Random x Reader One-Shots

Its quiet on stage-Daveed Diggs x Reader

A/N: Here's a long chapter for yas all today.
Also, I'm super happy for Daveed and Emmy, I love them as a couple and this has no relation to or against them💙💜

As Y/N was getting her makeup topped up, and put on the black cloak on over the blue dress, she took a deep breath. One of the stage staff did the final touches as Daveed strolled over to his partner, Y/N.
"Are you ready for the most emotional first performances of songs in your life?" He laughed and Y/N exhaled once more before clearing her throat.
"Honestly. I think I am." She smiled and nodded. He placed a hand on her cheek and smiled softly before squeezing her cheek. "Stop it." Y/N laughed.
"Go break a leg." Daveed winked and Y/N.

Y/N turned towards the stage and inhaled-exhaled once more preparing to run on set and get straight into Eliza's verse in the 'Stay Alive' reprise.
"NO! Is he breathing, is he going to survive this? Who did this? Alexander, do you know?" She looked towards Lin, but back to Anthony as he spoke his line.
"Mom, I'm so sorry for forgetting what you told me."
"My son."
"We played piano-"
"I taught you piano."
"You would put your hands on mine."
"You changed the melody every time." Y/N let out a small, sad laugh.
"I would always change the line."

"Shh. I know, I know... Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf."
"Sept, huit, neuf." Anthony struggled as he laid his head down.
"Sept, huit..." Y/N faded out and let out a loud sob, lying her head on Anthony's chest. Their set turned towards the back where it got wheeled off, and Lin walked back to the centre as Renêe began to sing. Y/N stayed at the back of set as Lin continued his verse in 'Its Quiet Uptown.' She dabbed her eyes where tears had threatened to fall.

"Can you imagine?" The ensemble sang and Y/N walked centre stage slowly, stopping beside Lin as he sang as Alexander, expressing his feelings to Eliza about what had happened. Throughout, Y/N felt a lump in her throat form as tears began to form again when she swapped sides. She couldn't wipe her eyes, so tears escaped and rolled down her cheek.
"She takes his hand." Renêe sang and Y/N took ahold of Lin's hand softly.
"It's quiet uptown." Y/N sang. As the company began to sing again, Lin let his head drop as his bottom lip quivered, and Y/N squeezed his hand and held onto his bicep.

The two of them made eye contact with a small nod and walked offstage. Clicking that her mic was off now, she sniffled quite loudly and Lin let out a small laugh handing her a tissue.
"You did absolutely amazing." He said and cuddled her side before getting his face powdered again to prepare to enter stage again. Y/N blew her nose, so it wasn't blocked with emotional snot when she had to prepare to go on stage again, considering the next song was a very soft, calm and quiet song.

From then on, after getting ready and fixed up, Y/N managed to gather her emotions and push through the rest of the performance. Apart from when she had to run back centre stage before the death scene of Alexander, and fell backwards landing on her butt. If anything, it only added affect to the scene. She looked over her script quickly for her verse in the last song. The stage cues etc. Y/N wanted this final song to take rule on her debut for Eliza. After being dusted down, Y/N was ready to push the bar out one last time.

"I put myself back in the narrative. I stop wasting time on tears, I lived another 50 years but it's not enough. I interview every soldier who fought by your side." Y/N started strong.
"She tells our story"
"I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings but you really do write like you're running out of time. I rely on Angelica. While she's alive, we tell your story. She is buried in Trinity Church near you and when I needed her most, she was right on time. I'm still not through. I ask myself, what would you do if you had more time? The Lord, in his kindness. He gives me what you always wanted. He gives me more time." Y/N placed a hand on her heart before dropping it again.