#it's mashton for hazel because i promised

[clumsyclifford]

“‘Let's see a witch,’” Ashton says. “‘It’ll be fine, Ashton. What could go wrong?’” “I didn't say witch, I said psychic! How was I meant to know she was both?” “From the sign!” Ashton says, gesturing emphatically at an A-board whose advertised PSYCHIC/WITCH SERVICES couldn't be more clearly outlined. Michael tries to grumble but only manages a rumbly croak. “Look, you're fine. I'm the one who’s a bloody frog.” “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes,” Ashton sing-songs.

for the @5sos-fic-fest friends to lovers fic event i present to you: modern fairytale silliness mashton!

[aesthetichoodings-blog]

It's ok ~Mashton

Idea:

Michael and Crystal have just broken up because Crystal said she was getting to old for him and that they should go separate ways. Michaels crush Ashton Irwin, his bandmate, helps him through the pain that he is experiencing and tells him not to worry.

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“Crystal please, I love you I never hurted you, baby please.” Michael sobbed thinking about Crystal actually leaving him. “Michael I’m so sorry. I really am…” she said taking her luggage and taking Southy with her out the door. Michael was a sobbing mess, hair ruffled with puffy eyes. Ashton walked through the apartment door where Crystal had exited through. The place they were living in together Michael owned. He just thought Ash would come in and he did. He would always check on Michael to make sure he was ok and nothing was wrong. He was just doing his daily checkup.

“Michael oh my gosh, why are you crying? what happened? who did this im gonna hurt them.” Ashton said running to Michael’s aid, knowing that he might need a friend. “Shhhh don’t cry. What happened?” he said wrapping his arm around him making sure he was close to him. “C-cryst-” Mike said but got interrupted. “What did she do to you? Is she the reason why you’re crying?” he asked. Mikey nodded, lying his head down on Ash’s shoulder. “It’s gonna be A ok. You don’t have to cry.” he reassured Mike, making small circles on the crying boys back.

“I-I loved her s-s-so much and n-now shes g-gone.” the blonde stuttered, struggling to contain what he felt for Ash for all these years. All Michael has thought about is what do Ashton’s lips feel like on his? He wondered what it was like to kiss Ashton Fletcher Irwin. (my thought but fucking same). “Michael, if Crystal hurt you like this, she does not deserve you’re time. You know why? If she loved you she would love you no matter what age she was. Love doesn’t have to do with age gaps, it’s if you truly have love for the person.” Ash ranted to him.

Michael couldn’t stop his heart from racing because of what Ash was saying. Did this mean he liked him in a way or he wanted to love him and care for him? Mike stopped crying so much and had calmed down because muscular boy had a soothing voice. He got lost in a world of endless thoughts of what Ashton was capable of and he drifted off into his own little world. “Mike?” Ash asked as he saw the smaller boy drifting off. “Huh?” he sniffled, still kind of congested from crying. “Did you hear what I said?” the hazel haired boy asked. “Uh ya, I mean I just got lost in my world of thoughts.” Michael said shaking his head a little bit to get everything out that he was thinking about. “What type of thoughts?” Ashton asked. Michael’s breathing hitched the slightest. Should he tell Ash how he really feels? He wants to scream it from anywhere to anybody. That was when Michael snapped.

“I really like you Ashton, like so much. You make my heart race, you make my breathing hitch, you make everybody want to love you and don’t even get me started on how kissable you’re lips look all the ti-” Michael stopped as he saw Ashton’s face with a grin on it. “Glad we feel the same way, Clifford.” he smiled getting up from the couch and taking Michael’s hand to his room. Mike sat down on the edge as Ash came up behind him, making the blonde boy jump the slightest. “Be my baby boy.” Ash whispered into his hear in a calming voice. “YES PLEA- I mean pfft ya sure whatever.” Michael tried to keep his excitement built up inside him as the sandy haired boy pressed his lips gently against the blonde boys lips.

Ash wrapped his arms around Michaels waist as they laid down on the bed. “This won’t be a mistake, right Irwin?” Mike asked with hesitation in his voice. “Of course not, I promise you. You’re going to be protected because your my property now. Nobody is gonna love you like I’m gonna love you. Sweet dreams Mickey.” Ashton smiled pressing a kiss against the blondes cheek. “My name is not Mickey.” Michael murmured. “It’s the Mickey Mouse club house, cum inside its fun inside.” Ashton sang. “Did you say cum not come. I’m already done with you.” Michael rolled his eyes laughing slightly. “That was funny admit it. Mickey mouse.” Ashton laughed. “Go to bed Ashtray.” Mike said. “Oh no you didn’t,” Ash sassed. “Oh yes I did,” Michael sassed back. He fell asleep in Ashton’s arms, wondering what was coming for his future.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THAT PROBABLY ALSO SUCKED SORRY HHH.

[clumsyclifford]

oh yes i saw about visiting your friends that sounds nice :) i hope you enjoy your time in your south american/dutch island. oh to be you going on a plane again. i haven’t traveled anywhere outside the country since covid and i just miss Being On The Plane

i may have to crack and read some of your 5sos fic. i’ve been watching interviews too and stuff it’s been sooo long since i’ve got into a new band this is exciting. (on that note any recommended videos or anything? and fic recs).

okay my fic yes i promise it has a happy ending (well. i hope it will. i kinda wrote way past what i planned for and i’m just writing with no set goal in mind. but me being me i love a happy ending so) it’s a little bit of a roller coaster but a lot of fluff between the not so fluff moments.

yes it was very nice!!! and i hope the island is fun. honestly i reeeeally don't care for plane rides. ALTHOUGH! i will say. that is probably at least partly because i'm used to traveling with my six-person family, which is a hassle and a half. plane trips and airports in general are WAY easier when it's just me traveling alone. so there's that. also on my flight home from austin i did have an entire row to myself which FUCKIN SLAPPED

oh my god ali lmao you are going to open a can of worms here that will never be closed. but yes GOOD you SHOULD do that. in terms of recommendations i'm worried that if i start i'll never stop so i am just simply going to give you my absolute favorite 5sos video series, the tower of truth equivalent: cocktail chats. i might recommend listening to youngblood the album before you watch it but it's. really not required. i mean half of it is talking about the album but the important half is just them getting wasted and being ridiculous. i love cocktail chats so fucking much. and it has a jack cameo at the end!

as for fic recs wowww it's been a minute since people have asked me for fic recs let me uh. let me think. um. okay. okay. this is fine i can do this. i'm going to give you like. a handful of fics that i consider both essential and/or my favorites. this is fine i can do this like a normal person i can give you a manageable amount of fic to read

first of all, helen @calumcest is the reason for the 5sos fic renaissance (that's a slight exaggeration but honestly not a big one) all of her fics are essential if you ask me BUT this one is the most essential: make me a promise here tonight. malum (michael/calum) fic. the second essential helen one is as the night gets older of you i grow fonder, a lashton (luke/ashton) fic. helen would tell you that her 2014 fic is all garbage but helen is wrong about many things. that being said her more recent fic is also great it's just also mostly incomplete chaptered fics so i cannot in good conscience recommend them.

next absolutely unquestionable essential is one of my favorite fics ever, @calumsclifford aka maggie's fangirl AU, the words you want are out of reach (but they've never been so loud). lashton fic but sneaky background malum. ive read it like. a million times. it is the best ever. i love it so much. i love maggie so much

i have a couple little niche ones as well, not written by friends. Influencer, a lashton fic, which is one of the only fics under 1k that i have read, not to mention read over and over and been obsessed with, but i'm literally obsessed with influencer. like we always will, a cake (calum/luke) fic that completely 180'ed my view of cake as a pairing. i'm a puppet on a string, lashton fic that. i mean. idk i just love it. Destination: Perth another awesome lashton one, and can't control myself, a FANTASTIC muke (michael/luke) fic, like truly one of the best muke fics.

and then you get to the ones that are clearly just my subjective favorites but i love them dearly to death! All I Really Want is You by hazel @allsassnoclass, a mashton (michael/ashton) fic that possibly invented romance. also the flatmate arrangement by meg @kaleidoscopeminds which is a cake fic but also combines two of my favorite things: epistolary characteristics and a cute little girl OC character. katie if ur reading this i love u.

there's the creek walk small talk malum series by adri @cringeycal that i'm in love with though in truth im in love with all of adri's writing, sorry to throw a series at you but the fics are short and all equally amazing.

you may have read this already but in case you haven't, meghna @reveriesofawriter wrote What are you after? Some kind of disaster, a malum/jalex fic that is essentially the story of malum through jalex's pov and it's amazing like everything meghna's ever written.

and of course i can't possibly exclude some of my favorite fics of all time for the most selfish of reasons: in a world of black and white by the aforementioned meg, a lashton fic written for me for the very first club fic exchange. it has a bit of sneaky jalex if you want that as well. and it's amazing and i love it so much. also i was just an only child of the universe (and then i found you) by sam @tirednotflirting a lashton fic she wrote me for my birthday last year.

i want to say this for the record: having typed this all up i swear on my life i tried to keep it to the important few but that's pretty much impossible considering (a) how many talented friends i have and (b) overall how much incredible fic there is out there. even the fics that i haven't read i can tell you that there are loads of people who love them and i have no reason not to believe those reviews! and just because a fic isn't in my, like, very top cream of the crop tier of recs, doesn't mean i don't strongly recommend it in general or love it with all of my heart. like please understand how difficult it was for me to narrow it down even just to this. so like feel free to request more recommendations (though this may have cautioned you away rip) for fics or writers or fics for a more specific pairing or word count or vibe or WHATEVER (like i tried to at least get one of each pairing on this list but i know there's no cashton and i am sorry for that it's not because i don't love cashton i do i promise). anyway you should never have asked me this question but you've done it now and there is no going back.

final note: i am excited for your new fic. tentatively. as long as there's a happy ending i'm fully down.

[maluminspace]

"You knocked on my door at 1 in the morning, to cuddle?” OMG MASHTON WITH NEEDY MICHAEL 😭😭😭

Everything is fuzzy and Ashton’s confused for a moment as to why his exhausted brain has woken him up in the middle of the night. He glances over at the alarm clock on his bedside table - 1.03am. He’s about to roll over and attempt to get back to sleep before a series of persistent knocks on his hotel door startle him into complete consciousness. He slides out of bed, suddenly regretting his earlier decision to sleep in only his boxers; the cold air hits the bare skin of his chest and back like little needles.

Another series of knocks echo around the hotel room just before the drummer reaches the door, but more hesitant than before. In his sleepy state he doesn’t think to use the peephole or to ask who it is before he unlocks and opens the door, his tired brain not even considering the possibility of a reporter or a rogue fan being able to blag their way to his room. Luckily for him, it’s a familiar blonde that practically falls into his arms as soon there’s enough space between the door and it’s frame.

“Michael?” The drummer mumbles, worry lacing his voice as he pushes the door closed before wrapping his arms gently around his apparently very upset boyfriend. “What’s wrong?”

Michael buries his head in Ashton’s shoulder, sniffling quietly. “Just needed cuddles.” he replies softly.

The older boy strokes the guitarist’s hair before gently placing a kiss to the top of his head. “You knocked on my door at one in the morning, to cuddle? You know I’ve had people murdered for less?” He asks with a slight chuckle, hoping to lighten his boyfriend’s mood a little.

It doesn’t really work. Michael simply wraps himself tighter around his boyfriend, slumping down a little further in Ashton’s hold. “I hate my stupid brain, Ash…”

Ah…Ashton should have realised the reason for this visit sooner. His sleepy brain had obviously dulled his Michael-based Spidey senses, but his ‘supportive boyfriend’ mode finally kicks in. Ashton silently leads his shivering boyfriend - how did he not notice that Michael was shivering until now?! - over to the large bed.As he slowly coaxes the blonde to sit down on the mattress, Ashton realises for first time that Michael’s still fully clothed - dressed, from what he can see, in the dim moonlight filtering in through the window in the same skinny jeans and distressed t-shirt he’d travelled to the hotel in after their show earlier. “Haven’t you been to bed?” He asks quietly, fixing his steady hazel eyes on his boyfriend’s pale face.

Michael shakes his head, pulling Ashton down onto the bed beside him so that he can resume their hug. “Mind keeps racing… wanted to go for a walk but security wouldn’t let me so I just sat by my window for a while…” he mumbles into his boyfriend’s neck.

“I knew I should have brought you to my room tonight…” Ashton sighs, cuddling Michael tighter than ever. He’d noticed his boyfriend’s distracted behaviour on the short journey over to their hotel from the arena earlier that evening, but he’d been so exhausted that he hadn’t put up much of a fight when Michael had said he’d be fine in his own room tonight. The drummer now seriously regretted letting the argument drop so easily, despite the fact that he’d fallen into bed and into a blissful sleep less than ten minutes after the conversation had ended.

“C'mere, you’re freezing.” Ashton whispers, pressing another kiss into Michael’s unruly hair as he rubs his boyfriend’s icy cold arms in a vain attempt to warm them up a little. “Why didn’t you wake me up sooner?”

Michael shrugs noncommittally. “You were so tired, I didn’t want to disturb you…”

Ashton swears his heart breaks a little every time his boyfriend has a night like this, but having known Michael for over six years and having dated him for almost one of them, he’d experienced this before and hoped he knew how to help. He reaches past Michael to pull the duvet over his boyfriend’s shoulders before flicking on a lamp. “Let’s get you into something more comfortable, yeah?” The blonde nods solemnly, his pretty green eyes flashing with gratitude, as Ashton hurries over to the overnight bag he’d dropped carelessly next to the wardrobe a couple of hours ago. He pulls out a pair of grey sweatpants and an oversized grey sweater before rushing back to the bed “C'mon, put these on.” Ashton prompts in what he hopes is a soothing voice.

Michael takes the clothes and pulls off his t-shirt. The very second he is topless, Ashton pulls the sweater over his boyfriend’s head, helping him to push his arms through the baggy sleeves. “Thanks, Ash…” the blonde smiles sadly “I don’t know what I’d do without you…”

Ashton returns the smile and helps his boyfriend shuffle out of his skinny jeans “You should have woken me up sooner, babe…” he sighs. “I’ve told you a thousand times, you don’t have to deal with this alone.”

As soon as he’s pulled on the sweatpants, Michael immediately attaches himself to Ashton again, curling into his boyfriend’s side and pressing a soft kiss to his neck “It just scares me sometimes…” he whispers.

“That’s why you should have come to me right away, Mikey…” Ashton replies quietly “You can talk to me about anything - you know that.”

“It’s not just the anxiety and stuff…” Michael mumbles.

Ashton raises a questioning eyebrow, pulling back a little so that he could look at his boyfriend properly. “What do you mean, baby?”

Michael drops his gaze, tightening his grip on Ashton’s arm as though he was trying to stop him from running away or something, which is entirely i necessary because Ashton can’t think of a single thing in the universe that would take him a away from Michael’s side right now. “I’m scared that… well, it’s just that…” He stumbles through the start of a few sentences, biting his bottom lip worriedly and still refusing to meet Ashton’s gaze.

“You can tell me, Mikey…” The older boy coaxes gently.

“Well, I used to be able to cope with all of this stuff alone, y'know… I could get myself through it, but…”

“Well, that was before you had to deal with the added pressure of being in the public eye!” Ashton cut in, pulling Michael into a hug again.

“It’s not just that, Ash.” Michael sniffles “It’s just scary because I only really feel… well like me when I’m with you…”

For a moment, Ashton remains silent. It’s not that he’s surprised or taken aback by the comment, it’s the caution in Michael’s voice that keeps the drummer quietly contemplating his next move.

When the older boy fails to speak for an almost uncomfortably long time, Michael’s pulls out of the embrace and gets to his feet “And it’s just crazy because, I can’t put that kind of pressure on you… I hate myself for even thinking it and…”

“Woah, woah!” Ashton soothes, gently taking Michael into his arms again “This is the opposite of a problem, babe…” he chuckles despite himself “I feel like the best version of me when I’m with you, too!”

Michael clings to Ashton like his life depends on it. “Really?”

“I think that’s called…oh, what is it…oh, yeah, being in love!” The older boy grins at his boyfriend, revelling in the pink that begins to tinge his cheeks before letting his smile soften. “Mikey, you don’t need to be scared or embarrassed about that!”

Michael lets out a watery giggle and Ashton feels a small wave of relief starting to wash over him. He guides Michael back onto the bed and gestures for him to get in. “I’m gonna start insisting we share a room every night from now on, so you can tell me about this stuff right away! I hate it when you let things fester like that…” Ashton fusses, arranging pillows and smoothing out the sheets as he does.

“M'sorry.” Michael pouts as he curls up on the mattress, his blonde head sinking into the pillows as he waits for his boyfriend to join him.

“Don’t be sorry…” Ashton yawns, flicking off the lamp and scrambling into bed. He pulls the duvet over Michael first and then himself before pulling the blonde closer to him “I just want you to be happy, baby…” he adds sleepily.

Michael shifts around in the darkness until he’s as close to Ashton as humanly possible. He pecks a caring kiss to the drummer’s lips before resting his head on Ashton’s chest. “That always seems more achievable when you’re there.”

I hope you like this anon! 💖betaed by @mermaidcashton

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