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the world that i see inside you
waiting to come to life
waking me up to dreaming
reality in your eyes
first time; lifehouse
luke stands on the crowded street, guitar in
hand. he starts to strum quietly, an a minor chord, and then an f, playing one his all time favourites, give me love.
by the first chorus, people have started to take notice and are crowding around luke. that's how it starts everyday, people slowly recognising it and then watching it.
"after my blood is drowning in alcohol
oh, i just wanna hold ya."
luke plays a couple more songs and after each one, people throw a few dollars into his case and, deciding they've heard enough, leave.
the crowd has pretty much entirely cleared out after luke plays his fourth song, because he takes a pause to arrange some of the money in his case so that he doesn't lose it.
the crowd has cleared out except for one person.
he walks up to luke after standing back, looking fondly (and sort of mysteriously?) for a few minutes.
"hello," calum says. "you look like you're finished playing, but there's this song i'd love to hear you play."
luke knows calum recognises him, he has to. he hasn't dramatically changed in the past four and a half years. maybe it's to add on to the nostalgia and mystery? "no, go ahead," luke urges.
"busted heart, by for king and country," calum says, and luke knows he knows.
luke grins and plays the song with all of his heart.
when he's done, he asks, "how was that, calum?"
he gets a beautiful smile in return, and calum says, "beautiful, luke."
luke can't set his guitar down fast enough. he throws himself into calum's arms and whispers, "oh my god, i can't believe it's really you. i can't believe i'm seeing you..."
calum squeezes luke so tightly and they stay like that for a while until luke starts crying. calum pulls away and wipes luke's eyes with the sleeve of his sweatshirt and then pulls him back into the hug.
"i know i wasn't supposed to think of you," calum says, "but god dammit, luke, i had to. i thought of you all through march, april, and may, and then not so much after that, but still some. thought about you every christmas."
"will you come home with me, please?" luke asks, and calum is all nods and cheek kisses.
they walk together to calum's car from there and calum takes luke's guitar out of his hands and puts it in the backseat for him.
"should i drive?" luke asks.
"yes. new york is so confusing."
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it's warm when luke reaches over and squeezes calum's leg. it's warm when he smiles when calum says anything. it's warm when he says anything, in that voice of his that he heard so differently while he and calum were apart.
the two of them quit talking only five minutes into the drive because luke had said that there were only five more minutes remaining. honestly, calum just wanted to be next to luke, and luke just wanted to hear calum's breath, constant and heavy, telling him that wow calum is right here.
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