Devil in the Details

Band meet Boyfriend, Boyfriend meet Band

Andy continued to glare murder at Jake, his eyes not moving at his crystal blue irises burned holes in the side of the guitarists head as he ate. CC, Jinxx, and the asshole had quieted down about Ashley and Alex when their food had arrive, Andy ate about half of his breakfast wrap before he continued to attempt to burn a hole in Jake's skull with his gaze.

He jumped when he felt Jinxx nudge his arm, tearing his eyes from Jake he turned to see what had caused Jinxx to poke him over, his eyes widened slightly as he watched Ashley and Alex make their way to the table. Hands laced together, soft content smiles on their faces. Andy couldn't hep but smile, he hadn't seen Ashley this happy in years.

"Mind if we join you guys?" Ashley questioned his bandmates as the couple got to the table.

"Not at all." Jinxx smiled politely, while he was thrilled Ashley was acting more like himself in the early days of BVB he couldn't help but want to interrogate Alex just a little bit, to make sure Ashley wouldn't get hurt.

CC watched the couple curiously, having seen them the night before he knew they were heavily involved but also wanted to get to know Alex, to make sure he had good intentions and also thank him for making his best friend so happy.

Jake was the only member at the table who wasn't smiling, wearing a neutral expression he just shrugged and went back to his breakfast burrito, ignoring the happy couple.

Ashley couldn't help the sting that he felt seeing Jake's reaction, but Alex's reassuring squeeze made him relax again and smile happily at his other 3 bandmates. Jinxx got up and squeezed in with CC and Jake, letting the couple slide in next to Andy.

"So, you gonna introduce yourself Ashley's mysterious boyfriend or are you gonna just sit there in silence?" CC questioned with a smile, he couldn't help but already tease him, if he was going to be apart of the Black Veil family he would have to deal with the teasing and jokes. He couldn't help but chuckle when Alex went bright red and shifted closer to Ashley who looked down at him with a look of pure adoration in his eyes.

"Alex is a longtime fan of Black Veil, he's currently trying to keep his inner insane fanboy in check." Ashley explained with a smile before looking back at Alex who was glaring playfully at him, Ashley just rolled his eyes and pecked Alex's forehead causing his to go as red as the streaks in Andy's hair.

Four of the five band members laughed at Alex's reaction to Ashley's small sign of affection.

"Uhh, my full name is Alexander Hickey, I go by Alex, I'm 27, born and raised in Nashville. Moved to LA 3 years ago just to get away from family. I work for a fairly local record and comic shop in downtown LA." Alex was blushing madly as he made eye contact with the members of his favourite band.

"How did two meet?" Jinxx questioned, staring at the couple.

"When I moved back to Nashville after my grandmother passed. Alex was back home for a family reunion. Both of us were under so much stress we had to get away, we ended up running into each other in a local park and just started talking." Ashley started the explanation.

"We were able to take each others minds off of the shit we were going through at the time, we didn't even notice we had been talking for hours. Ashley gave me his number and we arranged to meet for a coffee date the next day. The rest is kinda history." Alex finished the story of how the two of them god together, a blush never leaving his face.

"That was a while ago." Jinxx commented and the couple nodded.

"Why didn't you tell us sooner Ash?" CC questioned, still hurt that his best friend and the man that he considered a brother didn't tell him sooner about someone new in his life. "Did you not trust us?"