bass boy || reggie peters imagines

overheard ✨

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1994
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prompt - "h-how long have you been standing there?"
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i'd known the sunset curve boys for most of my life now. well, alex in particular. alex and i have lived beside each other since we were around four years old, our parents quickly became friends and so it was inevitable really that alex and i would become joint at the hip. we were always together, he was my best friend and i trusted him with my life! our parents were always convinced that the two of us would grow up and fall in love but their fantasy of our future relationship was soon cut short. alex told me before anyone when he had started to question his sexuality, and so it was only fair when i told him that i had feelings for reggie peters. our parents were distraught at the idea of us not being together, they had been trying to mould our relationship from the beginning and their mission had failed.

despite our parent's disappointment, alex and i remained best friends and we were both happy for each other for being ourselves and not what our parents wanted us to be.

i was sat on luke's couch in the boys' studio tapping my fingers on the arm to the beat that alex was drumming. the other three boys hadn't arrived yet, something about needing to get pizza before they "starved to death" ... always so dramatic those boys.

"hey alex?" i suddenly perked up.
"yeah?" he asked as he set his drumsticks down. alex made his way to sit beside me on the couch, something i loved about alex was the way he would drop anything just to listen properly to whatever someone had to say.
"i want... no. no, i need to tell reggie how i feel about him. i've had enough of having to pretend that i'm not completely in love with him. i've had enough of trying to hide my violently blushing cheeks whenever he talks to me, or trying to stop my heart from practically hammering out of my chest when he's near me. i just need to tell him how i feel before it actually eats me up. i need him to know, even if he doesn't feel the same, you know?" i ranted feeling slightly out of breath by the time i'd finished.
"yeah! i know what you mean, you should tell him, it might make you feel better," alex gave a reassuring smile which quickly disappeared when he looked towards the door of the studio, he looked like he'd seen a ghost.
"alex what's ..." i started, following his gaze. there he was. reggie stood by the door with a pizza box in his arms and his mouth open in shock. i stumbled to my feet, knocking papers off of the couch in the process.
"... h-how long have you been standing there?" i asked, panic evident in my voice.
"i..." reggie choked out .
"i'm just gonna go..." alex said awkwardly as he made his way out.

reggie walked in placing the pizza box onto the top of the piano in the centre of the room. he stood, hesitated before he turned back to face me.
"i.. erm. i heard what you said about... you being in love with me?" reggie said, as more of a question than anything. i anxiously played with my fingers, i'd been worrying about this exact moment for months and now it was happening and i was most certainly not prepared for it. i kept my head down as i took a deep breath, now or never i guess.
"yeah.. reggie i just need you to know. i've been in love with you for months now and i just... i know you probably don't feel the same way bu-"  i was cut off by the feeling of two fingers under my chin, lifting my head to meet his eyes. during my stuttering, reggie had made his way dangerously close to me and i hadn't even realised. i felt my breath get caught in my throat as i looked into his eyes.
"hey. i.. i love you too, you know. i thought i made it obvious but i guess we're both kinda stupid," he laughed softly.
"hey!" i whisper yelled, giving reggie a playful slap on the arm. " i am not stupid!" i giggled.
"god, you're so beautiful," reggie breathed.
i saw his eyes flicker from my own to my lips but he didn't seem to want to make the move i was dying for.
"reggie, if you're going to kiss me, please just do it now," i giggled before i felt his lips touch mine softly, almost as though he was scared to break me. the kiss was perfect, way better than anything i could've imagined. his arms made their way to my waist as mine wrapped around his neck, holding each other as close as possible. i didn't want this feeling to end. as we pulled away i kept my forehead pressed to his and my eyes closed with a small smile playing on my lips.
"wow," he whispered.

"yeah wow!!" luke exclaimed as he barged into the studio making reggie and i jump apart. "took you both long enough," he laughed as he stuffed a slice of pizza into his mouth.