ShiVi AU: Two Worlds Apart

Hello ShiVi fans,

This is my first time posting anything here, so I hope this will go down well. Also, I’m not following the show, so I hope you guys will ignore any glaring errors. 😳

This is an AU (one-shot) that differs slightly from canon. There are no trigger warnings as such but it does have a fair amount of angst.

I adapted this from another story I wrote for a different fandom and if you wanna read that one, please go here: A dewdrop on a Lotus leaf.

It’s also slightly inspired by the movie Sairat.

Many thanks to Prats (gurl-enchanted) for her invaluable tips and suggestions and for proofreading this! 🤗

Please leave your likes and comments! 🤗They feed my soul! 😳

Brief character sketch and background

The Pandya family has been rendered penniless due to them losing the store years ago. Gautam then gets a job as accountant with a high- profile politician in Somnath, Niranjan Doshi. Raavi is Doshi’s daughter.

Shiva and Raavi know each other as kids and have been frenemies. Shiva thinks Raavi is a brat, while she thinks he's an arrogant jerk.

Shiva drops out after Std.12, doing odd jobs to support his family income so his brothers can go to college.

He's a rough and angry young man, ready to use his fists to solve any dispute. He also has a deep-rooted inferiority complex and self-esteem issues. He’s incredibly devoted and loyal to his family and will do anything for them, especially Dhara Bhabhi.

Raavi goes off to college to Baroda and later flies to the US to do her Masters in Medieval history. They haven't seen each other in years. Raavi's visiting from the US for the holidays, when she becomes the victim of a kidnapping attempt. Shiva who has been working as a mechanic at a highway truck stop, tracks her down, and frees her. This impresses Raavi’s dad who hires Shiva as her personal bodyguard.

Raavi’s father is an authoritarian and Raavi is completely under his thumb. She hates the control he has over her, and keeps rebelling in small ways, but knows deep down that her father will always have his way.

(Now read on)

Wow! This was so good.

They have so much love for eachother but cannot unite

Beautifully written 👏❤️

This was beautifully written! Together and yet separate ❤️

I loved the concept and on the top you have written it perfectly............. Loved it.... Need more

Originally posted by: Foxii

Wow! This was so good.

They have so much love for eachother but cannot unite

Beautifully written 👏❤️

Thanks so much for reading and supporting this fic!😳

Do you think Shiva and Raavi came across as believable and true to character?

Also, I forgot to mention- I don’t write angst, I think I’m terrible at it, and don’t enjoy it personally. So was more than a little apprehensive about this one!

Thanks again for the feedback!🤗

Originally posted by: LizzieBennet

Thanks so much for reading and supporting this fic!😳

Do you think Shiva and Raavi came across as believable and true to character?

Also, I forgot to mention- I don’t write angst, I think I’m terrible at it, and don’t enjoy it personally. So was more than a little apprehensive about this one!

Thanks again for the feedback!🤗

I could relate to them and I definitely felt the Angst

Do write more soon :)

I could relate to them and I definitely felt the Angst

Do write more soon :)

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Thank you! Would love to take prompts if you have them! 😳

Originally posted by: GrilledCheese

This was beautifully written! Together and yet separate ❤️

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. That line came from the metaphor of the lotus leaf and dewdrop which in turn was inspired by my other fic! 😆

Thanks again for reading! ❤️

Originally posted by: Odette_delusion

I loved the concept and on the top you have written it perfectly............. Loved it.... Need more

Thank you! This is so reassuring since I was terribly unsure if the concept would go down well when I adapted it from my other story wherein the concept naturally fit. For this one, I had to tweak and engineer it to fit which isn’t always ideal.
I’m so glad you liked it!

About writing more, I don’t know if I would want to continue this story. I think it ended in the perfect note don’t you? - with a little sadness and the threat of impending separation. That’s about all the angst I can manage (or would want to). But I’d be open to writing more ShiVi. What would you like to read?