Red flags

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( heyo readers! leaving a lil thing on here for some trigger warnings so please do read my mini rant before reading! first of this fic is a sequal to my fic " rose tinted glasses " so go read it before you read this for context. also the TWS for this fic are drugging, alcohol, clubs, cat calling, hinting to sexual assult, physical assult, choking, and drug addiction. if any of this triggers you please don't read this! anyways if your sitll here please enjoy the fic!)


        It was a quiet winter night in comfort!village. Stuart would quietly sit at a bench with a cover over it while waiting for paula. His adrenaline was already slightly high due to Stuart having to sneak out of his parent's home. Something that was normal for most teens was something that even at the age of 24 Stuart had never done before. Even if it at first felt awful to think about....it felt honestly amazing to be by himself in the world for once. He would shove his cross necklace into his light blue turtleneck sweater as he patiently waited for paula ready to start his new life in bloom!lust city.

After what felt like an hour of waiting paula would drive over being careful on the slightly icy streets. Stuart recognizes the car and quickly gets up. The car was quite beautiful. It was a 60s cadillac in a sparkly and stunning rose gold paint job. Paula would park in front of Stuart as she unlocked the passenger door. Stuart would walk to the door, opening it and letting himself in doing his best to not accidentally bump his head as he puts his small duffle bag of his belongings at his feet. Paula would glance to stuart giving a small but noticeable smile. " Are you ready for your first show? I told my boss about you and he's very excited to meet you. "

Stuart was slightly startled by Paula's readiness. She hadn't warned him that he would be doing a show tonight. Though he didn't want to seem rude by saying no ... .he would nod, hiding his slight nervousness due to not having anything planned for the show. He does his best to look confident as he slightly smiles. " Sure, I'm ready. I have some of my songs on me. I'm sure I can figure out what to sing. " Paula would simply nod as she puffs at a cigarette in her mouth while talking to stuart. "Alrighty then. He's waiting for us so will have to drop your stuff at my apartment afterwards. " Stuart, despite being overwhelmed by Paula throwing all this sudden information on him, would do his best to still look confident despite feeling his stomach doing nervous flips in his gut. He had never been on a real stage. Let alone by himself. 

       As paula made her way back to bloom!lust city stuart would open his bag and shuffle through his notebook of songs trying to find something that he would be comfortable singing in front of a crowd. The smell of unvented and stale cigarette smoke certainly wasn't helping Stuart's concentration. As paula made into bloom!lust city the peaceful quietness of comfort!village was harshly replaced by loudness everywhere and bright neon signs that could easily blind you if you looked at them too much. Stuart slightly hunched his shoulders in his seat as he tried to focus on his songs and not let his senses be overwhelmed by the massive scenery change. 

       After a couple minutes of trying to not let himself get overwhelmed Stuart would slightly flinch to paula tapping him on the shoulder with her finger. " where here stu. Cmon. you go in first and i'll follow behind with the guitars. " Stuart would simply just quietly nod as he got out of the car looking at the massive neon sign that read " sinner's club". Despite not even being in the club yet ... .stuart would feel his stomach go into a knot ... .something...didn't feel right ... .though Stuart would force himself to ignore his body's pleads for him to not go into the club. He would go to the door and open it holding his notebook to his chest as he did so.

Right when Stuart walked in, the first smell that would fill his nose was the smell of very strong liquor, cigars, and cigarette smoke. Despite Stuart having a pretty strong stomach the overwhelming smells certainly weren't helping with his unease. He would do his best to ignore the glares of customers that were on him. A skinny young adult like him looked like a play toy to some of the freaks in the club. Stuart would even hear some people trying to call him to their tables and whistle to him but he forced himself to not look behind him. As he tried to distract himself from the fear in his mind he would force himself to just go sit at a free booth getting himself in the middle of it so no creeps would try to take advantage and try to sit next to him. 

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