Devil in the Details

Meet and Greet

Ashley sat in front of the vanity mirror in the dressing room, retouching his eyeliner. They had their meet and greet soon and he wanted to add a little something extra for the fans tonight, he couldn't determine if it was because he missed Alex or if it was because he just missed the heavy amount of makeup they used to wear. All he knew is that he was defiantly going a little beyond his normal tour look tonight.

"You're going a little extra." Andy laughed walking up from behind Ashley, seeing his face in the mirror, his eyeliner a little thicker than usual. "Any reason why?"

"Felt like it." Ashley shrugged, "Alex has been telling me that the fans miss the war paint so I thought why the fuck not, I'm gonna do a different design that what I used to have though." Ashley shrugged before grabbing his cream eyeliner and a few paintbrushes.

"Well, have fun with that." Andy laughed, "The meet and greet in in an hour and if you're designing a new look on the spot it's gonna take you longer than that." He knew Ashley and how he was when it came to his look, it always had to be perfect.

"I'll be find Andy I've been planning this out for months." Ashley rolled his eyes with a smile before going back to his face, lightly painting an outline for the design around his eyes. He hoped it would stay on throughout the show so he could FaceTime Alex later and show him, he knew Alex had a thing for him in the warpaint, he tried to hide it but Ashley had seen the folder of pictures of himself in warpaint on Alex's laptop, there were over 1500 pictures in that single folder and that was only spanning 2-3 years of the bands career. No doubt he had more from the other times that he wasn't wearing makeup.

He sighed, pushing his fringe to the side so he could get at his left eye. He was missing Alex more than ever, it was weird. The feeling of longing for his boyfriend had just hit him this morning and hadn't gone away. It was odd to have this hit him when they were this far into tour, he expected this in the first month or two but not the fourth.

He sighed again as he continued on with the makeup, already knowing he'd be pulling out all stocks with his wardrobe tonight, more leather and more stylized like the Set the World on Fire era, just a little less studs and paint. He knew deep down he was doing this because of Alex, because Alex always talked about Set the World on Fire being his favourite album and era. Maybe he was doing this in an effort to be closer to Alex because he missed him, but he didn't know.

All he knew is that he wished Alex was with him.

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Alex couldn't help the excited grin as he stepped out of the taxi and walked into the hotel, it was four hours before the show and he and Andy had planned on meeting at the hotel where the guys and crew were staying to Andy could sneak Alex's bags into his room and let Alex get ready in there before sneaking the bags into Ashley's room after Ashley left to head back to the venue.

He kept his hood up and head down as he walked down the halls of the hotel, checking his phone again making sure to get the right room number. Stopping once he finally found it, texting Andy that he was there and knocking lightly.

Andy was quick to open the door, standing aside to let Alex in so he wouldn't be seen by passers by. As soon as Alex was in the room he pulled his hood off and smiled at Andy, still thrilled he was getting to see Ashley tonight and see him perform as a bonus. It was going to be the best night ever.

"Glad you could make it Alex." Andy smiled pulling Alex in for a quick bro hug after Alex put his bags down.

"Glad I could too, I can't thank you enough for this Andy, really. I can't wait to see Ash tonight, and then seeing you guys play is just the cherry on top of this already amazing sundae" Alex smiled.