Under the Impression [Prologue/?]
Title: Under the Impression
Author: dee_jayDJ/Mee(DJ)
Rating: Ehhh... Just PG-13 for language, as of yet.
Pairing: Uhm... A little bit of Jack/Alex, though it's meant to be Zack/Alex
Summary: Zack had lost absolutely all hope of ever having Alex as his. But when Alex reveals something to him, everything about his beliefs were changed.
Disclaimer: I do not own/know the people in this story uh... As far as I know, none of this ever happened.
Author Notes: Mkay so this is my first oneshot on my own, and depending on the feedback I get, this may or may not end up being only a prelude to a larger fanfic. >.< Hope it's okay!
Perfect had never been a word Zack thought he would ever use to describe anyone. Then… He met Alex, and no other word seemed to fit but just that.
Utter perfection.
Zack couldn’t help but let his eyes tail over to the singer as the final chords of ‘Vegas’ faded out. A small smile rose to the bassist’s lips as he watched Alex, forever energetic. As flushed and breathless as he was, he still managed to be beautiful as he talked to the crowd. It was really amazing how he could just keep going like that… For hours.
Then again… Just about everything about Alex was amazing.
It was the end of their set, and Zack waved modestly to the screaming fans, smile widening instinctively. He loved this rush, after shows. The fans were so awesome, and that just fueled the four of them to play their hardest.
But after the shows was the time Zack normally resented most. Because, after three hours of being unable to touch each other, the couple of the fucking year can’t keep their hands off each other. Jack and Alex. They’d been together since the tour kicked off, and everyone thought they were just the cutest thing to ever hit the dating scene.
Everyone, that is, but Zack.
A low sigh slipped between Zack’s lips as he passed the two, arms wrapped around each other and already locked in a kiss. He hated it. Given, Zack did love Jack (in the friendliest of ways,) but jealousy did strange things to people’s opinions.
He waited. That was ultimately Zack’s downfall- he waited for that ‘right moment’ to ask Alex out, and got fucked over when Jack beat him to it. Best friends or not, Jack knew that Zack was in love with Alex. But he went ahead and asked him out anyway. It was just plain wrong.
Never the less, Zack knew he shouldn’t have waited so long. He’d felt that way since the end of high school. His own damn fault. So now the twenty one-year-old was suck watching the first person he ever loved fawn over someone else like a lovesick puppy.
A little disgusting, in his opinion.
Zack kneeled down onto the floor, where his bass case was laying open in wait for it’s instrument. Gently putting it down into the protective case, the blonde stayed kneeling with his eyes diverted to the ground as Jack and Alex passed by, fingers laced, on their way to the green room. Zack wasn’t really interested in mingling with other bands- he instead made his way outside to the bus. The whole band would be there within an hour or so. At least on the bus, he could get some relief from ‘couples’- Jack and Alex, Rian and his girlfriend, Kara. Hell, Trace Cyrus was back on with Hanna Beth again. Zack didn’t really need the heartache.
But Zack hadn’t noticed that someone had followed after him to the bus. And he remained ignorant, before a warm, calloused hand caught his and stopped him from taking the necessary step onto the vehicle.
Zack had all intentions of telling the person off, turning around to do just that. But he was stopped dead by those beautiful brown eyes.
That, and of course the fact that his lips were unexpectedly busied by none other than Alexander Gaskarth himself in a kiss. The small taste of pure heaven couldn’t last long enough as Alex pulled away, looking up sadly at Zack.
“I settled.” Were the only words that left his lips, the statement pulling painfully at Zack’s heartstrings. How many times had he told himself that Alex felt nothing for him? Thousands.
But there. He said it. Alex settled for Jack. Zack didn’t even have time to respond as Alex walked away, back to Jack no doubt.
And all Zack could do was stare, with a false hope heavy in his heart.