The room was dark. Heat came off of the bodies that were crammed tightly into the tiny space. There were too many people in a too small room and Scott felt like he couldn't breathe. People moved around him sluggishly, making it feel like everyone was jumping and shoving in slow motion. Voices were speaking softly all around him, and he could hear every word said but couldn't make out anything at all. Across the room someone was yelling, mouth open in a scream but all that Scott could hear was a hushed whisper. He was seconds away from screaming himself, seconds from passing out and falling to the dirty floor covered in mud tracked in on the soles of people who didn't bother to wipe their shoes at the door. He shivered, his body almost folding in on itself in an attempt to seek even more warmth in the already hot room. He was going to die, he was almost sure of it. Going to die in the middle of a busy crowd. Going to die right where everyone could see him but no one would look twice. Going to die right there right now before-
The lights went up, blindingly bright after being in the dark for what seemed like hours, but was probably ten minutes at most. Right when Scott took a deep breath to try to calm himself, the first piercing screech vibrated through the air, followed by a loud, hollow bang from something else. The noises were deafening, and he almost reached up and covered his ears with his hands. The one thing stopping him from doing that and dropping onto the floor was the sound that came next.
It was soft. Much softer than the screeching and the banging and the whispering all around him. In any other situation he might have missed it, but now it was the only thing Scott could hear.
It was a voice.
When the one thing you're looking for
Is nowhere to be found
And you're back stepping all of your moves
Tryin' to figure it out
Scott looked up and locked eyes with the person across the room that was currently keeping him afloat in a sea of people that were hell-bent on dragging him under.
You wanna reach out
You wanna give in
Your head's wrapped around what's around the next bend
You wish you could find something warm
'Cause you're shivering cold
As the soft voice at the front of the room continued, Scott's hearbeat slowed and he was beginning to catch his breath. He started to move forward, shoving his way through the mass of people to reach the front where the voice was coming from. When he finally reached the figure, his breathing was steady. His eyes closed.
It's the first thing you see as you open your eyes
The last thing you say as you're saying goodbye
Something inside you is crying and driving you on
Scott's hand moved toward the voice and he paused when something grabbed onto it. His eyes fluttered open and he was face to face with another set of eyes that looked at him earnestly with sighs of softness and safety.
'Cause if you hadn't found me
I would have found you
I would have found you
The voice stopped and the figure kneeling before him holding his hand looked down at Scott with a gentle smile.
Slowly all the noise faded back in. But instead of the screeching it was chords on the guitar, instead of the hollow banging it was the rhythmic tapping of the drums, and instead of the whispering and screaming it was talking and laughing and cheering from the crowd behind him. Scott's gaze shifted from the band back to the man crouching on the stage, a microphone in one hand and Scott's hand still in the other.
He couldn't help but smile when his boyfriend let go of his hand as he stood up to grab onto the microphone stand beside him. As Andrew launched into the next song, Scott took a deep breath and felt the anxiety and panic that had seized him earlier begin to trickle out. Another deep breath and then Scott was relaxed enough to start quietly singing along to the song that was playing, his eyes fixed on Andrew the entire time.
He never once looked away.
i hope this actually made sense it would suck if it didnt
also ya that song is from august rush i saw it recently for the first time in years and cried the entire movie sue me
also i know i havent posted in almost a full year but im sad rn and got motivated at 3 am and typed this all out on my phone so here you go
anyway if you've gotten this far thank you so much for dealing with me and my wacky schedule <3
hope you enjoyed the story
-noah
