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[Alicia Lukas]

The realities of married life

You can live with someone for months or years. You can be in a relationship with that person for months or years. But being in a relationship with someone is not the same as being married to them. Marriage is completely different. There is a reason why people can be in a relationship for over a decade and then it falls apart within a year after being married. Marriage adds an extra layer of stress.

Marriage makes things official. You sign a piece of paper linking yourself to another human being. Everything about your life becomes intertwined. You no longer exist as a singular entity in the eyes of the government. You become forever together.

And no one ever truly knows how they are going to react to that. They never know whether or not they are going to be able to accept it. To live your life as two human beings together. Property, finances, even healthcare are all pushed together and turned into a singular ownership. Some can handle it. Others can’t.

But Alicia and Austin had been married before. They had lived their lives happily with someone else. And as a married couple they all seemed happy together. Austin loved Lisa. He loved her more than he had ever loved anyone else before… until he met Alicia. But they were happy. They were happy together and they would have stayed that way if it wasn’t for the actions of an individual who only cared about himself and keeping his secrets safe. Alicia’s husband Michael. It would be easy to throw him under the bus and say that Alicia would’ve been unhappy with him. But the sad truth was as a married couple they worked well together.

They were happy, her sons were happy, the only thing they really thought about was Alicia staying in the ring as a professional wrestler instead of going home. He wanted more children. She wanted to continue her career. But even that argument didn’t stop them from having happy moments. But how would Austin and Alicia fare in the marriage department? The realities of being married, the realities of living together and wanting to have that life as one—it was different than simply being together. Being in love as a couple. Marriage complicates things.

But first they would get through their honeymoon period. But as is the life of professional wrestlers, their honeymoon was something work-related. And after arriving home, everything needed to be changed. ”The DMV is a fucking nightmare. I hate the fact I can’t do this online.” Alicia put the piece of paper down on the bench. A receipt. Paying a fee for changing her name on her driver’s license. A copy of Austin and her marriage certificate sitting under the receipt with the passport and all of the other identification she needed.

Austin sighed and nodded slowly. ”Yeah, the official identification changing stuff is always a pain. Almost as much of a pain as the insurance shit I’m doing. I’ve consolidated it all. You, Ryan and Rory are on the same policy that I have my kids on and myself.”

Alicia nodded slowly. She was happy that Austin was doing all of the paperwork as well. But that didn’t stop her from hating the fact they had to do it. Still, their children seemed happy. Rory and Ryan were approaching their teenage years and Marcus and Olivia were both walking and talking and could understand a lot more than they could when Alicia and Austin first started dating. It was hard for those two losing their mother at such a young age. It doesn’t mean Rory and Ryan had it easy, but they were older and were used to having to adapt.

”We have to decide if we want to file joint taxes…” Alicia groaned audibly, her head flying backward as she dramatically threw her arms out to the side. Austin chuckled and laughed to himself, his eyes trailing down to Alicia’s driver’s license. He smiled looking at her name. Violet Alicia Mercer. It was a small thing, seeing her last name change on her driver’s license, but it was something that made Austin smile. And as he looked up at Alicia she caught his eye and realised what he was looking at, smiling back with a small nod before stepping back and folding her arms over her chest, leaning against the kitchen bench.

”It’s all worth it though… getting our lives sorted out…” Austin chuckled and stretched as Alicia shook her head. ”But… I’m not going through this again. This is going to be the last time.”

He smiled at her again, tilting his head. His long brown hair tied back, his beard hiding his still youthful face. ”Because we’ll be together forever?”

Alicia smirked and stepped forward, leaning down to look him in the eyes. ”That… and even if we don’t stay together, I’m never getting married again.” They both chuckled and laughed, Alicia reached across the table and took Austin’s hand in hers. The two of them stood there for a moment, feeling themselves decompress after doing all of the stressful paperwork they needed to get through during the day. They were the realities of married life. But they were more than ready to face them head-on.

A new frontier

”Here we go…”

Alicia slowly smiled, her blonde hair done up with braids down one side.

”Since I returned I have had a particular set of goals. A lot of people assumed that my goal would be to regain the World Bombshells Championship. And while everyone should want to hold that championship or the male equivalent, that wasn’t why I came back. I’ve accomplished a lot in my career, and I mean a lot. I’ve held championships all around the world and I have held them for a very long time.”

“In fact, there was a moment in time when I spent less time in my career without a championship than I did with one. If you looked back at my entire career, the amount of time I spent as a champion was about 75%. That is, three-quarters of my career was spent holding some kind of championship. That is a long time. Now, over the last couple of years that has extended out. I haven’t been in the championship conversation.”

“But now that has changed.”

“I won a number one contenders match. I beat three other women to earn my championship opportunity against Harper Mason for the Roulette Championship. And I followed it up after winning that opportunity by beating her best friend. And the thing is, I can’t even say that Cassie is a bad professional wrestler because she’s not. She’s decent, much like Harper. In fact, those two are so similar to each other I guess it’s a little bit hard to tell the difference. But I stomped Cassie into the ground as I prepared for this match.”

She sat down and leaned back in her chair, throwing one leg over the back and relaxing.

”But now, well, now we go into Violent Conduct. We roll on into the supercard and I get to go one-on-one with Harper Mason for the Roulette Championship. Miami, Florida, and the championship will be defended in a match where we won’t know the stipulation until the roulette wheel is spun. Old school roulette rules.”

“There was a time when I looked at the Roulette Championship and I didn’t want it. I thought the chaos and craziness that this division brings was a stain upon the sport of professional wrestling. You see, professional wrestling needs to be looked at with respect. And a lot of the things that happen in the Roulette Division don’t lean to the side of respect. Pillow fights, water balloon fights, mud wrestling, dance-off battle royals—all of these things are not what I signed up for when I wanted to become a professional wrestler.”

“But, the more I thought about it the more I realised that if you do step up and do everything in your power to adapt and change, it shows what wrestling can really be. Chaos. Total unbridled chaos. And Harper Mason currently holds the championship which encapsulates that chaos. Now, Harper, you have done everything you can to prove that you deserve that championship. You’ve done everything you can to step out of everyone else’s shadow and show that you belong here.”

“And hey, I’m not going to deny that you have earned some respect. You have been doing everything you can to make that championship mean something. Oh wait, that was Victoria Lyons. See, Victoria held that championship for just over a year. She made that championship a prized accomplishment and you were able to get the win over her, and many people are going to celebrate that. They are going to think that it is amazing that you were able to beat a woman who held that championship for so long and became the poster child for chaos.”

Alicia pauses again and shakes her head before continuing.

”Here’s the thing, Harper. I kind of feel bad for you. See, you had this tremendous high as you became the Roulette Champion and beat Victoria. But with that win comes expectation. See, when you beat a dominant champion and you take that from them, you have to follow up their championship reign with something that matters. And you’ve held that championship for just over a month. And in that time you really haven’t done anything. You haven’t plastered your face all over the shows. You haven’t shown the world what kind of champion you can be.”

“You just kind of exist.”

“And because of who you won that championship from, you now have all of this pressure on you. If you don’t have a championship reign that lives up to what Victoria did, you will be looked at as a failure. Now, me on the other hand, I can beat you and I can just make you a footnote in the history of that championship. And no matter what I do, as long as my reign is better than yours, it will be looked at as a success. So you are already looked at as a failure. And now you have to face me, someone who is one of the best professional wrestlers to ever step foot on this planet. Someone who is having a career renaissance. And you are standing in my way. No one else. You. So at Violent Conduct I’m going to take that championship from you and I am going to make sure you are relieved of that pressure. You are welcome, Harper.”

[Harper Mason]

Harpin’ On With Harper, Harper’s Hotel Room, Miami Beach, Florida
Tuesday the 9th of September 2025, 11:00am

*on camera, start vlog, promo part one*

It was the week of Harper’s first title defence against Alicia Lukas, her first since winning the title from Victoria Lyons at Summer XXXTreme and fittingly? The show was two days before Harper’s 21st Birthday so the young bombshell had a lot on her mind.

”When I set my sights on winning the Roulette Title from Victoria at Summer XXXTreme, one of the reasons was the fact that I wanted my name in the history books, as the youngest ever Bombshell Roulette Champion!” Harper stated as she brushed some hair over her shoulder. ”A feat that no one saw coming because Victoria had managed to go mostly unbeaten for over a year by that point and her reign seemed set to make new records left, right and centre.

And yet?” Harper asked hypothetically before holding the title up to the camera. ”The proof is in the pudding huh? They didn’t exactly waste time in trying to determine my first challenger either, someone who came back to SCW because they had a problem with me, it’s coming full circle, isn’t it? You came back for last year’s Summer XXXTreme, ffeuded with me for a bit because in your eyes? I was a nepo baby.”

Harper shook her head.

”You won that Falls Count Anywhere on the Cruise Ship, I’m not about to deny that, but what have we done since then?” Harper asked hypothetically as she rested her arms on the desk. ”Even though I lost our first match I went on to have my first title match against Victoria at the following Climax Control’s Main Event, I don’t think I need to point out how that ended! While you? You didn’t make another Supercard appearance until this year’s Inception when you were randomly inserted into the Roulette Division.

Funny for someone who once considered this division beneath her, huh?” Harper asked as she folded her arms, ”But that was also your last Supercard appearance for months on end, Blaze of Glory? Nope, Into the Void? Nada, Summer XXXTreme? You guessed it, not a peep, what happened to you exactly Alicia?”

Harper grins.

”Before Amber Ryan came along you were the dominant World Bombshell Champion, someone considered untouchable but now? You can’t even rely on your star power to secure a spot on a Supercard!” Harper pats the Roulette Title. ”Here’s the thing, I have my own theory and I know for damn sure you’re not going to like the words that are about to come out of my mouth!

The Bombshell Division has passed you by Alicia! And you have a better explanation I’d love to hear it!”  Harper stated as he look straight at the camera. ”I earned this title by defeating a woman who’s been a thorn in my side since SCW, now? I’m going to defend it against a woman who came back to SCW with one goal in mind: teach me a lesson that I didn’t need, because you’ve been full of shit since you returned!”

*end vlog*

Hanging out with Jessie’s family, Miami, Florida
Wednesday the 10th of September 2025, 14:00pm

Harper was a member of of the extended family of SCW Hall of Famer Jessie Salco, being her younger cousin on her biological parents’ side, and while Harper’s side originated from Orlando rather then Miami? Jessie had made it clear that she was still welcome to hang out with her family during the week leading up to Violent Conduct.

”Talk about rotten luck.” Harper commented to Jessie as she sat opposite her. ”The one show where SCW returns to our home state for the first time since 2020 and Wrestleleague schedules your match against Bianca Page for the same night as Violent Conduct!”

”Right? And just when I thought they were coordinating my Wrestleleague dates with SCW’s shows!” Jessie commented as she shook her head. ”Your match with Alicia is pretty far down the card while my match is night two’s Semi-Main Event, I should be able to stick around for the match but then I’ll have to jet off to Green Bay if I want to make it.”

”Busy night for my mentors in general in other words.” Harper responded before Jessie’s older brother Jake brought her a drink. ”Thanks Jake! So Jess, what do you think of my chances with Alicia?”

”Me and her weren’t even friends when I joined Honor Wrestling during SCW’s hiatus in 2018 and that was before all the bullshit that earned me the Most Hated Award during that year’s High Stakes show.” Jessie responded as she shook her head. ”Things didn’t exactly improve after she joined SCW following the Honor Wrestling buyout, and after she returned last year she focussed her energy on you by proxy.”

”For all the good that’s done to her legacy, she can’t even get onto a SCW Supercard without earning a title shot and she’s a Hall of Famer!” Harper pointed out as she shook her head. ”Seriously, before this Sunday her last appearance was on Inception VI, eight months ago!”

”Yeah, we can’t really deny that Alicia’s stock has plummeted since she returned, can we?” Jessie asked hypothetically as she leaned back in her chair. ”Missing one Supercard I could understand, it sucks and considering that she got screwed out of a spot in Favor of a pointless match between Seleana and Crystal I bet Cassie’s fuming, but several in a row? Especially after she beat you at last year’s Summer XXXTreme? She’s not the same athlete she used to be.”

”Of course unless I prove it Sunday night? I’m going to end up with egg on my face after Alicia pulls a Mercedes Vargas.” Harper commented before chuckling. ”Considering how prideful Alicia is? I bet she’d love being compared to Mercedes.”

”Oh yeah! Definitely bring that up.” Jessie responded with a laugh as she shook her head. ”And let me know in advance so I can grab popcorn for the twitter meltdown!”

”I think we’d be roasting marshmallows on the flames by that point.” Harper commented as she shook her head before the conversation drifted off.

Harpin’ On With Harper, the Salco family home, Miami, Florida
Wednesday the 10th of September 2025, 16:00pm

*on camera, start vlog, promo part two*

With the anniversary of 9/11 happening tomorrow and Harper being a military brat this week was bound to hit hard for her and for good reason.

”9/11, a day that lives in infamy and for a damn good reason, I wasn’t born until three years after that terrible day but thanks to my dad’s military service? Yeah, it hits different.” Harper sighed as she looked up to the sky. ”And then my parents were gunner don in their home while I was training at Hero Academy years later, after my dad’s military service had ended, in case you can’t tell? I’m dealing with a lot heading into my title match with Alicia.

I’m not trying to make this into a sob story, nor am I asking for pity, it’s been two years since my parents died and while it was terrible? I’ve had time to process all of it.”  Harper sighed as she ran a hand through her hair. ”I’m just trying to get across how significant this week is for someone who grew up on a military base for the first decade or so of her life.”

Harper added as she leaned back.

”My dad never saw any major action, his posts were minor ones at foreign bases, but I know from personal experience that, until he retired from the military in 2014,  there was always a chance that could change.” Harper added  as she let out a deep breath. ”It would be cliché to dedicate our match to his memory Alicia, I some might even call it crass, but I will be heading into this match with all that on my mind and then some!

And too avoid this getting to heavy? Let’s swing this back around to wrestling!” Harper added as she brushed some hair over her shoulder. ”On one hand Alicia? This match is a generational clash between champion and challenger, new school vs. old school if you will, but what happens when the old guard clearly can’t go anymore? Because as much as you try to deny it? You are becoming this generation’s Mercedes Vargas!”

Yep, she said it.

”And I don’t mean in that you’re going to shock the world on Sunday by winning the title, no, I mean that you’re a shell of your former self.” Harper added as she leaned back with her arms crossed. ”And I’m sure the comparison has someone as prideful as you riled up Alicia so let me rub salt in the wound by pointing out some facts!

One: you and Mercedes are both former World Bombshell Champions but neither of you have touched that title in years, two: you’re getting to Mercedes’s level of being past your prime and irrelevant Alicia and three?” Harper grinned at the camera. ”This Sunday you’ll be bested by someone younger and better than you!”

*end vlog*

Local Café, Miami, Florida
Thursday the 11th of September 2025, 12:00pm

It was the Thursday before Violent Conduct and Harper was meeting with Josh at a local café, the twenty year old was wearing her dad’s old army jacket, something she had kept from those early days.

”Still surprising this thing fits me as well as it does,” Harper commented as she shifted her weight and Josh nodded. ”Then again my dad was a smaller guy, which is probably why he didn’t see much action in the army.”

“Probably but he still served his country and you should be proud of him for that.” Josh reminded Harper and she quickly nodded in agreement. “Wherever he is in the afterlife.”

”My parents were Christian, hell so was I for that matter.” Harper sighed as she thought back to that terrible day in 2023.  ”Though I will be the first to admit that I had a crises of faith after they were murdered, what kind of loving god would take two devoted parents away from their kids? I got of relatively easy because I was still in my late teens at that point but Jason and Mackenzie have had to live with Aunt Therese because they are underage.”

“Your aunt’s a good woman and I’m sure she’s doing the best she can for your younger brother and sister.” Josh assured her and Harper smiled at that. “And while I didn’t have the pleasure of meeting them, Jessie said they had raised you right.”

”Couldn’t have done a worst job I guess, growing up around military bases helped toughen me up for the rigors of the wrestling business.” Harper responded as she shifted her weight. ”And my amateur wrestling and tae kwon do training helped prep me for the physical side of the sport.”

“Exactly.” Josh nodded in agreement before the food arrived. “And you’ve only improved since then Harper!”

”Considering I’ve been wrestling for almost two years at this point?” Harper asked as she got ready to dig in. ”I’d hope so.” Harper responded before they started eating.

Harpin’ On With Harper, Harper’s Hotel Room, Miami, Florida
Thursday the 11th of September 2025, 21:00pm

*on camera, start vlog, final promo part*

With her first title defence looming Harper knows that she has a tall task ahead of her if she wants to keep her title.

”One year ago, they didn’t even have a place for us on the Violent Conduct card, the only time in my SCW Career where they couldn’t find something for me to do on a Supercard and yes, I don’t count Inception because they were able to add the match with Seleana at the last minute.” Harper commented as she ran a hand though her hair. ”One year later and not only am I the Roulette Champion but we’re facing off Alicia.

But then again, that’s become a normality for you, hasn’t it Alicia?” Harper asked as she stretched her arms a bit. ”Since you returned to SCW last year you’ve only wrestled on two Supercards including the show where we had our first match and this Sunday will be your third, while me?”

Harper grins as she leans back.

”I’ve been working my ass off for the past year to try to get my name out there as someone who was on the rise in the Bombshell Division, and, well, the proof’s in the pudding.” Harper stated as she held up the title to the laptop’s webcam. ”Because I, the youngest Bombshell on the roster, did what so many women, including you Alicia, couldn’t! I ended the queen’s reign, I claimed her spot on the Roulette Throne and while I knew it was a matter of time before I got my first challenger? I wasn’t going to back down from anyone.

Not bad for someone you dismissed as a nepo baby when you returned to SCW, huh Alicia?” Harper asked as she put her title down. ”And trust me, this title won’t be going anywhere but home with me if I have anything to say about it and in case you haven’t noticed? I’ve had a lot of stuff to say!”

It’s that simple.

”But this Sunday actions will speak a hell of a lot louder than words and regardless of what the Roulette Wheel stops on? I’ll be ready!” Harper added as she folded her arms. ”Ready to prove to the Bombshell roster that this was not a fluke, ready to show that I can hold my own as a champion in the Bombshell Division and more importantly? Celebrate my 21st birthday next Tuesday with my title in hand!”

And with that Harper decided to wrap things up.

”I may be young but I’m not blind to your ambitions Alicia, you want one more reign before you hang up the boots for good.” Harper added as she looked at her Bombshell Roulette Title. ”But it won’t be at my expense Alicia! This Sunday at Violent Conduct not only will I retain the title in my first defence but I will avenge that loss I suffered at your hands one year because the world has it’s new hero and it’s time I probed my worth as champion because I vow to see that justice Is done as “The Slaytanic Avenger” Harper Mason!”

Harper turned off the camera as the scene fades.