band one-shots

tell me i look handsome || gawsten

yee i was listening to war crimes and got an idea im trying to revive this book

ship: geoff wigington x awsten knight

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Awsten Knight just got dumped the night before prom, and God, if that isn't the biggest inconvenience of his entire high school career. The only thing that even comes close is the time in sophomore math class when his mom couldn't afford to buy him a calculator, and he spent the entire semester doing long division by hand.

So he does what any rational high school senior would do. He calls his best friend, Geoff.

"Do you have a date for tomorrow?"

"No." Geoff shakes his head, momentarily forgetting that Awsten can't hear it through the phone. "I wasn't even really planning on going."

"Be my date."

"Awsten, you know I love and support you, but there is no 'no homo' in the world that will let me do that."

"Just pretend to be, please, I can't show up alone." Awsten begs. "I'll owe you."

Geoff relents. "Fine. Okay. I'll meet you in front of school tomorrow. But you'd better fucking pay me back."

~

Geoff arrives the next day to find Awsten sitting on the curb in front of the door. He slams the door shut as he exits from his car and strides over to the green-haired boy. "Hey."

Awsten looks up from his phone and immediately perks up. "Hey-" He stands up, and Geoff is struck by how nice he looks in a suit, even though prior to tonight he would have never been able to imagine Awsten in one.

"Should we, uh, go inside?" He asks, and Awsten nods, offering his hand.

"If you want to, then um, we can hold hands," Awsten's voice drops, nervous, "So it looks more like a date."

Geoff hesitates before taking his hand. "Sure."

Inside, no one pays any attention to them, and they lean against a back wall of the school gym.

"What am I supposed to do?" Geoff hisses at Awsten.

"Tell me I look handsome."

Geoff flushes and glances around. "You look handsome."

"Stop lying." Awsten grins and touches Geoff's sleeve. "Now, come on, babe, let's go dance."

"You do look handsome," Geoff repeats quietly, but Awsten doesn't hear him, and he clenches his hand into a fist, the one that isn't encased in Awsten's.

Instead, Awsten is focused on dragging him across the gym, to the crowds of other couples. Some stupid pop song that neither one can be bothered to remember the name of is blaring from the speakers overhead. Awsten halts and Geoff nearly falls against him. But Awsten pulls him up so they're both standing straight again.

"Hey Aws," Geoff breathes. "I'm gonna need you to pay me back right now."

Awsten's face is close to his, almost too close. "What is it?" He takes a step back, only for Geoff to close the space again.

"Kiss me."

Awsten doesn't need to be told a second time. All too eager to press their lips together, he does, and he can feel Geoff sigh against him, as if he's been waiting for this moment all night. Maybe he has. Their breath mixes, and there's not enough oxygen but it feels alright.

So goddamn right.

Awsten slides his hand up the back of Geoff's shirt and he can feel his skin, burning so hot it feels like his fingers are getting blistered. Geoff sighs against him and they're both so close, it feels like Awsten might ignite as well.

Once Geoff's lips are replaced by cold air, Awsten whispers, "I love you, Geoff."

Only his eyes are still closed, and it's not until the hand that is holding his freezes and wrenches away, that he opens them.

Oh fuck.

It's Ciara's eyes staring back at him.

Not Geoff's.

It was never Geoff's.

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i swear this was gonna have a nice ending and then i got an idea hahahahaha probably write a part 2 to this later idk