underneath the lights || hsmtmts

author's note

{NOTE: (08/19/2021) the best way to navigate this book is through the table of contents thing. i say this because it obviously isn't a continuous story so reading in order isn't necessary + i know you don't necessarily want to read all of the one-shots bc not every ship appeals to everyone. i don't necessarily ship everything in here either, but that doesn't mean i don't see potential for writing a fulfilling little story for them!}

this book is going to be a collection of my one shots written for high school musical the musical the series. they'll be set in au's pretty much, so what exactly is canon is very much up to the specific one shot.

don't expect regular updates on this, but i DO very much want to use it a good amount. i'm mostly just going to add when i get an idea or i'm able to fill a request! feel free to comment your requests or heck even message them to me or leave them on the board thing...

i will take requests for like a scenario for a ship (platonic or romantic, please make this clear because otherwise i'll likely just leave it up to interpretation or make my own executive decision), or just like- for a character?

FOR EXAMPLE:

like say you want a little one shot of gina performing at a ballet recital. i will 1000% write that one shot for you!

i could also write you something like: ej and carlos get stuck in traffic when ashlyn asks aka makes him give carlos a ride to her latest party... chaos ensues.

or: lily's black coffee seems sweeter when ricky's the one paying for it.

or even something entirely and completely au like something for ej and nini inspired by spinning out on netflix, or ashlyn meets antoine while she's studying abroad in paris.

i really hope this book is something i can keep up with with some amount of frequency because i have a lot of love for this show!

NOTE (June 28, 2021): I don't know why I didn't note this when I first did it... but I've started uploading these to ao3 as well, my username is the same but without the underscore. So if you found me here but prefer ao3 as a format you can definitely read these same oneshots over there!

SHIP MASTERLIST: (added 09/19/2021)
- big red x ashlyn (2)
- ricky x lily (1)
- ricky x gina (6)
- ashlyn x antoine (1)
- ricky x nini (2)
- nini x gina (1)
- seb x carlos (1)
- ej x carlos (1)
- ej x nini (1)
- big red x ricky (1)

{as a caveat, the number of one shots for a ship is not an indication of my preference, more likely an indication of the amount of requests i've received for the particular ship. if you're not seeing what you want, feel free to request it!}