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Part 1 of the nowhere man 'verse
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Published:
2020-12-14
Completed:
2021-02-02
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feather in the quiver

Summary:

Daniel LaRusso: sales guy, dad guy - divorced guy. As if that isn't enough to keep him busy, stupid Johnny Lawrence wakes up one day and decides to reclaim his title as the Biggest Nuisance in the Universe by bringing back Cobra Kai, so now Daniel's gotta reorient his entire life around that, obviously.

But it's not all bad. There might just be one other person in the entire Valley who gets Daniel; really really gets him, never mind the fact that their relationship is limited exclusively to texting. And also that Daniel has absolutely no idea who he is. It's fine. Really. What could go wrong?

Notes:

this whole project is basically summed up as season 1 of cobra kai but there's texting shenanigans on the side. BackinBlack_80 described it as a You've Got Mail AU, which hits the nail on the head Perfectly

this is just something ive been meaning to write ever since i puzzled out how to set up an iOS work skin on ao3 (theres a fantastic guide by CodenameCarrot and La_Temperanza right here) and its also an excuse for me to rewatch cobra kai before s3 so two birds and whatnot

uploads are probably gonna be fast because i enjoy talking to myself. im guessing there'll be about 12 chapters including prologue and epilogue since we're following the line of the actual show, but we'll see what happens! thats the fun of it

also just as an fyi if it's not your default setting, please click on "show creator's style" otherwise the formatting won't make any sense

comments n feedback are appreciated!! ive never written something like this before so any input would be great. excited to have u here with me while we figure this out (yes u!), and as always im on tumblr @cobrabye if u wanna come say hi

enjoy!

Chapter 1: Prologue: Crossed Wires

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818-403-5548

Today 12:15 AM
Hey! I had a great time tonight, it was really nice meeting you. Maybe we can catch up for brunch over the weekend?

tf is this

Sorry?

who the fuvk is this

... You’re not Sarah?

wgo the fuck is sarah

Well.

Guess that’s going down in the books as the worst date in human history

a babe gave u the wwrong number huh

Apparently, yeah

wow that sux dude lol

Glad at least one of us is enjoying it

was the date really tgat bad

I didn’t think so?

I mean it was the first date I’ve been on since I got divorced

So by my standards it was… nice

hate to break it to u champ but jus tnice is never a good thing

divorced or no

Guess you’re right

Anyway. Sorry if I bothered you

u interrupted a big night of drinkign an dwatching iron eagl e but that s it

Sounds fun

ya it makes me feel like a winner

Maybe I should just call it a night, get drunk

r u asking or

Nah, thinking out loud

for the recor d u should do it

get drunk i mean

I have work in the morning

so

So it'll look bad if I show up hungover

u jsut need to stop givinga fuck

unclench a littl e idk

Gross, thanks

no problme :)

What are you watching Iron Eagle on

the tv??? idiot

I meant like on cable or Netflix

wahts a neftlix

The streaming service?

thx that didnot help

its on tv idk what 2 tell yuo

Today 12:19 AM
r u still thwre

?

Found it. HBO.

k cool

Today 1:43 AM
This part always makes me kind of sad

shh no talkignjust watching

Right sorry

Today 2:27 AM
Thank you

For whatever this was

yw

also hey

Hey?

dont beat ursefl upabo ut sarah ok

ur not a shitty date

especialyl if u like iron esgle

Oh

Thanks

yw

gn

Night.