Roadtrip Sickfics & One Shots

2. Sonny :: The Battle Scar, They Ain't Worth It

Eurie: Did y'all see the trailer for the their documentary? Oh my god, I know I'm gonna cry when it comes out.
I'm sure you all know about the leaked Snapchat. I by no means condone what they said. I think it is definitely something to be ashamed of as it was extremely immature and wrong. However, they were teenagers when the video was posted. Teenagers are stupid and flawed. I should know. I am one and I go to school with so, so, so many stupid ones who I think would lick a toaster just for fun. They should've addressed the video right away. But they didn't. They dealt with it how they thought was best, like teenagers do. Now, they are addressing it like adults because they are. The video was taken four years ago and a lot happens in four years. I choose to believe they did grow in those four years. In four years, a student can go through all of high school and many graduate college in that time(America). In the first four years of their lives, kids learn most of their basic motor and verbal skills. We get a new president every four years(I'm speaking about America again). All I'm trying to say is a lot happens in four years and I do not believe they are the same teenage boys they were four years ago. That's just my two cents. As a society, we have an obsession culture. Hate them or forgive them, this will blow over in a day or two when people find a new target to point their pitch forks at. Now back to the story❤️
There is going to be mention of past self harm so if that is triggering for you, you may want to skip this. Be safe

2020
It was Rye who brought up singing the song while the five of them were sat in the living room, discussing the set list. It was a beautiful one. But not one touched for a year at least. Shepard's Bush seemed like a special show to bring it out for the audience. "What do you guys think?" he asked, patiently awaiting responses.

"Harper and Sonny don't know it so that'll need to be something that happens. But yeah, I think singing 'Don't Hurt Yourself' is actually a really good idea," Brooklyn said, before quickly adding with a smirk "What a rare occasion this is. You don't have many." Rye then proceeded to throw his cup of water at the boy.

Andy was about to respond when the other boys watched as his chest tensed up and his breaths became rasped. He pulled his inhaler out of his sweatshirt pocket, gave it a quick shake, and pressed the plastic object to his lips. "I think I want to get some air really quickly outside. Ryan- I mean Sonny, come with to make sure I don't pass out?" he requested. Sonny agreed, shooting him a concerned look not different to the faces the other three boys held. They were worried this could end up being a bad attack.

It wasn't a bad attack. Wasn't even an attack. Andy was faking it. But he didn't let anyone know that. He needed to get Sonny alone, pick at the boys brain to make sure the song was doable. Sonny couldn't know that, though, because Sonny couldn't know that Andy knew he used to cut.

The only reason Andy knew of his past was because Sonny's mother let him in on the secret in private. She needed to know someone would look out for her boy because she wasn't going there at all times. She went to Andy only because she'd known him the longest.

"Breathing better?" Sonny asked after a moment of quiet that he'd left to allow Andy to take in the outside air.

Andy was caught off guard. But recovered fast enough to give a nod and not giveaway his secret. While they sat, he took advantage of the alone time to subtly ask what he needed to. "You're learning a couple of new songs for this. How are you feeling about all it?"

"Little stressed. I think it'll be fine," Sonny replied, nonchalantly.

"I don't know if you've seen the video for Don't Hurt Yourself. But that's a fan favorite because of how the song resonates home with a bunch of our fans." Sonny just shrugged at this. It was like a game of chess. Neither side wanted to let the other in on their headspace. Andy was trying to know Sonny's play without letting him in on his own and Sonny was simply worried about preserving his own.