Limelight

Zephyr and Alonzo: On Camera

(Time for some more Limelight~ I've also started work on two new multichap fics involving BG zombies, and this time they're both on the canon timeline, unlike Tattooed Mistakes was. They're both kind of sad and angsty. Cuz that's my thing. And btw, keep an eye on krut09's YouTube channel, Kreatable23 ;)

I posted this headcanon on Tumblr a while ago and decided to fic it ^^)

_______________________________________

Alonzo may have become just the slightest bit obsessed with vlogging about the band. He was even carrying the camera around with him most of the time now. If the group was actually getting together to film something, the camera went to Zach but technically it belonged to Al – he was the one who traded away his tuner to Paizley for it, after all (he was getting good at tuning his guitar by ear, anyway).

The whole ordeal started one afternoon when Al decided to film a little bit on a whim, just to give an update on things, and in the background of the video came the sound of an acoustic guitar, making him smile.

"Zeph's here, too," he turned the camera on him and Zephyr gave a two-fingered salute in acknowledgement before bringing his hand back to the fretboard, "But he's just sitting around instead of showering me in love and attention, like he should be."

"I'm trying to learn a song you wanted me to learn. Is that not enough for you?"

"Hmm... No. You gotta actually say it," Alonzo sat down a few feet away from him, making sure to get the both of them in the shot, "You know what I think?"

"No, what?"

"I think you're trying to act all cool on camera so you're refusing to say 'I love you' to me."

He looked back at him. Zephyr rolled his eyes, failing to hide the smile that was creeping across his lips and dropped his head to focus on what he was doing.

Al thought for a brief moment then slowly started to zoom in on Zephyr and tried to mimic his voice, "Hi, I'm Zephyr and I refuse to admit I love my boyfriend on camera because I have no heart."

Zephyr didn't even look up as he nodded, "Yup."

"C'mon!" Alonzo whined as he zoomed the camera back out again, "Tell 'em what a perfect boyfriend you have."

"Or what a perfect boyfriend you have." He still wasn't looking up.

"Y- Wait a minute...!"

Zeph couldn't help chuckling at him just a little bit.

"You're too cute, Al."

Alonzo let out an indignant huff, "Go back to your song!"

– LIMELIGHT –

He was sure this one would work.

This time, he had already been filming during band practice. When Zach and Roz had left, and Zephyr was taking his time in putting away his guitar and equipment, Al kept rolling.

"Zeph?"

"Hm?"

"Sometimes, I swear you make me sick, sometimes I just want to kiss you, and tell you..." he trailed off and waited. Zephyr ignored him, "... Finish the line, Zeph."

Zephyr slowly looked up at him, then at the camera, then back down, "Nice try."

"Why won't you just say it?"

"Honestly, it'd be pretty easy to get me to, but if you haven't figured out how to do it by now, I don't know what to tell you."

Alonzo frowned, silent for a moment.

"... What does that even mean?"

"It means you gotta make me say it."

"How?" he pressed, "... What if I say that Sometimes really is our song?"

Zephyr shook his head, "That'd just be stating facts. You don't get anything for that."

"Not even a kiss?"

"Maybe a kiss," he stood the guitar case upright and leaned on it, "Are you gonna say it?"

"... No..." Alonzo stared him down cautiously and Zephyr laughed and picked up the case, throwing the strap over his shoulder.

"Then no kiss, and I'm not saying anything either!"

– LIMELIGHT –

One day, Alonzo was lying on Zephyr's bed with Zeph half in his lap, neither of them really doing anything in particular, when he whipped out the camera and turned it on them both. Zephyr cringed when he saw.

"Again with the camera, Al?"

Alonzo wasn't listening. He was giving him puppy-dog eyes.

"Say you love me?" he requested and Zeph just stared blankly back at him. Al pouted, "Please?"

Finally, Zeph sighed and rolled his eyes, "I love you." He was smiling, though. He was definitely smiling. Alonzo grinned and pecked his lips, earning him a slightly bigger smile.

"I love you, too."

"You know, if you'd just asked me to say it from the start, it wouldn't have taken so long."

"... You're evil, you know that?"

Zephyr kicked his feet up onto the bedframe and tipped his head back onto Al's chest, "So I've been told."