#wuko theatre au

[falling-chandeliers]

hs au where wu is the president of the theatre club/the lead in every show and mako is this goth kid that somehow gets cast as the lead for wu's last show as a senior and wu LOSES it,,, enemies to lovers ofc

yes yes yes YES i am THRIVING

wu becomes mako’s understudy and he is. pissed. he is just pissed because goddamnit he’s always the lead who the FUCK does this kid thing he is oh my god

mako’s just trying to enjoy the club but everytime he says something that’s not his line this weird kid with brown hair from the back shuts him down,,, he thinks he’s the understudy?

this happens EVERY time. mako is just like “why me” at the beginning but sooner or later him and wu start fighting.

korra, who’s the female lead, and bolin who’s the main supporting character and also mako’s younger brother cmon bro i know you eventually force them to talk shit out bc yeah nope no none of that we need this to work

they begrudgingly talk through their differences after a 5 minute intense staring contest and even then wu is still kinda mad at mako

and then from there wu is more open to mako, mako starts taking some of his suggestions, wu gives mako some advice. they stay after school to go through a few scenes at the end and okay, maybe he’s pretty so what

they grow with each other and fall in love over time through stolen looks and lingering touches (bc who isn’t a sucker for those smh)

it all comes to an end on the first day of the show, tensions are running high, everyone’s nervous, mako is blushing furiously when he goes on stage bc wu squeezed his hand while looking him in the eye and giving him words of encouragement

at the end of the show, everyone’s so happy nothing messed up it was a great performance and mako just kinda,,, picks wu up and swings him around

when he puts him back down they’re in that kind of trance where they just realized what they’ve done but they’re still staring at each other and holy fuck is he leaning in? oh fuck, am i leaning in? oh look at that we’re both leaning in and they kiss. it’s nothing special. just a touch of their lips against each other. but they’re happy, they’re so happy, and they do it again and again and again until korra finally wolfwhistles from behind them with bolin whooping loudly

[citrina-posts]

also suyin is the chorus teacher who is super over-the-top supportive to all the kids in the show, she consistently embarrasses mako by asking him when he’s going to come by the choir room to “visit her favorite student” every time she sees him in the school hallways

Modern high school au wuko where wu is in drama club and mako is in stage crew... yeah

[asspinkie]

wuko au where both of the are political science/ international affairs majors and they’re both in like france or italy doing an exchange year and they fall in love

[falling-chandeliers]

I was literally stage crew in ONE production before covid hit and now I miss theatre (stockholm syndrome). why do I see kai as a freshman who initially joined stage crew to fuck around and sometimes steal props. mako is Mad. -rrha

waittttt omg i felt that so hard, i’ve only been in like elementary school productions before but this year i was FINALLY going to be actually doing something in tech theatre but now we have to do it online kfjskfks

we’re doing the little mermaid though, and i got to create ursula’s costume!! it took Many Nights but it was worth it bc the dress had a built in binder hehe

but also, YEA. KAI WOULD DEFINITELY DO THAT. 

jinora is that one kid who’s just like, good at everything overall and is super sweet - she can sing too, but never auditions kfjskfks cue kai coming in and mako and korra being like “hmm.”

also, that implies that wu would know kai as well - and let’s face it, they’d be a CHAOTIC duo driving mako mad jfjskfa

[falling-chandeliers]

...that means lin has to be the backstage/prop director and i am HERE for it

Modern high school au wuko where wu is in drama club and mako is in stage crew... yeah

[falling-chandeliers]

y e s. wu persuades mako into teaching him how to operate the lights. they almost break and come crashing to the floor. needless to say, wu is despised by the show director for quite a bit of time

Modern high school au wuko where wu is in drama club and mako is in stage crew... yeah