𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡, ʲᵒᵉ ᵇᵘʳʳᵒʷ

ᰔ how was practice?

BEGIN AGAIN❟ taylor swift,
a joe burrow fanfiction
real life/social media

- fcrydust, 2024

━ 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞

sophie laid in bed with not paying any attention to the greys anatomy episode that was currently playing on her tv. she had now attended three bengals games, one away and two home. and like the gentleman he is, joe has taken her on a date every night after the game if it's been a home game or the night before the game if it's an away game. and to no one's surprise, the old alcoholic men who sit on their couches in ohio have called her names every time they're photographed together.

this wasn't a new experience for sophie. being a huge name around the world for years, has brought her negative attention, too. anytime she dated anyone or made a song about someone she was slut-shamed, every single time. but this time, it bothered her a little more, because she genuinely liked joe.

she sat up in her bed, pushing the lilac comforter off of her reaching to turn on her bedside lamp. she opened the drawer of the wooden nightstand and grabbed her notebook and pen out. she had a different notebook for each album, or eras, as she called them and this one was blue which signified the color of her upcoming album.

the glitter pen quickly scribbled over the first page. crossing out lyrics that didn't make sense or ones that seemed too emotional for her intentions.

"flamingo pink, sunrise boulevard/clink, clink, being this young is art/aquamarine, moonlit/swimming pool/what if all i need is you?" the pen finally wrote out after a few minutes after mindlessly writing for what felt like hours and suddenly the song came straight to her.

"got love-struck, went straight to my head/got lovesick all over my bed/love to think you'll never forget/handprints in wet cement/adorned with smoke on my clothes/lovelorn and nobody knows/love thorns all over this rose/i'll pay the price, you won't" she started to hum a tune out as she continued writing. the whole time all she could think about was joe-the way their faces would get close when he would move a piece of hair behind her ears, how he voice sounded so gentle and calm when he spoke to her, they way his blue eyes shined in the lights of a lit restaurant, and how he would rub the back of her hand with his thumb.

and almost on cue, her phone rang. she laid the pen and notebook down, grabbing her phone to see joe's contact on the screen with an incoming facetime. and without any hesitation she answered it.

"hi," joe's voice came through the phone as she put up her notebook and got comfortable in her bed again and she stared into his eyes.

"hi, how was practice?" she questioned considering the only time they had talked was this morning because sophie had spent the day with jenna and alison and joe spent the day at practice.

"it was the same, but i guess good since you hate being told it's the same. how was your day?" the blonde girl laughed at how he knew she hated simple answers but then gave her another simple answer.

"it was good, i got some writing in a few minutes ago," the way she casually told the boy she got new music written caused him to raise an eyebrow with an incoming smile.

"can i hear?" it was the same question he had asked every time she said she got new lyric ideas or a new tune, and she kept the same answer.

"no! you have to wait too," she giggled at how determined he was to get to hear the music first. she wanted him to hear it with everyone else because she didn't want him to realize it was about him.

the two talked on the phone for what sophie felt like was forever, but it was only two hours. it had become a mighty routine for the nights they spent apart. she understood joe had to focus on football the same way she had to focus on music and songwriting. and sophie hadn't been in the studio since before her tour and all those songs turned out to be disliked by her so they just sit in her notes app waiting until they get liked by her.

by the time joe hung up to go to bed, sophie had completely gotten the song written down. and now all she needed to do was determine if it was single or going on her future album. and to no one's surprise, she thought about joe the whole time, partially because he was on the phone but more because she was writing her first song about him.

━ 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬

okay this is boring but first song about joe!! and bengals are winning rn in 4th quarter so yay, but better chapter tonight or tomorrow. also did add a character(s) (i dont remember 😭), to cast page!