My Spark [Reggie x Reader]

Grey

Reggie's POV:
The boys and I arrive at the venue, waiting for Julie to arrive.
"We are gonna rock this gig tonight!" Luke exclaims, trying to hype us up.
"Yeah!!" Alex replies, rubbing his hands together.
"Yeah.." I trail off.
"C'mon man, cheer up! We're performing again!" Luke exclaims.
"Yeah, sorry" I reply, forcing a smile. It's easy for him to say, Julie forgave him pretty easily.
Luke watches me for a few seconds, probably noticing my smile wasn't genuine. Oh well, I don't really care.
After a few minutes, Julie arrives at the venue.
"Woah" Luke whispers under his breath. I roll my eyes.
"Hey guys!" Julie greets us, smiling.
"You escaped ok?" Alex inquires.
"Yeah pretty easily" she answers.
"Yess let's rock this!!" Luke smiles widely.
"How's Y/N?" I ask quietly, looking at Julie. Suddenly the smile melts off both Luke and Julie's face. "She's alright, just studying" Julie replies.
"Yeah..she always is" I mumble to myself.
The weight of the silence that follows sits on my shoulders. All four of us then gaze at the performers, as Flynn arrives. Everyone says hello to her but I don't take much notice. I become fixated on the performers and can't help but reminisce over that night at the beach. It was the best time I've had in a long time; 20 years in fact. I almost got her to fully open up to me...
"Dude? Dude we're up!" Luke shakes my shoulders slightly, as him and Alex both disappear into thin air. I follow suit, as Julie steps up onto the stage. Her angelic voice pierces the air, and is ghosts appear. The collective gasp of the audience and the chords of my guitar cause a smile to form on my lips. I almost cheer up. Almost.

Y/N POV:
Violet curls up next to me as I sprawl on my bed. I carefully stroke her, hoping she is in a good mood. Judging by her hiss and jumping off the bed, I'm guessing she's not. I sigh into the pillow as I think over everything. If Julie gets busted tonight she's going to be in big trouble. But in a way I'm glad she's performing...she deserves to be happy. My mind then turns to Reggie. "No" I shock myself by talking out loud. "He hurt Julie..."
Suddenly I hear the front door open, so I head downstairs. Dad walks through the door...with Julie. Crap.
"Hey.." I say quietly.
"Hi" Julie replies guiltily.
"Don't worry she's not in trouble, we talked about it" Dad assures me. "You did know, didn't you?" He asks knowingly. I nod.
I glance past the pair, out into the front yard. I see Luke, Alex, and Reggie, but then the door is closed. Not before I could see Reggie's face fall upon seeing me, though...
"Alright well I'm heading upstairs, see you guys" I state, starting to head upstairs.
"Y/n, wait!!" Julie exclaims, rushing up behind me.
"Yeah?" I ask, stopping halfway up the staircase.
"Thank you. Thank you for convincing me to join the band again" she says.
"Don't mention it" I reply in a monotonous tone, turning to continue the climb.
"Wait!" Julie calls again as I turn around. "That means I need to do something for you in return."
"No you-"
"Yes. Y/n, go down to the studio. You miss him, and he misses you. It's so obvious. You should've seen him tonight, he was practically silent. He didn't even have the same energy when he's performing. If you don't resolve things with him, then it will end up impairing our performance. If you won't do it for yourself, please do it for me" Julie explains with a smug smile. She knows I would do anything for her.
"I-" I sigh, but can't help but smile a bit as I think about Reggie. "Alright."
"Yay! I knew making it about me would convince you" she giggles. "For what it's worth, I ship you guys so hard."
I roll my eyes as I walk down the stairs. My mind is flowing with possible things to say, and is riddled with anxiety. What if he doesn't want to resolve things?? What if he's mad at me??
I stop dead in my tracks as I reach the studio door, which is open the tiniest bit. The sound of soft guitar chords flows out of it. I am about to walk in, when I hear Reggie's voice add to the music.

"Tears and slammin' doors
I'm fallin' down on the floor
Beggin', beggin', please"

He sounds really sad...but his voice is so beautiful. I never knew he could sing like this. My first instinct is to head inside, but I resist. I can't help but want to hear the rest.

"You don't want me no more
I never hurt like this before
I'm beggin', beggin', please"

This is a different side of Reggie's voice. I haven't heard him sing much as it is, but I always thought he stuck to rock music...

"Now every day it rains
And I'm the one to blame"

He really does sound sad...

"Baby, I walked away
When you came to stay, oh"

With a jolt, I realise what he's singing about. I unconsciously tear up, blurring my vision. I quickly brush them away, embarrassed, as if there's someone watching me. Glancing around, I see no one.

"Now everything's grey."

I can't stand this anymore. I knock on the door quietly and slowly open the door.
"Y-y/n?!" Reggie exclaims, jumping a bit with shock and scratching his head awkwardly.
"H-hi Reggie.." I mumble, walking closer.
"What are you doing here?" He asks me.
I pause for a second. "That song, it's really beautiful. I didn't know you could sing like that.."
"Thanks.." he replies, blushing slightly. "It's the first one I've written in a while."
"Well it's amazing."
"Thank you."
"Look.." I begin to talk, before he cuts me off.
"Y/n, I'm really sorry. Please believe me, we didn't intentionally skip the gig! As soon as we realised the time we rushed right back... I didn't mean to hurt you. It's killing me...well, I'm a figurative way. I miss you y/n..." he trails off, putting his guitar down.
"I'm sorry Reggie, I really am. I miss you too," I reply. I planned on saying more but my throat becomes choked up, preventing me from continuing.
A small smile graces his face. "Really?"
"I'm sorry for being so hard on you. I just...for so long I've needed to look out for Julie, and I just wanted to see her happy and.." I begin to explain.
"No need to apologise y/n...I understand. But what do you want? It's good to look after your siblings but you need to make yourself happy too.." Reggie claims.
"I know that now, and I can't believe it took me this long to realise it. It's thanks to you...I can't stop thinking back to that night on the beach, and it's the first time in a while I've been genuinely happy. I don't want to give that up." I realise I'm tearing up again, so I glance down.
Reggie smiles widely, standing up and walking towards me. He gently lifts my chin up, making me look into his eyes.
"You know that song I wrote? I wrote it out of anger. Anger at myself, and guilt. You have been the first thing that's made me happy in so long, and I can't believe I ruined it" Reggie explains.
"I'm here now, aren't I? You didn't ruin anything Reg..."
Gently he brushes under my eye, clearing the remaining tears.
"How do you do that?" I ask suddenly.
"What?"
"Touch my face. I thought ghosts couldn't do that."
"Oh, I didn't even realise. Well I learnt that to be able to touch or grab something you have to really want to and focus on it. I find that it comes easier when wanting to help someone" he explains. Soon after, he mumbles "and for some reason it's easier when I'm around you."
I smile weakly upon hearing the last part, unsure whether he meant for me to hear it.
"So..are we good?" Reggie asks nervously.
"Of course Reg" I smile wider, which is mimicked by him. Slowly and without either of us realising, his hand slithers down into mine, interning our fingers together.
"Well then tomorrow I have you to myself. No more studying. Can I take you up on the offer now to get you out of your textbooks?" Reggie asks.
"Hmmm" I think out loud, before smiling widely. "Of course, I've missed hanging out with you."

A/N: hey guys, I finally updated ahaha. Sorry again for taking so long. It was so weird I was doing schoolwork and I randomly got inspiration to start writing. Also the song I used is 'Grey' by Why Don't We. I was listening to the song while writing and it's perfect for this🥺🥺 anyways let me know what you think of this chapter and comment any suggestions! Hope you're doing well ily all <3
-mads🤍

edit: if anyone knows of / is reading any good Reggie fanfics please comment them or dm them to me!! I've been searching for a good one for so long now and I'm kinda desperate haha ty xx