overture | newsies imagines

sky flaherty || never stopped

I realized this morning that there's more than just girls who read this. There's possibly guys, or members of the LGBTQ+ community on here. I apologize if I've offended you by using only lady pronouns. It's the easiest for me, considering I am a girl. But if you want me to remove the pronouns entirely when they're brought up, I will. That's what I'm attempting to do in this chapter. I apologize, again, for being so bull-headed lol. Thanks!

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You were Anthony's older sibling and booked the tickets for the two of to see one of the last Toursies performance that was near your city. On the morning of the show, the two of you piled into your car for the couple-hour journey to the theater. When you arrived, the two of you found your seats which were relatively close to the front. Anthony expressed his utter excitement as he talked to his vlog camera, showing you in the very back of the frame.

"So, guys, I'm here with (Y/N), and we're just waiting for the performance to begin. (Y/N), are you feeling at all excited?" Anthony turned around and put the camera on you.

You shifted uncomfortably in your seat, blushing slightly. You were only a little bit camera shy, but have started to get used to be on film.

"I am very excited, A." You said, using his nickname. "I think this show is absolutely brilliant and I love everyone in the cast, considering we spent so much time with them when you were in it."

"Oh, yeah, guys," Anthony turned the camera quickly, "side note, (Y/N) went with me on tour because (pronoun) wanted to go sight seeing and our parents felt better if she went with me, blah, blah, blah."

You giggled at his response and began to flip through the Playbill in your hands. You came across the cast section and flipped through to see it had changed somewhat. What hadn't changed was the name beside Albert. Sky Flaherty.

When you had been on tour with Anthony, you and Sky had a slight fling. You'd went on a date or two, he kissed you at least once, and was thrilled to ask you out when you sadly declined because of the distance and personal reasons.

You knew Sky was going to be four months after you'd left, and then he would move to New York, which was still far from you. Recently, however, you discovered that you're family was moving to New York for Anthony. And your parents were going to help you rent out your own apartment, as you were an adult.

You wished so greatly that you could go back in time and tell him yes, considering where you ended up. You knew it had only been a few times that you'd romantically spent with him, but it still meant everything. The two of you had had multiple phone calls and text conversations and FaceTime moments.

You did now, too. In fact, you never stopped messaging one another.

Which was another reason why you were so nervous to see him at the stage door.

Anthony marched up to the small crowd of people at the stage door, immediately being embraced by Joshua Burrage. You stood off to the side, holding his camera and filming like he asked you to.

Your palms were sweaty and your mouth growing dry as more boys piled out of the door. You spotted Morgan Keene, one of your best friends from the tour. She saw you and squealed in delight, literally running over to you. You put the camera down and met her halfway in a warm hug.

You rocked side to side, Morgan rubbing your back as she said, "Hello, how are you?"

You pulled back from the hug, "I'm doing good. How about you? How's tour?"

"Great, that's great. Tour's, well, great. I'm sad it's ending, but I'm so glad that you're here!" She hugged you again before moving onto other people.

Anthony came back over to you for his camera. You sternly told him, "Watch out for other people and say excuse me when you're making your way through. Don't get lost, don't be rude to anyone, and don't lose your camera."

He scrunched his nose up and stuck his tongue up at you before turning to back to whoever it was he was talking to.

While you reunited with Joshua Burrage yourself, Anthony trained his camera on Sky Flaherty.

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Sky swing an arm around Anthony's shoulder and leaned down to his height. He made a face at the camera as Anthony grinned at the awkward angle.

"So, Sky, you excited to see (Y/N)?"

Sky blushed at the question and pulled Anthony's cap down over his eyes. "Of course I am. What kind of silly question is that?"

"Well, they're over there if ya wanna ditch me for them." Anthony pointed at you.

Sky's eyes grew wide in excitement and he shouted your name. You turned around in confusion, glancing around until you met eyes with Sky. A wide grin surpassed your small smile and a giggle involuntarily left your lips.

He began walking towards as you did the same. You met halfway and stopped in front of each other, unsure of whether to hug or kiss or ruffle his hair like you always did.

You ran a hand through his red hair, messing it up wildly. Sky grabbed your hand as you dropped it, letting out a silly growl as he pulled you into a hug.

"I've missed you so, so much," he spoke, stacking his head on top of yours.

"I missed you, too," you closed your eyes in contentment and leaned into his embrace.

Maybe it would work out after all.