Songbird || THIRTEEN
Eddie Roundtree x Fem!Reader
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Word Count: 1.9k
Part Summary: The band shoot their album cover and Y/N and Eddie question their friendship.
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TRACK THIRTEEN;
KILL YOU WITH A WINK OF HER EYE
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Y/N L/N: From that night onwards, Eddie and I were strangers. I didn't talk to him; he didn't talk to me. That was how it was for a while.
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Y/N sat in the studio with Warren and Daisy. Warren was drumming on the ground while Daisy and Y/N lay on the floor talking. Y/N stared up at the ceiling, beginning to zone out when the door was opened, and footsteps approached.
"Hey." Billy's voice sounded throughout the room.
Rolling her eyes, Y/N sat up at the same time as Daisy. Billy held out a piece of paper towards Daisy.
"I wrote something for you." Billy says.
Daisy's eyes scan over the paper, "More fun to miss than to be with. I'm not singing that."
"They're just words; what's the problem?" Billy questioned while Y/N stood to her feet and walked over to Warren.
"It's gonna be a long day." Y/N mumbled.
"Tell me about it." Warren says.
As soon as everyone entered the studio, Billy directed them into the booth with Teddy, much to everyone else's confusion. Eddie walked in as Y/N slouched against the wall, and his eyes looked directly into hers. Y/N looked down, avoiding all eye contact.
"Your hand, man," Warren says, looking at Eddie, "What happened?"
Y/N looked at Eddie's hand. It was bruised, and he had cuts on his knuckles that looked like they had been done only recently.
"Don't morry about it," Eddie says, "Just hurt myself in my sleep, that's all."
Warren didn't look convinced but dropped the subject as Daisy began to sing. Y/N turned to watch, as did everyone else, but Eddie's eyes bore into the side of Y/N's head. He hadn't been able to sleep, and the bags under his eyes showed that.
"Stop." Billy interrupted.
"What's the problem?" Daisy questioned.
"Let's, uh, let's go from the top."
Just as Daisy began to sing again, Billy interrupted her again, "Stop. I'm not feeling it, Daisy. Just let it out."
Billy allowed Daisy to sing for a little longer before interrupting her, "Again."
Once again, after she sang two words, he interrupted, "Again, Daisy."
"What is the fucking problem?" Daisy questioned.
"After yesterday it's the least you can do." Billy comments, "Again."
Once again, Billy interrupted Daisy repeatedly, not even giving her a chance to sing. Y/N could tell Daisy was getting frustrated.
"Billy," Warren speaks up, "Juts ease up on her, man."
Billy sighed before leaving the booth and entering the studio, "Daisy, you're not trying hard enough. All right? I just need you to feel. I mean, what are you afraid of?"
"Fuck this." Daisy says before storming out of the studio.
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Y/N L/N: I don't know what Billy said to make Daisy sing like that, but whatever he said worked. Something about her voice on that track was different from the others; it was raw and vulnerable. I loved her voice on that track.
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After recording the track, Y/N wanted to go home immediately, she still wasn't feeling the best from the previous night, and she just wanted to rest and not worry about anything. As she stepped out of the booth, she brushed past Eddie, and he opened his mouth to say something before closing it as he watched her walk away.
"What happened last night?" Karen questioned.
"What?" Eddie asked.
"Well for starters, your hand is all messed up and you look like you haven't slept and Y/N is avoiding interractng with you at all," Karen says, "And she has been acting strange the whole day."
Eddie sighed, "She was drunk and high last night, more than she had ever been and she called to be picked up."
"That's all?" Karen pushed.
"That's all." Eddie says before walking away, avoiding any more conversation.
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KAREN SIRKO: Eddie was a bad liar, I knew more happened, but he walked away before I could ask any more questions.
Y/N L/N: It wasn't long before we shot the album cover. Initially, I didn't know I would be featured on the cover, sure I was featured on a song I had written, but I wasn't on the track that shot the band to stardom. It was the day before when I said this to Graham.
GRAHAM DUNNE: I was shocked that Y/N didn't think she would be featured on the cover. She was a part of the band as much as any of us; I don't think she saw it that way at the time. I mean, she had a song on the album that definitely solidified her place.
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Y/N stood with Warren and Graham by the snack table. Y/N's dress blew behind her in the wind; she had never worn something like it before and loved it. The dress was light green in colour and clung to her curves. Warren and Graham were finding it hard not to stare.
However, Eddie stood not too far away; his eyes hadn't left Y/N since she approached the snack table. His eyes scanned over her body, the same body he couldn't seem to discard from his memory. Her hair blew about in the wind, but it made it nicer. But most importantly, he couldn't tear his eyes away from the smile on her face. A smile he had been so used to seeing, a smile that wasn't directed towards him.
Y/N grabbed a handful of grapes before she wandered off; the waiting around made her extremely bored.
"Y/N!" Camila says, approaching the girl and holding her arms open for a hug.
"Hey!" Y/N says happily, "I haven't seen you for a little while."
"You look amazing," Camila says, looking down at Y/N's dress, "The dress is gorgeous."
"I know," Y/N says, "I was given it for the shoot but I really want to take it home."
"Hey, this is your song, playing right?" Camila questioned.
"Yeah," Y/N said with a smile, "We recorded it about a week ago."
"It sounds really good." Camila compliments.
Y/N smiles, "Thanks, it was meant to be for my album, but the band liked it so it went on the Aurora album."
"I'm sorry about you album, Y/N."
"It's fine," Y/N says with a shake of her head, "I will get a chance to make it one day, I'm just glad that I actually get to sing on the album."
"You will get your chance, and it will be amazing." Camila says before excusing herself.
Y/N stood alone momentarily before turning around to head to the photoshoot area. Everything felt so surreal to her, but she couldn't help but think she should be having a photo shoot for her own album. Once everyone was surrounded by the chair and couch, the photographer told everyone where to stand or sit.
"Okay, on the couch, is Graham, Karen, Eddie and Y/N." The photographer says.
Y/N sat on the couch on the end next to Karen. However, the photographer said before she could get comfortable, "Y/N, sit the other end next to Eddie."
Sighing, Y/N stood up, shuffled down the other end of the couch, and sat next to Eddie. He looked at her, but she didn't look at him; she pretended he wasn't there.
Once everyone was in their positions, the photographer began to take the photos, yelling out directions as he did so. At first, they were all to do with Daisy, Billy or Warren, but soon enough, he began to yell out directions for Y/N.
"Y/N, lean closer to Eddie." The photographer shouts. Sighing, Y/N leaned closer, her back coming in contact with his side.
"Now, Eddie, rest your arm over the top of the couch." The photographer yelled out.
Y/N sat up to allow Eddie to move his arm before she sank back, her back resting against the side of his body. As she allowed herself to get comfortable, she sank further into him. When her body made contact with his was on fire, only Eddie had that effect on her. Her heart was racing, and she needed it to stop; she needed to stop letting Eddie have this effect on her.
"Okay, now just Billy and Daisy." The photographer says.
Immediately Y/N is up from her position and walks back down the mountain with Eddie following her.
"Y/N, wait!" Eddie called out.
Y/N continued to walk, acting like she hadn't heard him.
"I know you can hear me." Eddie calls out.
"What happened to me saying that I never want you to speak to me again." Y/N called back.
Catching up to her quickly, Eddie grips her arm and pulls her near a rock, a place a little more secluded. Flooding her arms across her chest, Y/N looked up at Eddie.
"Whatever you're going to say, I don't want to hear it, Eddie," Y/N says, trying to push past him, but he places his hands on her bare upper arms, causing goosebumps on her skin; she only hoped that he didn't notice.
"Y/N, I'm sorry," Eddie says, "I'm so sorry for what happened. I shouldn't have tried to kiss you."
"You shouldn't have," Y/N says, "Messing with someone's feelings isn't a nice thing to do."
"I wasn't trying to," Eddie says, "I don't know why I did it, I wish I did but I don't. You were crying and upset and I just wanted to make you feel better."
"So your big plan to do that was to try and kiss me?" Y/N says, "Eddie to make someone feel better, people usually give them a hug or make them a hot drink and watch movies."
"I know, and I regret it. We were just getting back to a good point and I hate myself for it," Eddie says, "I haven't been able to sleep since, all I can think about is how I fucking messed everything up again."
Y/N looked at his hand that was still resting on her upper arm, the bruising was a lot less prominent now, and the cuts were nothing but small scabs, "How did your hand get bruised?"
"I had to get my frustration out some way." Eddie mumbled.
Y/N looked up at Eddie, "Look, Eddie, clearly this friendship thing isn't working out. After that night, I can't even look at you the same way. Our entire friendship was fucked up because of it. I'm not looking for a sexual relationship if that's what you're after-
"Y/N, that's not what I'm after-" Eddie tried to interject, but Y/N continued to speak.
"-I don't think this is working out. I will be civil with you and you can be civil with me. But trying to be friends again, we're past that point."
With that, Y/N walked away, leaving Eddie on his own. Y/N thought by telling Eddie that, the weight would be lifted from her chest, but if anything, it got heavier.
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Y/N L/N: Was I running from my feelings? Maybe. But then it felt like the right thing to do…no matter how much I wanted to miss that hurdle.
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