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pariahsparadise · 2 years

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riff as your boyfriend hc's

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requested by anon: hi !! you’re like the only person on this app who writes for riff. so i was wondering, if you’re still writing for him and you write hcs, if i could get like a riff as ur boyfriend hcs??

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a/n: i wrote this so quick lol, i hope it's okay? i went for gender neutral reader as you didn't specify what you'd like, i hope it still works. oh also, i'm sorry about the ending, i know i strayed away from the topic a little, but maybe this is fine??

pairings: riff lorton x gn!reader

warnings: none? woah is this maturity

even before you and riff were dating, the jets (especially riff) were super protective of you

and once you two start going steady, they only get MORE protective

riff used to make sure a jet would walk you home if he couldn’t make it

but after you two start dating, it’s always him there, 9 times out of 10

riff tried his hardest to keep you out of the sharks vs. jets rivalry, he couldn’t stand the thought of something happening to you

and this idiot thought the best way to go about this was to not tell you ANYTHING at all

you had a series of long fights about him disappearing on you randomly, or blowing you off, leaving you to wonder about which ditch he was lying dead in

you lose track of the amount of times you have to show up to val’s, interrogating poor tony about the whereabouts of his best friend

(tony always gives in, you’re fucking scary when you want to be)

the two of you eventually sort things out, staying up all night talking and making up

riff promises to talk to you more, though he knows you’d prefer it if he wasn’t a part of this feud at all

but hey, at least it’s progress

riff always takes you as his date to the dances, no question

and if you don’t know how to dance, he will take the time to teach you properly

low-key, you took longer than necessary to learn

the lessons were so much fun, and the time together made both of you genuinely happy

riff definitely wasn’t complaining about being able to put his hands on you ;)

one of his favourite things to do is watch you get ready

not in a creepy way, though he can’t argue that watching you change your shirt is sometimes the highlight of his day (he can’t help it)

but your meticulous routine is something just so calming to him, it’s a nice change of pace

he swears that he falls deeper in love every time your eyes meet in the mirror, and you give him that sheepish smile

another thing riff loves is playing with your hair

when you’re exhausted, he’ll gently drag you down to lie in his lap, fingers already threading through your locks

you’re asleep in seconds

you and riff don’t go on too many dates, maybe one every fortnight

but that’s okay, because riff comes around your place almost everyday

and if he can’t, he’ll ensure that he at least drops by during one of your breaks at work

even those fifteen minutes of talking are precious to both of you

the two of you love meddling with tony’s love life and pissing him off

you’re always organising double dates to go on

which, to be fair, does not end well for tony, so it’s a little counter-productive

the girl usually gets pissed that he doesn’t pay her the same attention that riff does you

which leaves tony a little baffled

how is he supposed to replicate your relationship with riff? how is anyone?

secretly, tony’s rooting for you guys to get married. so much so that he’s already started his best man’s speech.

he can’t wait for the day he gets to say the words out loud.

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mixed-theater-faisty-tings · 2 years

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Welcome to the West Side

Summary: Catalina (8 years old) and her mother Isabella just moved into Doc’s with Valentina.

Pairing: Riff x Latina!

A/N: This is a one shot directly correlated with my fic,”Lovin Kind” this is a bit of an expansion on Tony and Catalina’s friendship as well as a glimpse into Riff and Catalina before the Jets, in a chapter of Lovin’ Kind Riff and Catalina are talking about old times in the diner this is one of them. I hope you like it please feel free to read “Lovin Kind”. Thank you so much for the love!!!

DISCLAIMER: you do NOT need to read Lovin Kind to understand this one shot.

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Catalina Pov

“Mami por que tuvimos que salir de Puerto Rico? (Mommy why did we have to leave Puerto Rico)”, I ask as she drags me through the streets of New York searching for my Tia’s store.

“Porque la Tia Valentina necesita ayuda en la tienda desde que murió el Tio Doc.(Because Tía Valentina needs help in the store since Tío Doc died).”, she says with an exasperated tone. I decide not to press the matter and instead help her find the store.

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As we entered Doc’s mi Tia rushes to us leaving no time for us to set our bag down. “Ahhh Catalina mi nina!!”, she twirls me before planting a quick kiss on my head. “Hola Tia”, I giggle. “Isabella que tal el viaje? (How was the trip?)”, she asks mi mamá.

She glances over at me sending Valentina some kind of signal as I explore the store. “Mija, toma esta tiza y sal afuera. Solo quédate en la tienda y observa a la gente, comprende? ( Take this chalk and go outside. Just stay in front of the store and watch for people okay?).”, Valentina hands me a box of chalk shooing me out.

I nod and give her a thankful smile before exiting the store. While along the street I am careful not get any chalk on my white blouse decorated in sunflowers and leaves paired with jeans that fit to my knees and old tennis shoes I haven’t grown out of yet.

Sneaking a peek through the window every once in a while only to see mi mamá crying once more, she has done that a lot of that since mi papa left but, she tries to hide it from me. Since then I try not to make trouble for her, he wasn’t mean to us he just didn’t want to stay anymore.

“That flower looks pretty cool!”, my coloring motions pause as my eyes trail from the kids shoes up to their face. He was taller than me, smiley and had brown hair like mine though his was a bit wilder looking. “Gracias!!! It’s a sunflower one of my favorites!”, I smile; he is taken slightly aback by my use of spanish.

“Could my friend and I join ya?”, he asks me gesturing to the box of chalk next to me. “No Tony we were headed to the courts”, his friend complains; bouncing a basketball. He was taller than me but shorter than his friend. “We can still go to the courts later let’s draw with..i’m sorry what is your name?”, Tony says.

“Yo soy..los siento..erm my name is Catalina.”, I manage. “Nice to meet ya Catalina i’m Tony and this is Riff my best friend.”, he smiles before taking a seat next to me. “I’d love the company pero, if you had somewhere else to go it’s okay.”, my voice sweet.

Riff sighs in defeat dropping to join us on the ground. “Could ya pass me the blue?”, he asks politely. I nod and pass it to him. “So any reason you chose to color outside Doc’s?”, Tony asks me.

“Well I know the owner.”, I mutter. “Valentina? How?”, man this kid is nosy. “She is my Tia. Mi mamá thought that we should move here and help her after Tio Doc died.”, I explain adding to my garden. “Man that sucks. I liked that old man.”, Riff adds to the conversation. I try to ignore his lack of emotion.

“I’m guessing if she’s related to you then you’re porto rican? You were speaking spanish right?”. Can’t they just shut up and color. “Si, I moved from Puerto Rico.”, I admit. “Tony how about ya lay off the questioning and tell me what the heck you’re drawing over there.”, Riff saves me a little.

“It’s a dinosaur obviously can’t ya tell.”, his voice slightly abrasive. Riff looks over at me stifling a laugh. “What’s the dinos name?”, I hold back a giggle. “Stanley.”, Tony says matter-of-factly. “Hello Stanley”, I giggle. “How ya doin Stan.”, Riff joins in my laughter.

Both of us belly over laughing while Tony examines his masterpiece wondering where he went wrong.

“Why are you guys making fun of me.”, a hint of sadness in Tony’s word. “Sorry superman Stanley’s great.”, the blue eyed boy pats his friends back. “You two are weird.”, I state randomly. “You’re not too normal yourself.”, Riff looks at me. “I’m new here you know nothing about me.”, I cross my arms. “You uh got some chalk on your shirt.”, his index finger pointing at my now green sleeves.

My eyes look down to examine the damage while mentally beating myself up for not being careful. He wipes his blue colored fingers on his jeans cleaning them off before reaching over and cleaning off the green on my sleeves. I thank him quietly and resume coloring. The three of us coloring in silence allowing the moments to pass.

“Mija es hora de entrar. Oh, ¿quiénes son estos dos? (Time to come inside. Oh who are these two?)”, Mi mamá opens the shop door. “Okay Mamá, um esto es Tony y Riff.”, I introduce.

“We should get going.”, Riff jumps up dusting his hands off. “Nah let’s go in and say hi to Valentina.”, Tony nods in the direction of the store. “You’re right I could use a milkyway.”, his friend shrugs before following us into the store. “Hey Valentina!”, the dino artist says. “Hola Tony- no no no Riff you get out of here!”, My Tia yells frightening me.

“Oh cm’on don’t kick me out i’m here as a customer and a friend of your niece here”, He defends quickly raising his arms in surrender. “Riff I swear if you dont-“, before my Tia could finish her sentence the boy grabs a Milkyway and bolts out the door nearly tripping over his own feet. But not before yelling, “Welcome to the West Side!!”.

I stifle a laugh as Tony approaches the counter. “I’m sorry here’s a quarter for the candy.”, he gently places the change on the counter before facing me.

“Hey thanks for letting us draw with ya. If you ever want to play with us at the courts you’re always welcome. I’ll come back tomorrow and maybe we can play again.”, he flashes a quick smile before leaving the store. I put the chalk away and think about my new friends.

“Catalina vente.”, My Tia calls for me. “Mande?”, my voice soft. “Tony es un buen chico, puedes ser amigo de él, pero ten cuidado con Riff, es un problema (Tony is a good boy you can be friends with him but, be careful with Riff he is trouble)., my Tia gives a warning.

I give her a small smile and nod before going off to find my space I’d be living in for a while. They both seemed nice well until Riff ran off with the candy. Maybe tomorrow i’ll go with them to the courts, I need friends here mi mamá says so. Besides there aren’t many Puertorriqueños here the Americans can’t be so bad?

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~Present day Catalina in the diner with Riff~

Riff Pov

“You know it took me the longest time to figure why you ran so fast with the candy bar.”, her laugher filling the air. “I didn’t know Tony paid for it that day oh that asshole.” my chuckles join her. “I wonder how Stanley is doing.”, her voice slightly animated.

“Ya know I choose to believe Stanley is doing real well. He got a good job and provides for his dino family, wife stays home and cooks then their three kids are already in school gonna follow is pa’s very big footsteps.”, I ramble on a backstory remembering how Stanley was the first joke of mine she laughed at.

“Glad to know he is doing well.”, her laugher dies down to a smile as she sips her coke. “Things seemed so much easier back then. Tony was so nice to me that day too. He was my first friend.”, reminiscence clear in her words. “Yeah it was a time…i’m sorry I kinda turned on ya later on though.”, I pick at the plate of fries.

“Valentina had warned me about you and since I was such a young kid I kind of took her warning and didn’t allow myself to get too close to you.”, she admits hurting me slightly and shifting uncomfortably in her seat.

“Wish we could go back to playing with chalk outside this store again before all this Jet business.”, I try to lighten up the mood.

“Who says he can’t play with chalk anymore.”, her voice filled with mischief. “What ya gettin’ at?”, my curiosity taking over. “Follow me”, she says before darting out of the diner; a big smile decorating her features. God this girl. I place some money on the table before following her into the streets of the West Side.

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