Jimmy the Puppet- a Walsanderson fanfic

Please, Just Hear Me Out

Jimmy was wearing Matt's necklace the next day. He said that Matt gave it to him, giving Neil an unnecessary twinge of jealousy.
It's not real love, he reminded himself, for probably the thirtieth time since all this had happened, he's not himself. The real Matt loves you.
Still, it hurt.
The band was having an after-show party with some of the fans. Everyone had probably had at least two drinks, some were on the verge of passing out, and Neil knew he had had a couple too many.
Dani came up behind Neil and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hmm?" Neil turned around, stumbling a bit.
Dani grabbed his arm to keep him from falling. "Neil, you're drunk."
"It's a party." Neil shrugged before trying to grab another can. Dani slapped his hand and pulled him away from the alcohol.
"You've drank a lot more than usual. And I know why- you're trying to drink away thoughts of Matt," Dani said, still holding on to Neil's arm.
"You just HAD to bring him up," Neil said, slurring his words.
"C'mon." Dani pulled Neil out of the venue.
He dragged Neil all the way to the bus.
"Whyyyyy," Neil groaned, "I was having fun"
"Just listen to me for a bit, okay? You're letting this affect you so much that you're becoming someone you're not, when you know full well that Matt's crap with Jimmy isn't real. You need to keep telling yourself that and try to work to fix it instead of letting go," Dani said, worry in his eyes.
"I've told myself that a hundred times," Neil exaggerated, "It still hurts. If you want to try and figure it out, go ahead, but I give up."
"No you don't," Dani argued, "You never truly give up on the people you love."
Neil sighed. "Okay, you're right. It's just- we've gotten nowhere."
"It's been four days, Neil. We'll figure this out, okay? We're going to save Matt from whatever Jimmy's done to him. And you."
"Thank you, Dani." Neil stumbled a bit. He probably wouldn't remember this in the morning.
......
Dani and Neil stayed up late that night, bouncing ideas of what Jimmy had done off of each other. Neil was mostly drunk and really just guessing randomly.
"He hit him in the head really hard and gave him a concussion."
"He's wearing a disguise that looks like me that only Matt can see."
"Neil, you're just spitting out randomness- okay, screw it, you're too drunk. I'll stay up. Go to bed," Dani said bossily.
"Alright..." Neil stumbled over to the hotel's bed and collapsed onto it, asleep instantly.
What did Jimmy say about his book again? he asked himself, oh right, it was a book about a girl who discovered she had enchantment powers. What if that's got something to do with it...
He shook his head. Silly Dani, magic isn't real.
But that book's definitely got a weird aura to it. It's related to this for sure.
......
A/N: ooh creepy shit and drunk Neil
So I won't be able to update much these next few days, I'm at camp and can only use my phone at certain times.