#so it's fitting

[mxmasked-alien]

Ai Lovemore and Eden Carter, the mc and LI for My Fake Valentine

[thepanplumbob]

cowberry-jam -> doglover-trait

[d-amore]

i could see melissa giving this to bruce every valentines as a joke

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

Oooohhh platonic/sibling Henry and Ashley au where they're in a band? Either both sing, or one sings and one is part of the crew, etc. Wherever you want to go with that!

Their band wasn't well known, but it was certainly popular, popular enough that Ashley, the lead singer of the band formed by two idiotic siblings one ill-advised night in a local bar, had some wiggle room with their gigs.

Which was how Henry ended up behind the microphone that night, instead of only taking care of the speakers and the lighting and everything else that went with the performances, despite his near anxiety attack backstage.

One sibling pep talk and Ashley's grin of encouragement later, their parents sitting and watching with looks of surprised delight at his ascension to the stage, Henry grabbed the microphone, took a deep breath, and started to sing.

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"I can't do this." Henry said, feeling sick.

"Yes you can." Ashley said, rolling her eyes as she messed with a guitar.

"Nope. You're the singer, Ash. Not me. I shouldn't have let you bully me into this."

He ran a hand through his hair, stressed as he glanced at her. She wasn't even looking at him.

"You're a great singer, Henry. I've heard you."

"Yeah, singing to myself. Not on stage. In front of people. In front of Mom and Dad."

"It's just doing it in a different location."

"Ash! I'm freaking out here."

Henry's heart was hammering in his chest and his palms were sweaty as he imagined actually going out in front of a bunch of people and singing.

He could do it.

He helped Ashley with the songs they wrote or the covers they did. They were pop-folk band, and Henry liked adapting traditional songs in modern ways.

Which was where their drunken idea for the band had come from, one night not long after Ashley's twenty-first birthday.

Ashley got up and walked over to him, dropping down and wrapping an arm around his shoulders.

"You can do this. I believe in you."

"Ashley..." Henry said weakly. "I'm the tech guy."

She slapped him over the back of the head, like their uncle did, making Henry start and stare at her.

"You are not just the tech guy." she said sternly. "This is our band. You should sing."

"Ashley--"

"My big brother is supposed to be able to do anything." Ashley said, giving him wide big eyes. "You always told me what when we were kids."

He dragged a hand over his face, because he had said that and he was really regretting it.

"Henry. You're great. I wouldn't lie to you. If you don't like it, you never have to do it again. Just one song. For me. Please."

"You know I can't say no to you." he grumbled.

"Yep. And as the baby of the family, it's my right to exploit that."

Henry laughed, feeling the tension in his chest loosen. Maybe Ashley was right. He did like singing. And it was their band. Maybe he should at least try, especially when he knew she had to have plucked some strings to get the deviation from the expected performance.

He rubbed his hands on his pants to try and dry his palms.

"All right. One song."

Ashley let out a triumphant squawk of laughter, clapped him on the shoulder, and hopped up.

The nerves returned as Henry went up the stairs to the stage after Ashley, who took her seat and guitar and gave him an encouraging grin.

Henry turned to face the crowd and spotted their parents seated at one of the small tables the audience populated. Both of them looked surprised, but both smiled at him, looking delighted.

That helped too and Henry walked across the stage, taking the microphone as Ashley played the opening notes to their first song.

[rapmonkive]

His name is Jeffery and I'm already knitting him a sweater with the letter J on it

That's so funny to me that it's Jeffery. Oh my god.

Because when I was on my trip in America, I went to a starbucks and when I gave my name for my order, the barista put Jeff.

Later she was like "You said Namjoon? I put Jeff." So I said Okay, I'll be Jeff. I'll watch for Jeff.

She ended up calling me by my name because she felt bad I guess, and my sister kept calling me Jeff all day.

So that's funny.

[mangosandwichs]

one step closer to fitting in

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[hinamie]

newest issue of first years fashion just dropped

[cloud-ya]

outcast of the village

[canisalbus]

✦ Pebble ✦

[kaereth]

Dragon harpy chimera birdy FALIN!! I love her

[blorbopolis]

im cooking

[sleepii-moth]

movie sonadow but its that awkward crush phase where sonic is just really dramatic about everything

[zazrichor]

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