HSMTMTS SICKFICS: because I'm bored :/

Stage Fright (Seblos)

A/N: Trigger warning mention of small anxiety attack. Sorry if this is bad or inaccurate this is my first time writing one of these.

*Opening Night of the Spring Musical*

Seb's POV:

"Seb where is our Lumiere? The curtain call is in 15 minutes and we cannot have Cogsworth go on stage without Lumiere." Miss Jenn asked me as she frantically ran into the boys' dressing room with her hands over her eyes.

"Everyone is dressed, Miss Jenn. I haven't seen Carlos since he went to the costume room with Kourtney to get dressed." I replied while playing with my Cogsworth costume.

"Someone please go find Carlos. The show is about to start in 15 minutes. I'm going to go find my luck charm bracelet." Miss Jenn said to the boys who were sitting in the boys' dressing room.

"Ricky can you please go check the costume room? Rico can you check the bathrooms? E.J make yourself useful my boyfriend is missing and its opening night." I said as I ran a hand through my blonde hair as I paced around the room.

"Don't worry Seb we will find Carlos." I heard Ricky say as he put a hand on my shoulder.

"I'll go check the mens' restroom." I heard Rico say as he took his glasses off since he was playing Belle's father.

"E.J! What are you doing on your phone? Our friend and cast mate is missing and its opening night of the spring musical. You should be taking this more seriously since your a lead. I know you play Gaston and your probably trying to get into character now but please help us find Carlos." Ricky exclaimed loudly as he got up from where he was comforting me and screamed at E.J.

"Sorry. Who are we looking for?" I heard E.J respond since he wasn't listening to us at all.

"We're looking for Carlos. Please make yourself useful and go look for him." Ricky groaned at E.J as I got up and walked away from the commotion.

As I was walking out of the mens' dressing room that was also the locker room, I heard Rico exclaim,

"Seb. I found Carlos! I need you to come with me now!"

I followed Rico to the boys' bathrooms that were adjacent to our dressing rooms and heard Carlos' before I could see him. The handicap bathroom stall was locked and I could hear Carlos breathing heavily and sobbing,

"Carlos, honey it's me Seb. Please unlock the door for me." I said as I knocked on the stall door quietly while Rico left the restroom.

Carlos unlocked the stall door slowly and turned his head away from me. He was sitting on the cold tile floor of the bathroom stall. His heart was beating fast and tears were streaming down his face.

"Carlos, babe what's wrong? Curtain call is in 10 minutes. You've been so excited about this role since you auditioned." I said as I got some toilet paper to wipe his tears away.

"Stage fright." I heard Carlos mumble as his hands started to shake.

"Aww. Babe, its okay to be scared." I said as I kissed his temple.

I noticed that Carlos breathing pattern was starting to quicken up as I leaned over to hug him and decided to feel his forehead to see if he was sick. He seemed to be sweating a lot but didn't quite have a fever so I wasn't too worried.

Carlos was having an anxiety attack and I had failed to notice this earlier. I'm such a bad boyfriend.

"Carlos, I want you to breath me. Hold my hand and take a breath. Watch me. 1...2..3... In out In out." I breathed in and out slowly with him while sitting on the tile floor.

I watched as my boyfriend slowly took deep breaths with me trying to get back to his normal self. He was still shaking and mumbling,

"I can't do it. Too many people."

I finally realized why he was so scared to go on stage and had to help my boyfriend gain his confidence back. I started to rub his back slowly to comfort him and did some breathing technique that I learned with him. It must have helped him because he was breathing normally but his hands were still shaking and his forehead was sweaty.

"Of course you can do it. Your a star. Your my star. You encouraged me to audition for Sharpay last fall and look at us now. We're Lumiere and Cogsworth. I believe in you Carlos. You're going to do amazing up there. If you get scared just take a quick glance at me since we have most of our scenes together. Let's get you cleaned up and then Kourtney can do some touch ups to your makeup. Are you going to be okay for the night?" I replied as Carlos took my hand and stood up off the tile floor.

His hands were sweaty and he was still nervous and shaky a bit but seemed to calm down a lot more.

"Yeah. Thanks for saving me Sebby. I don't know what I'd do without you. Please don't tell anyone about my stage fright, its embarrassing. Umm could I go get a sip of water from my water bottle first? " Carlos replied nervously as we walked out of the bathroom hand in hand to find Kourtney.

At first, I looked at him in astonishment since I've never seen him this nervous or emotional before but then I remembered his small anxiety attack and smiled while walking to the dressing rooms with him.

"Of course babe. I'll wait for you. We still have 7 minutes till curtain call." I replied while wiping a stray tear that had fallen from his eye.

While Carlos was getting a sip of water from his water bottle, Miss Jenn approached us and exclaimed a bit too loudly,

"Carlos! Where were you?! I was worried sick that you had left for some reason. Come on guys we're about to do our prayer before the show."

"Carlos was just fixing his Lumiere makeup in the bathroom where he could have some privacy away from Ricky and E.J. I guess he lost track of time and Rico and I found him." I lied to Miss Jenn as best as I could trying to hide Carlos' secret from her.

"Ok. Well go join the prayer circle. You two look adorable by the way." Miss Jenn replied while Carlos took a breath that I noticed he was holding in while Miss Jenn was talking.

A/N: I'm sorry if this is cute and stupid. I tried my best but didn't want to make it seem like Carlos was having a panic attack. I've had stage fright before.