ROCKSTAR // roger taylor

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"To being halfway through our first tour!" Freddie yelled from the top of a table.

Everyone cheered and tapped their glasses together, the other four members of the band waiting for Freddie to get down before clinking their shot glasses together and downing them.

They each had very different reactions; Brian simply groaned, Freddie had a second one before running off to talk to fans, Deaky looked disgusted, Roger had the exact same look on his face as before, while Hyacinth hissed and immediately reached for her cocktail, drinking as much of it as she could before stopping to catch her breath.

"I hate vodka."

"i love it." Roger smiled, and stumbled slightly, he had already lost count of how many drinks he'd had, as had Freddie.

"I'm gonna have to agree with Cynthi on this one." Deaky nodded.

"Yeah, i'll stick to beers." Brian said, making his way to the bar to grab another.

Deaky followed, leaving Hyacinth and Roger together.

On of the many groupies at this party came over and started hitting on Roger, though he didn't hear any of what she said as he was too busy staring at Hyacinth.

"Let's take a walk." He said, and grabbed her hand.

"A walk?"

"Yeah, i wanna smoke."

She nodded and led him to the door, looking back every two seconds to check that he hadn't stumbled and fell.

Once they finally found the door leading to back, they both took a seat on some steps.

Roger searched his jacket for his cigarettes and fumbled with his lighter.

It flew out of his hands and Hyacinth went to pick it up, taking Rogers cigarettes from his before lighting one.

"Thanks love." He said, and placed a hand on her thigh. "What're you doing so far away?"

"I'm right next to you." She laughed, hearing how he stumbled on his words when he was drunk.

"Yeah but normally this," He patted her thigh. "is here." He shuffled closer and lifted her leg, putting it over his. "See?"

"Yeah, yeah, i see."

He hummed and took a puff of his cig, offering it to Hyacinth, who took a long drag before handing it back to him.

She crossed her arms and slightly shivered and Roger wasted no time in taking off his jacket and putting it over her shoulders.

"Thank you, Rog." She whispered as she put her arms into the sleeves.

He didn't say anything but gave her a sweet smile, this was the first time he had genuinely smiled at her and not just given her his signature smirk.

She kissed him on the cheek and before she could fully pull away he leaned in and kissed her lips.

They pulled away and made eye contact for a moment before she put her hands on the sides of his face and kissed him again.

She put her other leg over his and he held her thigh it's one hand and her waist with the other.

After almost a minute of this a crowd of people came out the back door and they immediately pulled away.

"And this-" Freddie started. "Is the pool!"

They both looked at each other and Roger suddenly felt very much sober.

"Who wants to go for a night swim?" Freddie yelled and he, along with a bunch of other people, ran over to the pool.

Roger and Hyacinth both stood up and walked back into the party in silence.

While she rushed over to Deaky and Brian, Roger stood at the door, contemplating what to do next.

The same groupie from before came over and started flirting again, only this time he flirted back.

Finally, at 3:30am, Hyacinth was stumbling her way back to her hotel room.

She stood by the door, searching her bag for her key.

After a few minutes she finally gave up and sat on the floor in front of her door.

While sitting there she thought about the events of the night; falling off a table, doing a dangerous amount of shots, wearing a tiara given to her by a fan... kissing Roger.

She knew she had some sort of feelings for him, she just didn't know what to do about it.

She eventually came to the decision that when he came up to his room she'd tell him she lost her key, and hopefully he'd let her stay in his room - not to sleep with him, just to give her an opportunity to figure out her feelings.

Just as she came to that decision Roger came stumbling out of the elevator.. with the groupie from earlier.

He didn't notice her and instead went straight to his own room, standing at the door and searching for his key.

"Open the door Roger!" The blonde giggled.

"It's in my jacket, i gotta find Hyacinth." He turned to go to her room, finally seeing her sat by the door.

"Cynth." He said, looking like a deer in headlights.

She started to stand up, only to fall back into the floor.

He rushed over to her and held her arms, pulling her up.

"Why were you on the floor?" He asked, but she ignored him, taking off his jacket and handing it to him. "Cynth?"

"Goodnight Roger."

She mumbled, and went back down into the party.

"Darling! You're back!" Freddie shouted excitedly, though his face dropped when he saw the tears in her eyes. "What's wrong? What happened?"

"I need a drink."