#rip warped tour au u woulda been fun

[astorytotellyourfriends]

it’s been 2 years since jatp came out and ya girl is feeling sad today. i went through my google drive again since i missed wip wednesday last week (and went in a different direction this week) and found the oldest jatp fic idea i came up with (from november 2020 rip) and thought today was a good day to share it.

i don’t remember when it occurred to me that our three favorite ghosts missed the entirety of warped tour but it must’ve been around the same time i came up with this idea (i know i made a post about it but i can’t be bothered to find it), because they would’ve fucking loved warped tour.

so. enjoy three idiots falling in love during warped tour (plus bobby who loves them all but Not Like That). (also sorry this plotline is far less detailed than usual, i meant to go back and flesh it out but. i didn’t.)

so if they play the orpheum in 1995 then by all accounts they get signed to an indie label sometime that year (bc it's about the MUSIC yes ok luke we get it) and spend the rest of 95/maybe part of 96 recording an album and going on tour as a supporting act for … someone?? idk it doesn't really matter

BUT WHAT DOES MATTER IS THAT AT SOME POINT THEY GO ON WARPED TOUR FOR THE WHOLE SUMMER and their record label gets them a big ol tour bus bc by that point they're probably doing fairly well all things considered??

so the actual year they go on warped tour doesn't really matter bc the lineup was absolutely WILD back in the day but let's just say it's maybe like 1997 or something so they're at least 19 years old??

while on warped tour luke and reggie (and also bobby but lbr this ain't about him ok) probably hook up with their fair share of girls and are always flirting up a storm meanwhile alex like kind of tries to talk to guys but is really awkward and nervous about it because nobody else is like Out and he doesn't want to get into any bad situations!! so like he kind of starts to pull back from hanging out with the others in the evenings and makes excuses so he doesn't have to be around the other guys while they're flirting it up!

until one night when luke and reggie actually realize that alex is just disappearing every night and going to the bus by himself and being weird and alone so they follow him back and try to find out what's going on but alex is like no guys it's fine i'm fine you don't have to babysit me but they refuse to take no for an answer until alex finally admits that he's just feeling a little left out is all because they're all getting to just be normal and he doesn't feel like he can do the same :(

so then luke and reggie decide to become his wingmen (despite alex's many objections) and make it their mission to find someone for alex to hook up with!!

but of course it doesn't go according to plan and they end up encouraging alex to go up to this one guy who turns out to be very much NOT gay and he starts roughing alex up bc he's obviously a huge jerk and so luke and reggie get involved and luke ends up getting punched in the face and so reggie and alex take him back to the bus to clean him up and reggie runs off to get supplies which leaves alex and luke alone and alex starts to apologize because he thinks this is all his fault and he never should've agreed to any of this!! and luke obviously is like no wtf this is absolutely not your fault it's MY fault i never should've encouraged you to go after that guy he's clearly an asshole and you deserve better!!!

and maybe alex gets a lil bashful and sorta sad bc he hasn't told the other guys this but he actually hasn't kissed a guy before!!! and when he tells luke this he's like ok but you deserve to have a first kiss with someone who really cares about you which then ofc this ends up with luke and alex kissing bc reasons.

but then reggie comes back and is very confused about what's happening but then also is very (horny) upset that he wasn't involved!! "is this what we're doing now???" and when alex and luke try to explain that it didn't really mean anything he just deflates and looks very sad about it which only leads to more questions and then reggie admits that he's sad about being left out because if they're going to experiment with each other then he feels like he should at least be present for it!! (and also involved bc reggie has to be involved in everything) (he's just a grumpy baby when he's left out ok) and so then alex is like "wait… you want to kiss me?? and luke??" and reggie's just like "IDK MAYBE YEAH I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW BUT THAT WAS HOT SO LIKE DON'T JUDGE ME OKAY"

and thus the ot3 is born and they start lowkey hooking up with each other but at first it's probably just making out and maybe some over-the-clothes touching for a week and then it progresses to more touching and probably hand jobs or something idk we'll work it out later.

but they don't tell bobby bc it's not really a Thing it's just something that happens sometimes but obv eventually he probably catches them in an awkward position and they fully expect him to blow up at them or something but in reality he's just like ".........ok so this is a thing?" and then they sort of have to admit that yeah it's a thing and he's like "ok cool i'm definitely straight so you guys just… do you. or each other. whatever." and just like leaves lol