Heyyy
I hope everyone is doing alright :)
This is kind of two requests in one, from hornswaggled and Shittydaysinlife. Thank you so much for requesting, sorry for the wait. I hope you like this!
This one plays during their "Versus Tour" :) (*cries in europe*)
I'm not really sure if everything alinges with their schedule, but I tried my best ♡
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Matt was exhausted. Completely and utterly exhausted.
Don't get him wrong, he loved being on tour. He adored doing the shows, spend time with his brothers and meet all of their incredible fans, but he had been struggeling to sleep recently, especially on the bus, due to his anxiety, the constant time changes and other things he couldn't quite pinpoint. He never got more than a few hours each night, leaving him overtired and barly functioning.
While he tried his best to be energetic on but also off stage, it was getting more and more difficult every new day, his head heavy and his mind constantly overthinking the show to come.
Of course his brothers noticed, they always did and they tried to help him but there wasn't really much they could do. Nick had asked Laura if they could stay in hotels more often, instead of sleeping on the cramped tourbus all the time. That turned out to be extremly difficult, because they often didn't even have 24 hours for getting from one venue to the other. They had no other choice but to drive through the night.
At the moment the five of them, Matt, his brothers, Madi and Laura, were in a small restaurant somewhere in Nashville, where they had another show tonight, eating breakfast. The pancakes Matt had ordered looked delicous, but he couldn't bring himself to eat more than a few bites, mind already imagining everything that could go wrong in the evening. Even though the last thing he ate was a small bowl of cereal yesterday afternoon he had no appetite whatsoever.
Someone nudged his shoulder, making Matt lift his head and look over to Nick next to him. He nodded at the pancakes on his plate. "Are they not good?" Nick asked, frowning slightly. Matt quickly shook his head. "They taste good, I'm just not hungry." He told his brother quietly.
Nick's eyes were filled with worry, like so often regarding Matt the past weeks, eyes scanning his younger brothers features. He had dark bags under his eyes, a stark contrast to his pale skin. "Do you feel sick?" Nick continued to question him. Matt instantly shook his head again. "I'm really just not hungry." He answered Nick honestly, hoping he would leave it at that. Luckily, Nick nodded, even though he didn't seem fully convinced. Matt sighed, picking up his fork again and eating a little, for Nick.
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They left the restaurant around an hour later, getting back on the bus and driving to the location of tonight's show. The drive was about 45 minutes long and Nick told Matt to try and sleep some more. Matt declined, knowing he wouldn't be able to. He stayed on the couch, next to Nick, his head resting on his older brother's shoulder.
Matt half-listened to the conversation of the others, not adding anything to it. He felt his eyelids grow heavy and blinked slowly, keeping them from falling close. If he fell asleep now, it would just make it even harder to get up in half an hour.
He must've dozed off at some point anyway, getting startled by someone snapping their fingers in front of him. "Huh-?" He mumbled, trying to blink away the blurriness of his vision. Chris was standing in front of him trying to get his attention. Matt was still laying on top of Nick and quickly sat up. "We're at the venue." Nick told him gently and Matt nodded, running one hand through his hair. He somehow felt even more exhausted than earlier.
