Turning P!nk
Written for the @steddiemicrofic April prompt ‘Fool’
WC: 454 | Rating: T | CW: none | tags: and then they were roommates, friends to lovers, idiots in love, love confession (sort of), ficlet based on song lyrics
“So if you're too school for cool,
And you're treated like a fool-
Treated like a fool!”
Eddie watches as Steve, in his own world, folds laundry, singing along with one of his favourite tracks. He’s a little flat in places, probably because he’s wearing headphones, but he has a surprisingly nice singing voice, and is even doing the harmonies.
He’s bending his knees and wiggling his shoulders to the beat, but it’s when he starts swinging his hips in time that Eddie nearly loses it.
He’s the fool if he thinks he can carry on like this, sharing an apartment with his friend who he’s developed a massive crush on.
If only there was a way to tell him that didn’t involve, y’know, actually coming out and saying it…
A few weeks later Steve’s come to watch Corroded Coffin at The Hideout. He notices Eddie’s antsier than usual, hands running through and frizzing his hair, a crease between his eyebrows that Steve’s doesn’t often see. Unusually for him, he’s repeatedly checking in with the rest of the band, who are valiantly trying to chill him out, reassuring him that everything will be fine.
The gig goes really well, Eddie looking fantastic on the stage and absolutely killing it. Steve wonders whether he’ll ever get used to that. Seeing Eddie like this always makes him… feel things, things he hasn’t yet allowed himself to properly process.
Steve’s in the crowd, as usual hanging towards the back in his yellow polo so he can avoid the disparaging stares of some of the other patrons and the flailing limbs of the mosh pit.
He’s nodding his head and swaying a little, but he never lets go like he does at home.
They finish their standard set, and along with the rest of the crowd Steve claps and cheers and then starts to move away from the stage.
But to everyone’s surprise they start playing something else, Steve hearing the chords of a song he recognises.
Of course, the style is very different. It’s relentless, driving guitars and Gareth’s thumping drums, but it’s so familiar. And when Eddie starts singing, Steve can’t believe it.
“Right, right, turn off the lights,
We’re gonna lose our minds tonight,
What's the dealio?”
The band gives it their all, but Eddie especially. He’s scanning the crowd, seeking Steve, and when he sees him, laughing and dancing in the middle of the floor and smiling widely because it’s his favourite song, he smiles right back.
And at the end, where they’ve tweaked it so it’s literally just Eddie’s voice on the final two words, he sings them straight at Steve.
“Just come on and come on and, raise your glass,
For me…”
Tags: @joejoequinnquinn @jamdoughnutmagician @curlyjoequinn @madaboutmunson @airen256 @sunshinepeachx
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1 Daffodils
Yellow and/or white
Associated with springtime and good luck,
white ones also associated with death
2 Roses
Wide range of colours, including red, white, pink, yellow, orange, and combinations thereof
Associated with various forms of love, romance, respect, apology, and congratulations
3 Wisteria
Usually purple or blue, sometimes pink or white
Associated with longevity and fortune
4 Bird of Paradise
Orange or white
Associated with freedom, faithfulness, and regality
5 Cherry Blossoms
Pinks and/or white
Also known by their Japanese name “sakura”
Associated with springtime, love, femininity, and mindfulness
6 Sunflowers
Usually yellow, sometimes with orange or red
Associated with the sun, longevity, loyalty, vigor and vitality
7 Bleeding Hearts
Pink or red with white, or white
Associated with love, heartbreak, and compassion
8 Hydrangeas
Range from blue through purple to pink, white, or green
Associated with gratitude, unity, regality, good fortune, and love (particularly for pink blooms)
9 Gardenias
White or cream
Associated with trust, hope, peace, secret love, and the Greek god of dreams, Morpheus
10 Poppies
Red or orange, or less often yellow, pink, white, or black
Associated with sleep and death, peace (white), prosperity (yellow), oblivion and loss (black), remembrance of WWI (red)
11 Lilacs
Purples, blue, or white
Associated with lost love, new love, reflection, and tranquility
12 Coreopsis
Colour range from yellow to deep red, often bi-coloured
Associated with cheerfulness, gratitude, friendship, and happiness
13 Allium
Most often purple or white; also burgundy, yellow, and orange
Recognizable as garlic flowers
Associated with patience, unity, courage, and protection (such as against vampires)
14 Bluebells
A range of blues and purples, occasionally pink
Associated with everlasting love, faeries, enchantment, and gratitude
15 Honeysuckle
Yellow, white, pink, or red
Associated with love, trust, playfulness, and respect
16 Geraniums
Red, pink, or white
Associated with affection, passion, clandestine meetings, purity (white), and foolishness
17 Morning Glory
Blues and purples, pink, red, white, or yellow
Associated with young love, unrequited love, renewal
18 Sweet Pea
Extremely wide range of colours including pink, cream, red, purple, and blue, but not yellow
Associated with farewells, brides, playfulness, and romance (especially red blooms)
19 Buttercups
Yellow
Associated with youth, playfulness, and happiness
20 Passion Flowers
White with purple or blue
Associated with strength, hope, care, and the crucifixion of Jesus
21 Hollyhocks
Pink, white, red, yellow, or purple
Associated with prosperity, privacy, ambition, abundance, congratulations, and encouragement
22 Echinacea
Most often purple; also red, pink, orange, yellow, or white
Associated with health, healing, wellness, happiness, and elegance
23 Lotuses
Wide range of colors including pinks, purples, red, orange, yellow, blue, white, and black
Associated with beauty, purity, spirituality and spiritual enlightenment, love (red), tranquility (blue), authority and power (black), and gentleness (pink)
24 Black-Eyed Susans
Yellow or orange with a dark brown/black center
Associated with friendship, optimism, resilience, and support
25 Hibiscus
Wide range of colours and colour combinations, often including red, pink, yellow, and/or white
Associated with Hawaii and other tropical areas, prosperity, womanhood and (feminine) sexuality, friendship, and love
26 Lavender
Most often purples and blues, sometimes cream or pink
Associated with calmness, tranqility, devotion, sleep and dreams, clarity of mind, and France
27 Wallflowers
Wide range of colours including orange, yellow, red, pink, and purple, multiple colours of bloom may appear on one plant
Associated with faithfulness between lovers, friendship, being overlooked, and shyness
28 Larkspur
Purple, pink, blue, or white
Associated with protection, dedication, first love, ambition, and respectability
29 Jasmine
White or yellow
Associated with purity, respect, sensuality, motherhood, devotion, and beauty
30 Dahlias
Pink, white, purple, blue, red, and “black” (very dark red)
Associated with grace, strength, resilience, commitment, femininity (pink), change (blue), and betrayal (black)
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