3. Birdie and Smartie

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Three days later and they had already finished shooting episode 1. They have all been working late and getting there as early as they can. Every day for lunch, Cory and Robin would go to a restaurant or diner. Cory and Robin's friendship continued to grow as they spent more time together. They would rehearse their lines, talk, laugh and just have a good time. Robin hadn't been home before 10 in four days. This meant that Travis would drink when he wasn't there, he didn't drink when Robin was there because he knew Robin hated it. With that amount of alcohol in his system, he would sleep in till close to 11. Robin and Travis haven't seen each other awake at all. Work for most of the cast ended at 6 pm that night, but when Robin got home there was already a new bottle of tequila, that he bought a few days before, opened and empty. "Trav! I'm home!". He could hear Travis stumbling into the living room. Travis looked like shit. As Robin went to greet him and give him a hug he could smell the alcohol on him. As they hugged and Robin held his breath for fear of second-hand drinking, Robin saw more empties scattered around the living room. "Travis, what happened to you?" Travis looked at him with a sorry look on his face and said, "I went to the liquor store..." "And!?" "And I drank it.". Robin felt sympathy for Travis, but he also knew that the drinking needed to stop. "Travis, I'm sorry I'm never here, we are really busy, especially because we are just starting a new season, we are just getting back into our groove. tomorrow night is the premiere of this season, so we are all going home early to watch it, will you watch it with me?". Travis was thinking really hard about this, or it just took him longer to processes because he was so drunk. Finally, he replied "Sure, you promise? For real this time?" "Yes, for real.". They hugged and Robin pulled Travis in for a kiss. He tasted like a bachelor party, cheap shitty food and cheap shitty alcohol. They watched their movie but about halfway through Robin realized that he fell asleep for about 5 minutes sitting upright on a couch. He decided he should definitely go to bed, he said, "Well I'm off to bed, I'll see you when you come to sleep, but until then goodnight!".

Cory got home from work, put away his dishes from the day before, vacuumed, started a load of laundry and went to his bedroom. He laid down on his bed exhausted and looked at the clock. "It's only 7:30?" he thought to himself. It seemed so much later than that. He couldn't fall asleep for the night at quarter after seven, that just wasn't right. He decided to go on his phone for a while. The premiere of Gotham season 3 was tomorrow so the fans were going crazy. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, didn't matter which social media platform he was on, he had hundreds of photos that he was tagged in, comments tagging him and likes. It was flattering but also annoying. It sounds awful to complain about getting "too much love" but when your phone can only stay on Instagram for maybe 2 minutes before crashing, it does get annoying. Cory gave up on Instagram and went to Twitter. #GothamSeason3 was trending number one in the United States! Cory decided to watch the trailer for this season, it was amazing! There was a clip from the scene him and Robin filmed the first day back, it was Penguin saying how Edward kept him sane and of Edward saying "Penguins. Eat. Fish". There was a weird hashtag some people were commenting. #Nygmobblepot? "What even is that?" Cory thought to himself. To find out more he clicked on it, he saw a bunch of screen caps of Penguin and Robin. "Oh, Nygma and Cobblepot, that's what it means." Cory realized. There was also fanart of them hugging, kissing etc. They were really well drawn and pretty cute. Cory found it weird thinking of him and his friend kissing, but it wasn't technically them, it was their characters... right? There were other recommended tags at the top, #Oswald #Edward #RobinLordTaylor #CoryMichaelSmith #Smaylor. "What is this one gonna be?" Cory wondered. He clicked it to see clips of himself and Robin at interviews and live streams. The clips were of them hugging or complimenting each other. It was kinda funny how much people read into the smallest touch or sentence, but also flattering. He took screenshots of some of them and sent them to Robin.

Cory: Check these out! It's hilarious and adorable! XD <image1> <image2> <image3>

Robin: OMG!!! We r adorable!! the fans luv us <3

Cory: Obviously! Why wouldn't they? ;)

Robin: trueeeee, I'm going to bed. I'm tired asf, see you tomorrow!!

Cory: Goodnight birdie <3

Robin: Goodnight smartie <3

Cory decided he should go to bed too. He put his phone down and curled up under the covers. "I hope the fans love the premier, they are so excited about it, I hope they aren't let down." Cory thought, always thinking of others. He decided to send a quick tweet to keep the hype up. "Can't wait for the premiere of #GothamSeason3 tomorrow on fox at 7!! I'll be watching, will you?". Cory killed the shameless self-promo. His phone immediately exploded with fans replying that they will be watching. Now he went to bed for real this time.

Meanwhile, at Robin's, Robin had put his phone on his dresser and went to bed, he was sleeping like a baby when Travis came in. Travis saw that Robin's phone kept lighting up with notifications, it was fans tweeting at him about Gotham. Travis decided to look through a few, he didn't know Robin's password so he could only read what was shown on his lock screen. Most of the tweets were saying that they were watching Gotham the next night, but there were a bunch saying things like "See they're dating" or "Married asf". The picture that they replied to and tagged Robin in, was hard to read from his lock screen but Travis could still make out "RobinLordTaylor and CoryMichaelSmith liked a post". "Seriously, people think they are together just because they liked the same post?" Travis wondered to himself. He sighed, still a bit confused, and curled up in bed next to Robin. Travis made a mental note to check what picture it was that they both liked in the morning. It's not that he didn't trust Robin, but he just wanted to be sure.

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