I was thinking about a modern clegan au, where John, on Curt's advice, decides to make a profile on a dating app, and when he sees a blond guy's profile he likes it immediately, because he's simply the most beautiful person that John has seen in his life. John even feels ashamed for having liked it as soon as he saw the photos, and didn't even read the profile.
John and him start talking and John falls in love in a short time, and they agree to go out, but every time it gets closer to the day, the guy makes up an excuse. The third time this happens, John starts to get suspicious. But he tries to ignore it, because he really likes him and wants to believe in him.
When John asks him out again, the guy says he had to move out of state because of work, but in a few months he'll be back, and they'll finally be able to see each other. And so, 6 months pass and John still super in love.
When John tells Curt about him, Curt says it's crazy that they've known each other for half a year and still haven't met, and John says it doesn't matter because he's really in love and that he fell in love at first sight, and Curt just rolls his eyes saying that doesn't exist. But when John says he's already tried to meet up with him, but he always cancelled, Curt starts to get suspicious and asks to see his photos, information and social media. John doesn't like it, but he goes along with it at Curt's insistence.
The other day, Curt goes to John's house and says that John fell in love with a fake, and explains that this guy, who introduced himself to John as Luke, is using someone else's photos, and that the person in the photos is a model called Gale Cleven. And despite feeling a little bad for John, Curt didn't resist saying ''how could you fall for that?you're a respected air force major.'' and John just defends himself by saying that maybe he wanted to fool himself, since he thought the guy was very handsome, and wanted to believe he was real. since he ignored the doubts he had and believed what Luke said, and that's why he didn't research him.
The other day, John tells Luke that he already knows the truth, and since John sends the link to Gale's (verified) Instagram, the guy knows he can't deny it and tells the truth. And he asks for another chance and for them to meet, but John denies it and blocks him.
At the weekend, being drunk, John ends up sending a DM to Gale, telling him everything that happened and how he fell in love with a fake guy who used his photos. B ut what he didn't expect was to wake up the next day with messages from Gale, replying to him.