#bc like HELL does alex sing that song then kiss another guy

[bestillmyslashyheart]

2x13 Revision/Coda

Maria couldn’t quite believe what she was hearing. She’d heard Alex sing before but not in years and not like this. This wasn’t jamming out in the car. This was something more. Something real. 

And he was singing straight to Michael.

She didn’t understand the lyrics at first but she saw the way Michael stopped, the way he turned, the way he stared. Like Alex was something holy. Like Alex’s lyrics were the gospel of his soul.

Maria watched and listened. She listened to the heartache and the fight. And finally she understood. She may love Michael and he may love her but what they share was nothing compared to what Michael and Alex felt for each other. They were simply on an entirely different level. In front of her, Michael looked away from Alex and his body started to collapse in on itself. 

Another moment and Michael turned to go. Isobel tried to stop him but he wouldn’t be deterred. 

Maria darted around the edge of the bar and grabbed Michael’s jacket as he started down the hallway.

“Where the hell do you think you’re going?” She hissed.

Michael shook his head. “I shouldn’t be here.” Next to him, Isobel rolled her eyes.

Maria stepped up into his space and stared him in the eyes. “Alex is pouring his heart out to you right now and you want to leave?”

“He’s not singing to me.” He nodded behind her. Maria turned to see Forrest Long gazing adoringly at Alex, a wide smile on his face. On the stage, Alex’s eyes were searching the crowd.

She turned back to Michael. “If you honestly think for one single second that Alex could sing that song to anyone but you, you’re out of your mind. And you don’t deserve him.” Michael looked away and Maria grabbed his chin. “Listen to the damn song, Michael.”

“Michael,” Isobel prodded. “He’s singing to you. The song is about you.”

Michael didn’t quite look like he believed them but he did come back into the room so Maria didn’t say anything more. She let Michael stand on his own and leaned her weight against Isobel. The two of them watched as Alex’s eyes found Michael’s. For the rest of the song, neither one of them looked away. 

“I didn’t see it,” Maria muttered as the song came to an end. She cheered with the rest of the bar even as she wiped a tear out from under her eye. 

“They didn’t want you to,” Isobel answered. 

Across the room, Alex walked over to Forrest and said a few words, all the while his eyes were glued to Michael’s. The second he turned away, Michael was pushing his way past Isobel. Both women tried to stop him but he just shook them off.

“Where-?” Alex was in front of them, confusion writ on his face. 

“He went that way,” Maria and Isobel replied in unison, both of them pointing behind them at the door. 

Alex looked at the door then at Maria, his easy confidence from onstage fleeing him already. “That was beautiful, Alex,” Maria told him honestly. “Now go get him.”

“Maria-”

“Go Alex,” she urged gently.

“Idiot thought you were singing to that other guy,” Isobel added.

Alex blinked at her in surprise. “What? Forrest?”

When neither contradicted him he shook his head and pushed past them. Just before the door closed behind him, they heard him yell, “Guerin!”

Maria and Isobel shared commiserating looks, Maria’s a touch sadder than Isobel’s. “So,” Greg sidled up to them, a smile playing at his lips. “You two on board?”

“On board?” Isobel arched an eyebrow.

Greg nodded. “The get-Alex-and-Michael-to-pull-their-heads-out-of-their-asses club.”

Isobel barked a sharp laugh and nodded. “Count me in.”

“Maria?” Greg’s smile gentled.

She nodded. “Lord knows they won’t do it themselves.”