake date? Like share kisses, and stolen glances?"

SHUBMAN GILL

cricketer!! (27. september 8. so-called older man. mess it up)

insta official: @shubmangill
private: @imamfstarboy

"Yeah, and I could maybe even carry you bridal style across the threshold"

ict as themselves

shubman's family as themselves

𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬

𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

taylor swift
- ready for it
- down bad
- you're losing me
- you are in love [ tv ]
- clara bow
- afterglow
- imgonnagetyouback
- dress
- call it what you want
- delicate
- love story [ tv ]
- how you get the girl [ tv ]
- all of the girls you loved before

lana del rey
- fuck it I love you
- cherry

olivia rodrigo
- deja vu
- logical

other
- I wanna be yours, arctic monkeys
- mess it up, gracie abrams
-boyfriend, ariana grande
- boyfriend, dove cameron

𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞

bold - shubman. italics - nila

1. Hey babe, ready to go?
oh yes, please

2. why are you kissing my neck shubman? we're best friends

I just don't want anyone to hit on you during work

so you're marking me as your own?

call it what you want

alright, mr. possessive 

3. you're so possessive, shubman

only for you, sweetheart

4. what's your favourite colour?
brownish gold. like your eyes

5. it's been 5 hours

what

five hours and you're still wearing heels

I know shubman

doesn't it hurt?

it does

come on, I have a pair of your Converse in my car

6. since when was i your girl, Gill?

since the time i met you 5 years ago, during my teammate, wife's movie shoot

7. the papz saw us kiss on the sidewalk, and then grab coffee, and they also got a really pretty picture of you laughing in the car, while i was smiling

did you print those pictures?

8. you look like a goddess nila
stop it you're gonna make me blush

9. you're not brad pitt, i'm not angelina jolie

but i thought we were hollywoods hottest "fake" couple

you are india's cricket heartthrob while i'm just a screenplay writer

you're not just a screenplay writer nila. you're the world's best and my favourite screenplay writer

really?

really baby.

10. i'm so sorry for leaving you abruptly in the restaurant baby
i felt so lost shubman. you never left me, without a word when we hangout

11. what do you want sweetheart? I'll do anything to get it for you

I want you shubman gill

then you shall have me nila rao

12. you'll come back, right?
I'm just going for a match, for a week. you have seen me go to matches, away from you, and you never asked me this.
answer my question shubman
yes baby, I'll be back before you know it along with the trophy and the medal.

13. wear that dress, which has a slit. i can fight
you always fight for me darling
because you're mine. and I always protect what's mine

14. will you marry me nila rao?
will you continue to leave marks on my neck, so that no one hits on me during work?
of course. 
slide the damn ring in

tropes

- fake dating trope
-  flirts to lovers
- "I was always in love with you"
x 
" me too. i just didn't know how to tell"
- hopeless romantics

cover flex! man is hot, the cover is not