#awsten is so real i love that abt him

[nostalgiabones]

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[emo-milk]

WAIT PLZZZZZ TELL ME EVERYTHING ABOUT YR PARX SHOW WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE I WANNA HEAR ABOUT IT!!!!!!! <3

YES YES YES I WILL BE TALKING ABT THIS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE :0 okay okay so...ppl were giving awsten stuff and b4 the show had started i asked my sister if i shld attempt to give awsten my parx bracelet and she was like sure why not, so i wasnt tht deadset on giving it 2 him but someone nxt 2 me got his attention so he was like "WHAT!!!" and i was like urrrrm and jst kinda waved the bracelet LOL and he was like "no no no i dont need a bracelet right now, yaknow what i need" LOOKING ME DIRECTLY IN THE EYES SO I WAS LIKE??? NO???? and he was like "i need geoff 2 get some fuckin help!!!" cus they were having tech difficulties or whatevs. thennnnn he was making up parx EPs tht didnt exist 2 see if ppl wld still say they listened to them LOL and someone yelled smth abt tantrum and he was like "tantrum is real tho!!!" and i yelled "TANTRUM DOESN'T EXIST!" and he giggled and went "tantrum exists!!" CRAZY STUFF. at some point awsten was talking (also was like 1 person behind barricade @ this point) and otto was jst kinda looking around and evryone was giving geoff heart hands and me and otto made eye contact so i waved and HE WAVED BACK AND GAVE ME THE NICEST FUCKING SMILE I SWEAR TO GOD OTTO HAS THE SWEETEST FACE. awsten did his lil acoustic part and played groupchat acoustic like 10 times LMAO and A PART OF NOT WARRIORS. LIKE WHATTTT. and like a minute of lucky people. idek what was in the air last nite. after they closed with funeral grey and the lights went up i turned around and immediately looked to the floor cus i cld jst feel tht there was gonna be a pick down there AND THERE WAS A FUNERAL GREY GUITAR PICK RIGHT THERE SO I LUNGED AT IT AND NOW I OWN HER. honorable mentions: awsten sang happy birthday in italian. CRAVE. THEY PLAYED CRAVE AND GEOFF SANG AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING. the end of ritual almost killed me. oh oh oh and after the show i found the person who waved awsten down for me and gave them the parx bracelet cus they were rlly sweet ^____^ ya twas awesome and insane and i adore them.

thank u for asking abt it cus i literally love talking abt them so much ahhh<33333333

ALSO HERE R SOME PICS AND A SHORT VID :))))))))))))

[randombubblegum]

hi okay so i just read ur yellow lovely fic and i want your take on what you think the fan reaction was in the fictional universe with this alt version of lucky people and when they found out abt their relationship. it feels crucial to me

HI ANON THANKS FOR THIS ASK AND FOR READING i texted kat (co-author) to get her take so we can give you the best answer possible

first we discussed if they would publicly come out at all: obviously awsten would want to, but otto doesn’t seem like the type to want his business in the public eye AT ALL and that goes double for people speculating about his sexuality :( so i don’t think awsten would make a post like HEY BTW I’M DATING OTTO NOW even if he would really want to on some level. plus i don’t think waterparks getting branded as a “queer band” just as album 2 came out would be good for their future prospects because the entertainment industry really is Just That Shitty. blegh

THAT BEING SAID: we don’t want them to have to keep this relationship a closeted secret because THAT’S TOO FCKING SAD!!!!!!! :,( so here’s how we think it would go down.

awsten would make it as blatant as he can without coming out and putting it into words. pictures of otto titled “BOYFRIEND”, holding his hand and kissing his cheek in public, saying he’s taken in interviews, acting as lovey-dovey as he can get away with. WHICH, if you look at how LOVEY DOVEY HE IS WITH OTTO IN REAL LIFE WITH NOBODY BATTING AN EYE is pretty damn affectionate, right? and homophobes and normie straight people would be all “it’s just stage gay :/“ or “they seem to be very good friends :)” while all the queer fans (and people who otherwise have eyes) would see the writing on the wall and Know. which i think is honestly pretty close to the actual waterparks fandom perception LOL.

awsten just got out of a long, public relationship with a girl, which most people know the album is about, and otto is as straight-passing as they come, so they have enough plausible deniability to be safe. it’s like a pete wentz situation here. that way they can hold hands, awsten resting his head sleepily on otto’s shoulder while otto looks over at him like he hung the moon, and rocksound will publish an article about “top 10 best bromances in music!” and they’ll fly under the mainstream radar for another day. but we’ll know. :+)

p.s. as for lucky people? the rewritten lyrics are still not Explicitly Gay so it’ll be a “g.i.n.a.s.f.s./bang the doldrums by fall out boy” type situation where everyone with eyes will be like. oh. huh. this is about otto. but awsten can still be like “I DUNNOOOOO :)” when asked about it in interviews

[miafic]

hi aly !! only do this if u want to but ive been having a rough day and i want a small lil fluffy thing abt jawn to read :'( u dont have to though !! love u

idk how fluffy this is, but its sweet and i hope you like it!!

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Jawn stopped sniffling as soon as he heard Awsten’s sheets crinkle. He stilled completely, hoping that Awsten was just getting up to go to the bathroom, but Awsten’s footsteps came right up to the edge of Jawn’s bed.

“Here,” Awsten whispered. 

Jawn kept pretending to be asleep.

“Dude. I know you’re up. Don’t make me tuck him in with you,” Awsten sighed.

Jawn wiped at his cheeks and then glanced over his shoulder; Awsten was holding his stupid stuffed frog out. Hesitantly, Jawn took it. It was still warm from Awsten’s body heat. 

“He’s good if you need to hug something,” Awsten mumbled, and then he turned and walked away.

It was too dark to see the frog clearly, but Jawn used one of his fingertips to draw a line over where the animal’s little, embroidered smile was. “Obrigado,” Jawn murmured without thinking.

“That means ‘thank you,’ right?” Awsten asked. He dropped back onto his mattress and slipped under the covers.

“Yeah.” 

“How do you say ‘you’re welcome’?” 

“We don’t say that, really. We say... it’s kind of like how in English, you’d say, ‘it’s nothing.’ De nada.”

“Of nothing,” Awsten translated.

“Yeah.” 

“That’s the same as Spanish.”

“Uh-huh.” 

“Well, de nada, then.” 

Experimentally, Jawn gave the dumb frog a squeeze. If Awsten saw, he didn’t comment. Jawn wiped at his cheeks again and gave the frog another hug.

“Are you okay?” Awsten asked quietly. “I can get Lucas if you want. I don’t mind.” 

“I’m fine.”

There was an awkward pause. 

“Okay,” Awsten said right as Jawn confessed, “I just miss my mom kinda bad.” 

Awsten laid down and pulled the covers up to his chin. “I miss my mom kinda bad, too.” 

Jawn’s eyebrows rose. “Really?”

“Yeah, dude,” Awsten said with a sad laugh. “Every damn day.” 

“I always feel stupid.” 

“Nah, you’re not stupid for missing your mom. I know you love her a lot.” 

“Tell me about yours,” Jawn prompted.

“You’ve met her.” 

“No, I’ve never even seen her up close.”

“She’s come here, like, three times!” 

“Yeah, well...” Jawn adjusted the stuffed animal in his arms.

“Okay, um. She’s great. Her hands are always cool but not cold, so when she brushes your hair back, it feels really good.”

Jawn had to comment, “My mom’s hands are really warm.” 

“And she wears this perfume that comes in this pretty bottle. I don’t know what it’s called, but she’s worn it since before I even met her. So whenever I smell it, it reminds me of her. It smells really good. I don’t like perfume, but I like hers.” 

Jawn smiled a little. “Does her hair always look like that?”

It was Awsten’s turn to smile. “Yeah. She sleeps in curlers most of the time. And she likes to cook, and she gives really good hugs... I don’t know.” He was quiet for a bit. “She has all these high heels and dresses and necklaces and skirts, and when me and Otto were really little, we used to try them on. Mostly just the shoes and the necklaces.”

Jawn chuckled. “That’s gay.”

“Oh, tell me you never tried on your mom’s high heels.”

“I don’t remember, but I guess I probably did.” 

“I’m sure you did.” 

“She has two pairs,” Jawn murmured. “They’re both black, but they look really different.” 

“She’s pretty,” Awsten supplied. “Your art is like looking at a picture, so I know.” 

Jawn smiled at the compliment about his drawings. “Your mom’s pretty, too.” 

“Thanks,” Awsten replied. He adjusted in his bed.

“Hey...” Jawn began slowly, “I wanted to say sorry. For - for when I said she wasn’t your real mom.” 

“Oh.” 

“Yeah. So... I’m sorry.” 

Awsten hesitated. “Thanks.”

“Yeah. Thanks for Oliver.”  

“Just for tonight,” came Awsten’s sharp response.

“Yeah, I know.” 

They were quiet for a long time. Eventually, Awsten curled up on his side and relaxed into his pillow. Jawn kept hugging Oliver and thinking about Mamãe and staring at the ceiling. 

“You know,” Jawn finally said, “sometimes I think we could actually be friends.” 

There was no response.

“Awsten?” Jawn turned over and sat up a little, peering at Awsten’s still form for several seconds. 

Yeah, he was definitely asleep. 

Jawn laid back down. He stared at the ceiling again, but he didn’t feel as sad as he expected to. To Oliver, he murmured, “Sometimes I think Awsten and me could actually be friends.”  

[notwxrriors]

AWS CRYING A LOT FROM PRAISE BC HES FEELIN REAL SHIT ABOUT HIMSELF AND HE SAYS, THROUGH TEARS AND SNIFFLES “STOP being nice to me i WILL KEEP CRYING and i am TOUGH BOY!!! LEAVE (sniff, cough) ME ALONE!!” but whoever is praising him Will Not stop, they pull him in close and let him cry against them and tell him to not be so hard on himself :(

ohh awlijah perhaps...

elijah's been nonstop praising him all day bc aws has been recently Very self deprecating and it makes elijah so sad to hear aws talk abt himself like that :( 

but aws is feeling a lil Fragile and it just makes him start crying which isn't exactly what elijah expected but Shit alright??? he pulls aws into a hug, awsten's face buried against his chest as he cried and elijah sorta rocks them back and forth, cooing, telling him how beautiful and smart and etc etc etc he is while aws just Cries bc he loves elijah so much but also bc he's SENSITIVE 

[notwxrriors]

jawff first kiss?

im gbbona cry

goD FUCK what if like,,, geoff and jawn usually carpool to band practice together bc it's in awsten's house so geoff just picks him up every time and it's not a big deal but they definitely get real close after a few months of that, and sometimes when they pull up to jawn's house they just sit parked in his driveway for Hours, talking about anything really until jawn's like "ok i really should go" but he says that like three times before he goes

it's a night like that, and they haven't Really admitted their feelings for each other but it's sorta known, or at least inferred. jawn's already on his second "i should go" but they're on a whole new topic now and geoff's feeling Very Soft abt the whole thing. he's thinking about how much he loves jawn's voice, loves jawn's mannerisms when he talks, loves jawn's everything, and he can hear jawn laugh softly and say "are you listening?" and geoff's like "got distracted" 

"by what?" 

"you." geoff sighs, and jawn smiles a little, and it's too dark to see his blush. "you're, um, really really pretty. so pretty." geoff admits, and jawn laughs again. 

"thanks." he answers, leaning a bit closer across the console. "you're pretty, too." he says, and is Immediately worried geoff thought it was dumb. he's watching geoff close, watching geoff's eyes drop to his lips for a split second before flicking back up to his eyes, and jawn's suddenly Very Nervous because holy shit they're gonna kiss its about to happen

and sure enough, geoff reaches out to put a hand on jawn's cheek, leaning a bit closer, asking "is this okay?" and his eyes are on jawn's lips again and jawn's nodding fast, leaning in to meet his lips. it's quick and it's warm and jawn's a WRECK, immediately being like "i should go. gotta go. really gotta go now, ok? i'll see you friday?" and geoff can barely say yes before jawn's out of his car, SPRINTING to his front door 

jawn's hands are shaking so bad he can barely get his key in the lock to undo it, turning around to wave at geoff one more time before rushing inside and to his room where he proceeds to FLIP THE FUCK OUT for like a good twenty minutes, grinning so hard his face hurts and covering his mouth to keep from giggling out loud 

geoff's not sure if jawn was like. cool with it? but either way, all geoff can feel is the ghost of jawn's lips on his own the whole drive home, and he just wants to do it again 

[notwxrriors]

honestly since you said a bunch of your aws + elijah hc's are height difference hc's I definitely wouldn't mind if you just hit me with some 👀👀👀👀👀 am i rite laid ease

u give me too much freedom

- SHARING CLOTHES 👏👏👏 or rather, awsten stealing elijah's clothes, 

- elijah's shirts are huge on him, skimming his mid thighs, and he is Very Often in just them and underwear (panties if he wants to be Real Cute) 

- and wearing them to bed when they can't sleep together 😭

- we just talked abt this but elijah getting things from top shelves for aws,,, im soft

- awsten standing on his toes to kiss elijah when he's being sweet, or fisting his hands in elijah's shirt and tugging him down for a kiss when he's not so sweet

- COMPARING HAND SIZES....... 

- aws does that bottom thing where he's like "OHH ur so strong,,, but i bet u can't hold me,,," and elijah just scoops him up like it's nothing and awsten squeals in delight 

- piggyback rides!!!! 

- aws loves sitting in elijah's lap bc he feels so small

- sometimes aws does get a lil self conscious about his height but elijah assures him that he's perfect as he kisses the top of awsten's head