Bandom Oneshots

The Way He Speaks 》 Brentrick

Published: Dec 28, 2018

Pairing: Brendon Urie/Patrick Stump

Summary: Brendon attends an academy for basically everything non-human, and finds himself interested in Patrick, who is secretly a Siren.

Notes: -Sirens are kind of different from mythology in this fic
-4240 words, my longest oneshot!

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Even after a year of being at the academy, it never fails to surprise Brendon. He's found friends in the most unconvential of places, with their own quirks to boot. Some students here are like him, having magical abilties, and others are more supernatural, as one might call it. Some have extra appendages, have other oddities like wings, or fur, or the need to drink blood. Brendon likes it here. He looks around at his friends, snorting when he notices Ryan's practically poking his breakfast like it's a science experiment. "Don't have an appetite today?" he jokes.

"No," Ryan answers, "Not yet at least."

This is normal for Ryan. Even for a wizard, he's pretty strange. Spencer looks slightly concerned, while Jon is busy looking around the cafeteria. He has a look on awe as he observes everyone. It's a side effect of being new; everything interested him.

Jon apparently finds something interesting. "Hey, what's that kid's deal?" he asks, gesturing to an older student who's in the line.

Spencer looks up and examines him, before shrugging. "I think only the teachers know," he says. "Stump's like the only mystery kid. Everyone else is a show off."

"I am not a show off," Brendon protests, knowing the dig was definitely indirectly about him. Spencer laughs at him.

Jon looks at Stump with a look of suspiciousness. "What, he doesn't share anything about himself?"

"He doesn't talk," Ryan responds, still picking at his plate. "So, everyone just assumes the teacher's know his deal and that's that."

Jon nods, and apparently that's the end of his interest. He turns back in his seat to face them, and continues eating breakfast. Brendon, however, still wonders about it.

Of course he's heard about Stump. Everyone knew everybody, but he was the only one who remotely stayed away from that. Though some had tried to get to know him, his muteness had been a turn off. Brendon has always been interested to know why he's like that, but he's never actively tried to figure it out.

He listens to his friends conversing, but his eyes are focused on Stump. Stump just calmly eats, not knowing he's being watched. He seems normal, like he's just a human, but that can't be true. He could only come to this academy if there were some sort of other side to him.

Brendon watches him get up and throw away his trash. For some reason, he's desperately tempted to follow, to finally figure out the mystery that's been in his head since he first heard of the guy. "I've gotta piss, I'll be back," Brendon says ever so charmingly, excusing himself from his friends.

He carefully stands up, and calmly walks in the same direction Stump had went. He's trying to make sure it doesn't look like he's following him. Stump seems to be walking back to the boy's dorms.

Brendon doesn't know what he's going to do. Confront him? Demand he share all about his life? He realizes in that moment it wasn't a good idea. He turns on his heel, prepared to leave, when suddenly he hears humming.