Sammy Lawrence x GN!Reader

Chapter 1 - New worker

× AUTHORS NOTE ×
Thank you to those that are reading this, I'd like to say thank you to two friends helping me with some errors. Hopefully I'll be able to complete this book instead of falling out of the he fandom and no longer wanting to write. Enjoy this chapter<3

It was an early morning, way too early for how energetic everyone was. Lawrence, the music composer, was one of the few people that had no interest in talking to anyone. He walked in, clocked in, and went to his office. Not one person made an attempt to talk to him as he would most likely snap at them, not to mention he's rarely ever in a good mood. Sammy only talks to one person whenever he has the time, Norman Polk. Occasionally, he will make small talk with others but he sticks to the music department to fix any mistakes while performing. He once kicked out a member of the band to practice on their own because they kept messing up multiple lines of the song, having to make everyone restart. As the day went on Sammy spent most of his time in his sanctuary alone working on music. The deadline was coming closer and there wasn't much time left and he knew that. Everyone in the workplace was busy which left him a lot of quiet time to himself.

It wasn't too long until a knock on the office door that knocked Lawrence out of his trance. It startled him for a moment, causing him to sit back and remain calm. He finally stood up and opened the door as another knock filled the room's silence. "Afternoon Lawrence!" The man on the other side of the door says cheerfully. It was his boss, Joey Drew. Sammy was quick to change his demeanor and respond to the man, "Hello Mr. Drew, is there something you need?" His appearance was odd, the only times that Drew really talked to Sammy was when they met walking in the hallways. "Tomorrow there's going to be a new worker, they will be switching between the music and animation department." A new worker? Someone willing enough to be switching between two completely different jobs. Animation, you have to be artistic in order to even get in this department. Joey gives hard criticism to everyone in this department. Music, you must know how to at least play an instrument. What's the point if you don't know what you're doing? They better find it easy working under so much pressure.

"Lawrence" Joey spoke up after about five minutes of silence, "Meet me in my office tomorrow morning." Sammy nodded and apologized for the silence that came after he talked about the new worker. Blaming it on the music. Although, it wasn't entirely a lie, he has a lot on his plate at the moment. "I'll see you tomorrow, goodnight Lawrence." Sammy closed the door after watching Joey walk away, sitting back down at his desk now wondering about the mysterious person he was going to be working with. Only time will show who this person is, it'd be better off heading out home for the rest of the night. Morning comes, Joey is found sat in his office with the new worker. They made small talk until the Animation and Music Department leaders arrived. The worker had just now learned the names of both leaders before they came in, Lacey Harris and Sammy Lawrence. Lacey was the nicer of the two, less strict but keeps everything and everyone in check. Sammy, stern and a perfectionist, they would have to be careful with both leaders no matter what.

For the first half of their shift, they will be working in the music department. The second half is in the animation department. Sammy didn't talk to them much, after they met he went down to the music department for recording songs for the cartoons that had just come in from the animation department. Lacey had taken the worker to the animation department and had everyone meet them. It wasnt too long after until they were finally able to start working. Lacey was glad that they had enough knowledge to get started right away with no help whatsoever. Before anyone knew though, it was their break. The worker made their way to the break room they were previously shown, remembering the way they came from. Walking into the room there was another female and two males. The female looked over and walked over to the worker excitedly, "Hello! You're the new worker correct?" They jumped a tad but quickly responded, "Yes, I am." They blurted out. She apologized and told the worker her name, Susie Campbell. The voice actor for Alice Angel, she was really pretty. Her appearance had consisted of a shorter female, smooth skin with barely any acne, a little dash of makeup it also seemed was visible. "It's nice to meet you Susie, you can call me Em," Em smiled back at Susie before she decided to bring you over to meet the other two people who were in the room. Wally Franks, the janitor. He was funny and looked like someone who could bring anyone's mood up. The other male, Norman Polk. The projectionist. He helps Sammy make sure the music goes along with the animation correctly by playing it on the back wall behind the instrumentalists. Em and Wally had gotten along pretty well but Norman is still iffy about them. He doesn't mind them but they seem to shy for his liking, just hopefully they'll warm up to everyone quickly.

After break was over, Em made their way to the music department with Norman. They made small talk about the job and all before reaching the department. Norman brought Em to Sammy before heading up to his booth. "What instruments do you know how to play?" Lawrence asked Em not taking his eyes off of the music sheet to make sure there were no mistakes on this copy. "Violin and piano. I specialize in violin mainly though." Em replies. Sammy nods as he gave Em the paper and a violin from a cabinet signaling he wanted to see how well they were at it. Em quickly skimmed through the paper taking not of what were flats and sharps, bass and treble, and other small details. It wasn't too much longer till Em put the butt of the violin to her neck area and started playing the song carefully and as perfect as possible. Managing to only miss one note by the end of the song, it left Sammy quite impressed. He was grinning for once, a genuine happy grin. Finally someone who could read sheet music correct and play it almost perfectly the first time looking at it. "That was perfect!" He said flatly but in a tone of thankfulness. A few of the other musicians looked over and whispered to one another about his actions. Even Norman was surprised, sitting in confusion just staring at the man as he flipped through the music sheet holder he had. Sammy had taken out one of two pieces of music that were to be recorded today. One had been recorded before break, and now the new one that will be recorded after practice. He handed the sheet to Em as they skimmed through the paper they had just received, again taking in the small details. Playing the violin part for this song took a lot more effort and perfection to make it sound good. Em had to restart a few times from messing up certain pitches of the notes. Finally Em had gotten most of it down except for the very last page, it was extremely complicated with how much goes on. Sammy was still very happy about it, but the last page is going to make his mood fall a lot once the whole band gets together. Everyone has had trouble with getting the very last page done correctly so they're going to be practicing it for a good 20 minutes.By the end of the day, the recording was able to get published and put in the cartoon. Everyone was very glad and relieved that the newest episode had finally been broadcasted on television now. It is now time to leave, the sun barely standing above the horizon. Em walked back to their shared apartment and laid on their bed smiling. Tomorrow is going to be a great day.