wrong | b. o'conner ✕

THIRTY SEVEN

caucasus mountains, azerbaijan

Eleanor sat in the passenger seat of the car her and Brian were in as they waited in the airplane. In the quietness of the plane, they could hear the music from Tej's game on his phone and Roman's mumbling. "Yeah, I'm good. From the streets. You know what I'm saying?" Roman scoffed. "It's nothing."

The plane hit some turbulence and it shook. Eleanor swallowed thickly and breathed out heavily as she shared a look with her fiancé. Tej's voice came over the radio. "Hey, Roman, you freaking out, ain't you?"

"No."

Eleanor chuckled. "Yeah, you are." She said.

"I said no."

Tej continued. "Listen, man, it takes a grown man to embrace his feelings. If you need to cry, just go ahead and cry. As your friend, you know I'm concerned about your well being, which is why I took the precaution of putting some adult diapers in your glove compartment."

Brian and Eleanor laughed as Roman cut in annoyed. "Yo, can you just chill out, man?"

"I have seen some crazy shit, Dom." Mr Nobody spoke over their radio. "But this really could make some waves, so let's just try to keep it as low key as possible, huh?"

"Don't I always?" Dom asked.

Eleanor rolled her eyes, knowing that was the biggest lie he'd ever told. "I'll tell you what." Mr Nobody spoke. "You knock it down a couple of notches this time and... I'll swap out my Belgian for a keg of Corona."

"You'd be doing yourself a favour there." Dom spoke.

Mr Nobody chuckled before Roman yelled. "Can somebody just walk me through what we supposed to be doing?"

"Come on, Rome, this was your plan." Brian spoke. "You gotta embrace it."

"No, this was not my plan." Roman exclaimed.

An alarm started blaring and Eleanor exhaled as the hatch lowered and the wind howled. "Oh, yeah, here we go. Game time." Brian spoke.

All their engines started up and Dom revved his. Roman did the cross on his body as he prayed silently. "Roman, you need some fresh air?" Eleanor teased. "Cause you about to get a whole lot of it."

"Okay, here we go!" Dom said before he reversed out of the plane.

Brian looked to Eleanor who tried to keep a brave face on despite how nervous she felt. "Just when you didn't think it could get any better, huh? Ready, babe?" He asked.

"Let's do this." Eleanor nodded and Brian reversed out of the plane. Eleanor gripped her seatbelt tightly as she felt the car drop and fly through the air. "Oh, shit." She chuckled and Brian reached out for her hand, Eleanor removing one to grip his tightly.