little fears // Shourtney bits & pieces

stuck on a roller coaster, can't get off this ride (Shourtney one-shot)

Here ya go beebees, have yourselves some adrenaline-fueled fluff. Happy belated Thanksgiving!

They went to Six Flags for their six months anniversary. Okay, not actually for it, specifically, they just happened to plan the trip in the middle of September, which also coincided with Shayne's birthday. That meant, unfortunately, that a bunch of other people tagged along. Courtney was disappointed, to say the least.

She planned on—she wanted to—well.

She knew about a month in. The rest of the time was just for gathering up the courage. She thought that maybe, just maybe, the adrenaline would pump her up a little bit, fight off anxiety. So she proposed the most adrenaline-inducing anniversary trip she could think of. And failed to mention that it was supposed to be just the two of them, before Shayne realized it was his birthday, and started inviting some randos, and eventually enough people wanted to go that Ian turned it into an old school vlog-style trip. And then he somehow managed to get Six Flags to sponsor the video. The basic concept was to form two groups, and film a mashup of extreme rides contrasted with a chill day at Six Flags, to show different ways of spending a day there. Ian, Courtney, Shayne and Damien formed the extreme team, while Olivia led the second one, comprising also Noah, Keith, Mari and Lasercorn, who brought Tyler for added cuteness. They were all supposed to meet in the evening to have dinner and share stories from the day.

In any case, Courtney was disappointed and angry with herself, seething in the back seat of Shayne's Civic, only half-listening to the boys' heated discussion about all the roller coasters they were going to go on.

"I would ditch Goliath," Ian was saying, "it's totally overrated."

"One does not simply 'ditch Goliath' when in Six Flags, Ian," Damien retorted, shocked. "It's a classic. It's iconic. It's a must."

"It's boooooooring," Ian insisted.

"You take that blasphemy back right now!"

"No inversions, are you kidding me, Damien? It lacks the exact thing that's fun about coasters."

"It's a hypercoaster. Of course it doesn't have inversions."

"And don't even get me started on the waiting time for that one..."

Courtney was rather indifferent about Goliath, and therefore her worries managed to occupy her completely. It was not like she's never said it. She has, and many times at that — just not during the last six months. That would be... problematic, the implication vastly different from what it used to be. He hasn't mention it either, but she learned long ago not to expect anything even remotely risky from Shayne. She didn't hold it against him, quite the opposite, she's always liked his cautiousness, and seriousness, and the level of commitment he displayed on a daily basis. But if anything was to go forward in their relationship, she felt like she had to step up.

"You've been awfully quiet, Courtney," Ian addressed her, and she turned to him only to see that he was holding a camera up.

"Oh, you're filming."

"Yeah, I'm filming, we're doing a vlog, remember? Or are you scared so shitless that your mind went blank?"

"Fuck off, I'm not scared at all," she scoffed, immediately putting on her camera face. "I want to try X2. Never been, but I hear it's crazy good."

"Everybody, we have a mad woman on board," Ian announced. "I'm not sure I have it in me to go on X2 today."

"What, you just said you wanted inversions!" Courtney laughed, pointing an accusatory finger at him. "You chicken!"