Disclaimer: I enjoyed the Ready Player One movie, but I nowhere near own it.
Story: Life outside the Oasis was horrible and no one knows that better than Wade. So if she found solace in a jerk like Nolan Sorrento, that's her luck. Nolan just finds himself caught up on her, even if it may come time to choose between her and IOI.
Set as an AU genderbending fic.
Spoilers: Yes, definitely for the movie, but I have started to slip in stuff from the book.
Warnings: Age disparity, cursing and violence for now…hm, just in case since I'm usually writing it, bit of crazy humor, perverted humor, morbid or sarcastic humor, and maybe some sexual situations…
Pairings: Nolan Sorrento/Wade Watts

The Cigarette Duet
Chapter Eleven: Only Human (Made of Stone)

When she blinked her eyes into consciousness, she saw Nolan in his avatar, watching her quietly but smiling gently. It made her heart pound and part of her just wanted to push away all thoughts of his business with Lacero for later, and enjoy having him like this with her.

"Where are we?" she asked, looking around.

"I logged us straight into Zion," he informed her, calling up his Interface Menu.

Wade's eyes widened. That was the vacation planet, the original and still 'go to' for people to explore for an otherworldly vacation. Like all places in the OASIS, the world was free to enter, but…

Nevertheless, the services and many of the attractions weren't, which meant it wasn't really worth going to if you couldn't really experience Zion.

Excited and almost bouncing on her feet, Wade couldn't help leaning towards him and grabbing an arm.

"Can we dress up?' she asked, knowing they were dressed in their usual avatars and outfits.

His eyebrows furrowed. "I suppose. On one condition."

She blinked. "Huh? What's that?"

Nolan hesitated before looking at her unsurely. "Would you switch to your other avatar? I'd…like to be with you as close to you are as yourself."

Wade inwardly balked. Why would he…She was so plain like that though. Plain and geeky, and overall nowhere near as pretty as she thought this avatar looked.

Still, he continued to look at her and didn't say anything, and since he wasn't changing his mind, she just shrugged and nodded. She called up her Interface and switched accounts, her form changing instantly. Uncomfortable but not saying, she looked at him expectantly.

"Alright, what do you want to dress up as?" he asked in amusement.

"Rogue One Jynnic," she grinned at him.

He looked at her strangely. "Rogue One…Jynnic…" It took him a moment, but when he understood what she was talking about, he made a face. "You ship Director Krennic and Jyn? No way."

"What? Why not?' she protested, even as he was searching through the wardrobe menu on his Interface and calling up those outfits. He swiped around and then ended up gifting her with Jyn's outfit. She pouted. She'd been kind of wanting to be Krennic and genderbend him. Meh, Nolan looked closer to him anyway…

"Cassian obviously was meant to be with Jyn, that's why," he rolled his eyes, already applying the outfit to his avatar.

Wade huffed. "Ick, semi-canon pair," she wrinkled her nose. "I like them better as siblings. Don't tell me you ship RebelCaptain!"

He started walking, the elegant white Empire uniform looking perfect on him as he confidently walked onwards.

"It's canon," he said smugly.

She made a strange noise that was between a scream and a moan. "Who cares! Jynnic's got more interesting appeal and there's more of a tragedy to them, especially with their history!"

He shrugged dismissively. "They're on opposite sides of a war."

"Fantastic angst material! And it's Space Romeo and Juliet!"

Nolan barked out laughter and stopped to give her an entertained look. "Space Romeo and Juliet?"

Wade pouted even more. "I ship what I want."

He held up his hands. "Okay, okay. Ship the baddie with the main character."

"Foe Yay is the best," she said stubbornly.

"If you say so, Wade," he teased, reaching out to grab her hand and continuing on, missing her blush.

"No, really though…" she muttered. "Where are we going?"

"Our entrance portal should be… Right here," he said just as one opened up near them. He led her through it and she was so excited she thought she could be vibrating.

Then her jaw loosened and she stared.

He'd…taken her to the desert?

"Welcome to the Sahara Desert —or rather a replica of it," Nolan announced.

"Oh, uh, it's cool," she said lamely.

He chuckled. "I have a surprise for you." He pulled her closer to his side before again pulling up his Interface. She waited patiently and only saw him quickly grin, before he pointed to the left of them and she saw something materialize.

She was back to staring, amazed and in awe this time.

"Is that…is that Mecha Godzilla?" she gasped, eyes going wide.

"It is." She didn't say anything about the smug tone in his voice.

"You own Mecha Godzilla?"

"I do."

Holy shit.

The OASIS replica of the mechanized reptile was huge and detailed, and her hands itched to just touch it. She felt like a kid in a candy store, and her excitement was just going up the more she stared at it.

"So I was thinking that you might want to take a joyride in it —"

Wade's mind screeched to a halt, running his offer over and over in her head.

"…Wade, did I break you?"

Unwittingly, a large, unabashed grin spread across her face and she ran towards it, throwing her hands up excitedly.

"YES!"

He was pleased that his idea panned out well and that Wade was having the time of her life in his Mecha Godzilla. He'd spent quite the fortune to obtain it, and it admittedly was one of the few things he would let himself geek over these days. At least he was right in thinking she'd geek over it just as much, if not more than he had.

"I was thinking…would you like to have dinner in Hawaii?" he asked her in a lull between her blasting at the desert.

She looked at him in amazement. "In…Hawaii?"

"Yes, there's a replica of it here that we could go to and enjoy a dinner together, maybe on the beach…"

She bit down on her lip, worrying him. "This is a lot, Nolan."

"I'm sorry if I'm overwhelming you," he rushed to say, but she shook her head.

"It's not really that. Though maybe a bit," she admitted. "It's more…I'm not used to this. I'm used to being told I'm…to be thrown around and not treated well. You've really done a lot already, you know? You don't have to do everything for just me. I'm used to less and not being spoiled. I'm not with you for your money or to be spoiled all the time. I can be happy just being around you."

It made him terribly happy and sad all at once. Happy to hear her feel that way about him, to just want to be with him and also to know that his money wasn't an incentive like he knew it would've been for other women (not that he ever thought Wade would think that way). But also sad in the way she talked about herself, how used she was to being treated as less than she was and not needing much from him (from anyone) because she was used to it and probably thought she deserved little.

"I adore you," he murmured, pulling her closer as they exited Mecha Godzilla and headed towards the new portal that would lead them to 'Hawaii'. "I adore you so much and want to spoil you, Wade. Anyone who thinks you don't deserve to be is crazy and I want to make you realize you're worth all the precious gems in the world."

He saw her blush and smile a little to herself, which pleased him. Besides, it was the truth and he was going to continuously remind her of her worth, and never tire of it.

Soon enough he'd led her to an isolated beach, the sun already setting, and he'd clicked his Interface to personalize the spot for them a little more. He had a large blanket laid out and a small picnic basket set beside it. He'd only managed to sat down first when he saw a message pop up for him from the Board that he ignored and swiped away.

"Was that important?" Wade asked worriedly and he shook his head. "I'm with you. You're my focus right now."

She still looked uncertain, but he just tugged her down and she relented, sitting by him and laying out her body next to his.

"It's probably a little after lunchtime in reality," he mused. "We could, after this, have lunch before I…" 'bring you back' was left unsaid.

And the idea of bringing her back to that place made him angry and unwilling to do so.

"You look upset," she said quietly.

"I don't want to bring you back."

"I have to, just for a little while."

Just a little while was still too long a time.

Last time had been too close and he didn't know what could happen now, anything that could lose him Wade by just a careless decision. She almost OD'd last time because of her sick wannabe 'step-uncle'. God knows that the next time might be the last for her and it made him terrified of that happening.

Wade scooted closer to him and he looked at her fondly, only to be inwardly confused at her shy, blushing look. But then her hand settled onto his leg and his mind started to wind up in dizzying circles.

"We could change into bathing suits or something," she muttered in embarrassment, looking down. He wordlessly did so, switching to whatever available swimsuit he owned. The free gray swim trunks available switched out his Krennic outfit, while Wade swapped out for her school's swimsuit.

It was supposed to be fitting and wholesome, but it was too fitting and nowhere near as wholesome, especially given it left all her curves on display even clothed —never mind the slender, long legs she did end up showing.

Nolan took a long, deep breath to center himself, only to lose all sense as Wade hesitantly leaned up and kissed him. The weight of her body pressing against his, her bosom soft and evident against his own chest, lips he'd known for awhile now…

He felt himself wake up in a way that made him push her down onto the blanket, taking her aback from his suddenly passionate state. He pushed himself up to gaze at her from above, watching her breasts heaving with every breath while her face flushed red.

"Maybe we should log out and continue…?" she asked breathlessly.

He paused. The thought was so tempting. He'd wanted Wade for real for so long, and now he really did have her physically there with him. All they needed to do was log out of the OASIS, head to his office's bedroom…

"As much as I would love to be with you in real life…I am many things, Wade, but I'm not a rapist. Even if it's statutory," he said regretfully. But God, did he want her…

She looked disappointed but nodded. "I don't want to get you in trouble," she said sincerely. "I guess I forgot about how old I am and what that would…mean for you. For us."

"In the OASIS," he cupped her face with his hands, before drawing them down her neck, to the width of her shoulders, and then continuing down the length of her body and watching her shiver to his touch. "It's murky enough. The laws are a little harder to pin down and if I could just say I didn't know about your age…I can't keep myself from you, Wade. And I don't want to."

Here, at least, he could have her.

Nolan settled beside her and let his hand travel down her body, kissing her shoulder over and over as he let his fingers slip under her swimsuit's leg holes, pushing it aside and slipping down to her exposed cunt.

"N-Nolan," she gasped out as his fingers toyed with her folds, feeling her grasp at the blanket beneath them.

"You're so wet for me," he murmured. "I want to have you like this for me all the time."

He buried his face against her neck, feeling her throat constrict with every cry she made, writhing beside him while he let his fingers rub her netherlips, dig into her slicked up pussy, pressing down onto her clit with the flat of his thumb…

"That's it, Wade," he murmured. "Cry for me. Don't hold back. Let me hear you, sweetheart."

Her hands shot out and gripped onto his arm, though he wouldn't let her drag it away from her, keeping his hand moving. Pleas fell from her lips and he dragged his tongue from her neck to her ear, kissing it lightly.

And then she fell apart right next to him and he pulled back to watch her, enjoying the sight of her wrecked and trembling before him. Her plump reddened lips were parted slightly, while her pretty eyes were glazed over.

Wade was such a debauched form in front of him, that he was tempted to take pictures of her for his personal enjoyment.

"I want to keep you forever," he let slip, watching her in desire and awe.

She blinked and her cheeks turned red, but she managed to lean up and kiss him lightly.

"I might just let you," she teased, but there was a sad undertone in there that he was sure she hadn't meant to be heard.

He lay her back down and brushed her hair back, watching her tenderly before lying beside her and holding her close.

Nolan was only human and he was always bound to get weaknesses. Wade had clearly become his.

When they finally logged off, the sun was setting and he knew he'd have to take her back soon, despite everything screaming in him to keep her and make her stay. They had a quiet, almost subdued, early dinner together, which frustrated him because he didn't want their last moments together before they parted to be like this.

Continuing to watch her, he noticed her starting to fidget and glance at him, and he was about to open his mouth to question her when she beat him to it.

"When…when we get back to my Stacks, do you…want to see where I usually hide out at?" she asked and he perked up.

"Yes, I'd like that a lot."

Even as happy as he was that she was continuously opening up to him, there was a part of him that continued to feel guilty at the lies he kept inside of him from her.

Just…just a bit longer. He'd tell her about Lacero soon.

…Soon…

(But he didn't really know when that was.)

Started 9/8/19 — Completed 9/29/19

A/n: Aaah! I'm so sorry for the long wait. I actually had this chapter done a long time ago and forgot about it when I got pulled into the void of the Game of Thrones fandom and basically lost all sight of my writing and was just reading GoT fics the entire time XD Hope you guys enjoyed this and please remember to leave some feedback! I adore the hell out of them and you guys!

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