Fall Out Boy Imagines

Patrick - Newly Friends (Part 1)

requested by: me

word count: 1402

band member: patrick stump

era: american beauty/american psycho

special guest: dan howell

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It was nearing October of 2015, when most of the major conventions had passed and you were left to simply making your own videos. You were a YouTuber, and a relatively popular one--reaching close to three million subscribers due to your mixture of vlogs and casual gaming videos. Most of the YouTubers during this time were finding their ways to interview celebrities--your close friend, Dan, had gotten the chance to interview Jennifer Lawrence, Hannah had interviewed Daniel Freaking Radcliffe, Lilly was going to be meeting Selena Gomez the following month, the list went on--but you hadn't been given any such opportunities. You felt left out, with Hannah texting you constantly, freaking out about the celebrity aspect of the Harry Potter star, and Grace fangirling over The Rock.

One afternoon, you were filming a short vlog in which you complained about the busy London streets. After you were finished, you quickly packed up your camera and plopped back on your jet black duvet, staring up at the ceiling. You could have just laid there, thinking and coming up with ideas to further procrastinate doing actual work, but you found yourself reaching for your MacBook and logging onto your Gmail account.

The screen was decorated with a background of a forest--one of Google's default options for email backgrounds--and you had five unread emails. Quirking a brow, you skimmed the subjects to see who needed to talk to you. Interview at BBC One, Hot Topic Newsletter...wait what? You froze, your eyes locked on the third email down. It was sent three hours ago, and the subject alone made your stomach erupt in nervousness. Placing your hand on the mouse, you slid it over to expand the email.

Y/N,

I am a worker for Crush Management, the managing company of the band Fall Out Boy. One of the members, Patrick, has recently brought to my attention that many youtubers are doing celebrity collaborations. I was wondering if you would be interested in making a youtube video with Patrick Stump when they come to England on their upcoming tour. Please reply as soon as possible so we can make the proper arrangements.

Sincerely,

Crush Management

You perused the email three times, and then analyzed and scanned the few sentences for another five. Was this real? Were you actually being asked to interview the frontman of the band that shaped and changed your college life?

Without even checking your schedule, you sent the manager a quick reply accepting the offer. You would plan around this.

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"Hey, I'm kind of doing a collab with Patrick Stump and we're going to play the newly friends game and I need you to ask the questions..." You pressed your friend, Dan, when you were over his apartment a few days later, filming a collab for your channels. It was going to be a fun one; the two of you would go on Shamchat and essentially role-play with strangers. You smiled innocently, observing as his face went into shock as he plugged his camera into his computer in the game room to transfer the footage.

"Wait, what?"

"I'm...uh...doing a collab with Patrick Stump..."

"Wait, as in Patrick...Fall Out Boy Patrick?"

"Yes, it's happening," you fell back onto the leather couch, still in disbelief that it was even happening to you. Dan was flustered, and seemed like he was about to start freaking out, Hell, even faint from the memory of his fanboying teenage years.