Bill Hader Imagines

You're Doing Great (Brian Bretter)

To say that Brian was a little nervous was an understatement. He was on the verge of fainting nervous.

When his marriage fell apart, he didn't know if he had it in to date ever again. He loved Liz, but they were drifting from each other. She was his first and only girlfriend, and he believed that they would be together forever, but that didn't happen.

Brian was a little depressed after is divorce, so Peter invited him to be a part of the cast for his Dracula puppet opera sequel. Of course, Brian said yes because he loved his step brother.

On the first day of rehearsals, Brian didn't really speak to many people. He just did his parts and went quite after he was done. About twenty minutes into rehearsals, the main doors to the theater slammed opened, and Brian shot his head up and saw a woman who he believed was more beautiful than Liz. She approached the front of the stage with an apologetic look on her face.

"Peter, I'm so sorry I'm late. The traffic in LA is a bitch."
"You better be lucky that you're a good puppeteer, or I would fire you now."
"C'mon Pete."
"Aw, Y/N. You know I can't be mad at you. Get up here, and let's get to work."

Brian watched Y/N as she sat her things down and climbed up on the stage. She walked over to Peter, and he pulled he into a friendly hug. He handed her the puppet, and he smiled at her.

"Okay, so you're playing Vanessa. She is the wife of Van Helsing, who is being played by my step brother, Brian."

Peter pointed at Brian, and he raised his hand to show who he was. Y/N smiled at him as she walked over to him. When she reached him, she bowed her puppet at him causing him to laugh lightly.

"Hi, I'm Y/N. It nice to meet you."
"It's nice to meet you too. I'm Brian."

Y/N smiled at him again, and he chuckled nervously. He was going to tell her that he thought she was beautiful, but he didn't have to confidence to do it. He honestly lucked out on meeting Liz, and her actually liking him, but that's over now.

Brian shook his thoughts from his head as Peter called for everyone's attention. They continued rehearsing the opera for about an hour before they took a thirty minute break. Y/N sat down beside Brian taking a sip of her water. She turned towards him and smiled.

"You're a pretty good Van Helsing."
"Oh, thanks. I don't really think I'm all that great."
"What are you talking about? You totally stole the show at the end of Peter's first puppet opera."
"You saw his first show?"
"Yeah! I thought that you were amazing, and I don't know if I should say this, but you looked hot in the leotard. Someone told me that you were married so I just kept it to myself till now."

Brian shifted his gaze to the ground, and Y/N immediately regretted saying anything to him.

"I'm sorry that I said something. I didn't mean to upset you."
"You didn't. It's just that Liz and I got a divorce."
"Oh my God. I'm so sorry. I didn't know."
"It's okay. We hit a rough patch, and we didn't recover, but I'm doing better now than I was when we were still together."
"That's good."

Brian looked up at Y/N, and he saw her offering him a comforting smile. She looked so beautiful to him. He wanted to ask her out, but his nerves were clawing at him. He had only been out with one woman, and he ended up marrying her, but now, she was probably out on a date with a different man. He pushed his nerves down and decided to go for it.

"Hey, would you maybe...like to...um...I'm so bad at this."
"You're doing great."
"I'm not, but thanks anyways."
"Let me help you. Brian, would you like to go out with me sometime?"

Brian chuckled lightly and smiled at her.

"I'd love too."
"How about after rehearsals if you're not busy?"
"Sounds like a plan."

They both shared a smile before Peter called for Y/N. Brian watched her as she stood up and walked over to Peter. They began talking and laughing, and Brian smile for himself.

He might have been a broken man, but he felt like He met Y/N for a reason. She was suppose to help put him back together. Of course, he was still a nervous wreck about their date, but he kept his feelings on the inside. He really liked Y/N, and he wanted things to work between them. Who knows, they just might.