Let's Hear It For America's Suitehearts

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Benzedrine worked his ass off, day and night. As a doctor, he helped just about every person in the messed up city that he called home.

Horseshoe Crab also worked hard, but only when the people of the town needed him. He would bring luck to the unfortunate.

Donnie worked at night, catching the bad dreams that the people of the city would have. He was in close ties with Sandman, as they work at the same time.

Sandman was a bit of a different story. He worked hard at night, he really did, but he was more careless than the rest.

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3RD POV

Horseshoe and Sandman made their way across town, hearing many chattering voices and children playing. Some came up to greet the two, but not many. Not many people would approach anybody - besides Benzedrine - that was with Sandman. They thought his appearance was too frightening.

"Geez, the kids are more playful and happy than usual." Horseshoe pointed out as they walked past the park.

"Maybe Donnie caught most of their bad dreams? When he gets them all the kids are usually happier." Sandman replied. As he walked, the shadows circled his ankles.

"Probably. Where is Donnie anyways?" The much taller male asked, looking over at the small children playing.

"Probably resting. If he made this many kids happy, he's bound to be tired as hell." The short male spoke.

They got past the park and into the neighborhood.

"I'm gonna go check up on Donnie. See ya later, Sandy." Horseshoe said, waving.

"Alright, Horseshoe. See ya later. Also, I told you not to call me that." He waved back and set off towards Benzedrine's home.

About 5 minutes later, Sandman arrived at the large house. Sandman wondered why he had such a big house. Benzedrine usually only went into his lab, his bedroom, and his kitchen.

The dark haired male went up the the yellow painted door and knocked with a gloved hand.

There was a faint voice yelling "go away", but Sandman didn't listen and found the spare key in a rose bush next to the porch. He unlocked it and went in, already knowing where to find him.

Instead of taking the stairs, Sandman climbed onto the railing and slid down to the bottom floor, where Benzedrine's lab was. When he got to the bottom, he hopped off and walked into the large, dark room.

"Hey Benzy." Sandman grinned at the nickname that he knew Benzedrine hated.

"Call me that again and I'm going to chop off your dick." Benzedrine said from the lab table that he was pouring a vial filled with an ocean blue colored liquid into a beaker filled with an empty grey color.

"That's kinky." Sandman went over to the table and looked over Benzedrine's shoulder. "Anyways, what's that?" He gestured to the vial and beaker.

Benzedrine poured the blue liquid into the grey and the mixture made an odd hissing noise. "What a horrible cacophony..." The doctor whispered to himself. "Here, drink it. But only one sip, or I'm not sure what will happen." He passed the slighter taller man the, now green, mixture.

Sandman took it and took a sip without any thought. He trusted Benzedrine with his life, so if he told him to drink it, he would. Nothing happened.

"I'm nonplussed... why didn't that work? My calculations were correct and my endless nights of lucubration have proved that formula to be correct.." Benzedrine thought out loud.

Only seconds later is when the mixture kicked in. Suddenly, every bit of pain, which was quite a lot as Sandman does a lot of walking at night and tripping over unseen objects on the ground, had disappeared from his body. "Wait, I think it worked. I was in some pain in my knees and shoulders but now it's completely gone."

"Aha! Perfect! It worked then." Benzedrine scribbled something down in his notebook, then set then pen and book back down on the table. "This is going to help a lot of people.." He smiled to himself.

"Man, how do you do this? This is all crazy, Benzedrine." Sandman grinned down at the shorter boy.

"It's a lot of work, Sandman. It really is. But the people of this city need me and I don't have the heart to say no. The people here see me as a benediction, and I need to live up to that, so I work my ass off and do what needs to be done." The doctor sighed and went to sit down in his desk chair. He took off his hat and set it aside, leaning his head back.

"Are you ever gonna stop using large words that I have no clue what they mean?" He had understood most of what he said but still got lost towards the end.

"Nope. My vocabulary of sesquipedalian words and phrases is quite helpful and I won't stop using it." Benzedrine grinned slightly at Sandman's pouty expression.

"Well then, I'm just going to have to study up." Sandman held a straight face for a moment before laughing. "Yeah, there is no way that I'm ever going to do actual studying."

"That's what I thought." Benzedrine chuckled lightly. The shadows that circled Sandman's ankles earlier had reappeared and were now resting on his shoulders.

"Although I do understand all this stuff, I really will never understand those shadows of yours.." The shorter man stood and walked over to Sandman, examining the shadows but not touching.

"I'm not really sure how to explain them either.." Sandman shrugged.

"They're extraordinary, really." He grinned up at the slightly taller male.

"You think so?" The dark clothed man raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I do. Hey, how about tonight I come with you while you put everyone to sleep? I've never seen it done before and it intrigues me." Benzedrine asked with a hopeful look in his baby blue eyes.

"Man, how could I say no to that face?" Sandman smiled widely and ruffled Benzedrine's exposed hair. "Y'know, I hardly ever see you without your hat on. It's a good look, I like it."

Sandman could've sworn that he saw a faint blush creep onto Benzedrine's face, but he pushed it aside.

"Thanks, Sandman." He thanked him. "So, what time are you gonna pick me up tonight?"

oof hello i know that i already have Horoscope and Stallion Hearts in the makings right now but i wanted to get at least the first chapter done so i wouldnt forget. ANYWHO this was actually really fun to write!! i love the americas suitehearts au and i just had to write a story myself! i dont see too many fanfics with this au and it makes me sad since there is so much potential. im waiting to see how many people are gonna read "lucubration" and "lubrication". also, the big ol words that benzedrine (boyo with a big ol vocab) use i actually took from my memory! im required to know them for stems test/studying so yeah most big words i use for benzedrine will probably be ones that i know from class. well anyways, yeah heres chapter one!! if you liked it, please leave a vote and a comment!! bye!! (god i sound like a fuckin gaming youtuber-)