Drabble/Itunes meme
1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it’s over. No lingering afterwards!
4. Do ten of these, then post them.
I suppose I'm going to go with the Horsemen on this, though I'd like to try others as well, perhaps tonight.
1 - "Thunder" by Boys Like Girls
Fabrizio stalked through the crowded Manhattan streets, hands jammed deep in his pockets, ignoring the constant buzzing of his sidekick. He just didn't want to talk to anyone right now, especially not his mother, and particularly especially not the one he'd just gotten into yet another fight with - Caspar.
2 - "Down" by God Or Julie
He wasn't legal yet, but the impressive beard and equally impressive wad of cash was what got Yanni into the good city clubs. Truth be told, Yanni could sometimes look like he was pushing thirty, but there was a youthful glint in his eyes that, along with the breeding that came with his status, continuously brought the women in.
3 - "The Best Of You" by the Foo Fighters
It was stupid, really, that he was reacting like this, but for fuck's sake, he just couldn't help it. They'd all been together for over ten years, over a decade, and none of them had ever buddied up to anyone outside their clique before. Briz hated it. Sure, it could be argued that he and Yanni had always had girls that they were charming, laying it on thick enough to ensure that they'd be getting laid fairly regularly, and in fact, Briz had always been unusually decent to Izzy Rafferty, but he'd never really considered her to be a friend until recently. But there was a reason for that - she'd talked him through things, given him an outsider's perspective on what a complete dipshit he was being, and what an utter asshole he was being to Caspar.
4 - "Moan" by Cute Is What We Aim For
"Oh my god, you don't even know," Sabe slurs to Yanni, who actually giggles, a half-empty bottle of tequila between them on the carpet. "She makes these little noises, like, she actually moans for me!"
Yanni giggles again, because seriously, the concept of Sabe and quiet little Andi having sex is comical to him, especially when drunk.
Sabe frowns and points sloppily at Yan. "Hey. Hey, hey. No laughing. She's a sex kitten." He normally keeps these things quiet, respecting his girlfriend's privacy, but the tequila has loosened him substantially and he's just happy to finally be able to brag with his best friend.
5 - "Everything Went Numb" by Streetlight Manifesto
They're at a local karaoke bar, only because they were too bored sitting around each other's apartments in the rain, and there are no good movies playing. It was Sabe's idea to go karaoke-ing, but he's regretting it now, having chosen a ridiculously fast ska song to sing along with. Yanni, Briz, and Cas are all laughing hysterically as he tries desperately to keep up with the words on the screen, the mic nearly slipping from his sweaty palm. His eyes are ready to cross as he follows the words, and he's pretty sure he hasn't sung a real word the entire song.
6 - "Flypaper" by Allister
They haven't done this in a while, just had a good day out to themselves. Central Park is full of people enjoying the first warm, beautiful day of the summer, but as usual with the boys, no one else matters.
"You throw like a girl, you douchebag!" Yanni yells, diving for the frisbee that falls short, and he loses a flipflop in the process.
"I do not, shut the fuck up!" Fabrizio answers.
7 - "Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera, Pink, Mya, Lil Kim
Caspar hates women, especially women that use their body to make money. It stems from an incident on his thirteenth birthday, but the scars run so deep that even now, at twenty-two, an adult, and walking with the guys down Las Vegas Boulevard, the sight of showgirls on the street is enough to turn his stomach. He clings to Fabrizio's arm and glances up at his face to make sure Briz isn't gawking at the half-nude, feathered mess of a woman that is at the current street corner. Briz isn't, and that is a comfort, but he is looking slightly on edge, having his own issues with Sin City.
Yanni grins and raises his eyebrows at the woman, and he might be leering. He turns to Sabe and asks, "Did you see that one? Jesus fuck!" in a giddy voice. Sabe, however, refuses to get off the phone with his fiancee back in New York.
8 - "Hideaway" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Yanni tells himself that he's not an alcoholic, thinking with a buzzing grin, "Alcoholics go to meetings!"
He isn't really, he'd just rather have a drink than not have a drink, and he's built like an ox, so just one doesn't do much for him. The sheer volume of alcohol that he has to consume to get really, really drunk, will probably liquify his liver in a few years, but for now, he doesn't worry.
9 - "Seventeen Forever" by Metro Station
Their lips come together hard and desperate, and Briz can't deny that he's been thinking of this all night, all week, all month, ever since he first slept with Caspar. Since Cas sang that song for him earlier at the party, Briz hasn't been able to get his best friend off his mind. Cas on that stage, looking at him the way he did, that extra something in his voice ...
10 - "I Feel So" by Boxcar Racer
The water is the only thing filling his ears, the sound of his arms and legs splashing at the surface, muffled except for when he turns his head just enough to take a breath. He's on lap eighteen of god knows how many, just trying to swim out all the anger, all the hatred, so that he doesn't go and beat the ever-loving shit out of that Irish bastard he rooms with. There are things Fabrizio can handle like a normal, rational human being, like doing poorly on a test or spilling tomato sauce on his favorite hoodie, but the one thing he cannot handle is someone talking shit about his friends, his brothers. Zach needs his face punched in for what he said.
1 - "Superman" by Goldfinger
Sabe isn't sure if he's ever seen Caspar go so absolutely crazy before, but they did just feed him glazed donuts, waffles with extra syrup, and orange soda for breakfast.
Cas is chasing after Yanni on the sand, giggling and looking like a maniac as Briz and Sabe just laugh from the water. Whoever came up with the idea for this vacation is a genius. Oh wait, of course he's a genius, he's Sabe. He grins smugly to himself.
"I don't think I've ever seen Yanni move his fat ass so fast before." Briz laughs, splashing Sabe playfully.
"Cracky Cassie is something I'd run from, too," Sabe answers, and promptly jumps on top of Briz, pushing him under the water.
2 - "I'm Happy Just To Dance With You" by The Beatles
Andi secretly likes the Beastie Boys and romantic songs from the sixties, so after she shakes her pregnant belly to "Hey, Ladies," she smiles brightly at her new husband, Sabien, and shakes her pregnant belly to the Beatles. Sabien beams back at her, letting out an 'oof' every time her belly bumps his, but he keeps grinning and rubs it gently as they dance.
3 - "Awww Dip" by Cobra Starship
Yanni sometimes needs time away, to himself. Maybe it's because he's the oldest, the most mature, or because he's the poet. Most of the time he'll hold up in his apartment, just writing and enjoying peace and quiet.
But weekends like this, when his father is home and they're fighting like they never did before Jonas died, Yanni needs to get out of the city, and fast. He doesn't tell his parents, or the guys; he just takes off in his Jaguar and drives for hours.
4 - "Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You" by Linkin Park and Jay-Z
Briz bounces his head to the beat coming out of the speakers, focusing on the bass line and playing with a few of the hundreds of switches on the board in front of him. Growing up, he hadn't really paid any attention to anything that wasn't what Cas called "angry white boy music," but now that he was older, if only slightly more mature, he could appreciate any song that he heard. He could pick out the good parts, and hone in on the bits that needed improvement, and always could figure out the way to make the song as close to perfect as possible.
Flint is looking hopefully at him, still intimidated by Fabrizio after all their months working together.
"This is good, man." Briz offers, turning the volume down slightly. "You should show it to what's-his-fucking-face. Let him listen, see if he can put some rhymes down to it."
5 - "This Is Halloween" by Panic At The Disco
"This is fucking stupid." Briz says, sounding more afraid than pissed off as he looks around the dark room.
"It is not fucking stupid," Sabe answers, letting go of Briz's hand for a moment to punch him in the shoulder. "It's a fucking séance. It's Halloween. Have some Halloween spirit, and shut up, I'm trying to talk to Elvis." He takes Briz's hand again and makes googly eyes across their candlelit circle at Caspar, who is looking bored.
"Oh, The King, if you are here and want to speak," Sabe continues in a ceremonious voice, "come forth! And let us experience your rocking and rolling ways!"
Yanni chuckles into his shoulder so he doesn't let go of Cas or Sabe's hand, and so Sabien doesn't get pissed off. Thankfully Caspar voices what he's thinking.
"You know, for the smartest one out of all of us, sometimes you have the dumbest ideas."
6 - "The Pros and Cons of Breathing" by Fall Out Boy
He just doesn't understand how he got himself into this epic clusterfuck. It isn't like he did any of this on purpose, but Jesus H. Tap-dancing Christ On A Pogo Stick, if this isn't the most ridiculous situation he's ever even heard of, and he's smack dab in the middle of it.
He knows the boys hate his girlfriend, they've made that much obvious. He doesn't hate her, but he's starting to think that maybe he doesn't really love her either. The thing is, he has feelings for Andi, too, though he hasn't mentioned that to anyone at all. The other thing is, he knows that Andi has feelings for him as well.
But the other other thing is that Talon, Sabe's only other friend outside the Horsemen, has feelings for Andi. And since Sabien is currently involved with someone, Andi has been turning to Tal, and Sabe kind of wants to stick a spoon in his eye.
Whether he means Talon's eye or his own, he isn't sure.
7 - "You All Believe" by Danger Radio
Fabrizio is good at looking bored and arrogant at social functions. It could be because he is an arrogant teenager, and is usually bored at said functions, but he's developed the appearance to keep from being approached by his fellow classmates, most of whom he has no time for.
He hates that his pouty lips curl into a smile as Caspar approaches him, already cracky from the prom's punch.
"Baby," he purrs, taking Briz's hand. "Let's dance."
Briz's eyes widen and he is ready to protest, but Caspar, high on sugar, shakes his hips slowly and much too close to Briz's own. Cas gives him his big eyes, though tonight they're lidded, and Fabrizio can almost taste the lust coming off him as Cas leans in and purrs again, into his ear, "Please, baby?"
8 - "Tequila" by ... shit idek.
"TEQUILA!" Yanni yells, raising his shot glass in a toast and then tossing the liquor down his throat. It burns, bad, and he makes a face, wrinkling his noise and sticking out his tongue. He's relieved to see that Sabe has taken his own shot like a man, though there's an even worse grimace on the boy's face. Yanni claps him on the back, and Sabe coughs.
"You, bro, are now a man. Except that you're still a fucking virgin, but in all other ways, you're a man!"
Sabe pulls the collar of his shirt away and peers at his own chest. "I think I see hair growing!"
9 - "You Just May Be The One" by The Monkees
Yanni hates the dentist. This guy isn't exactly gentle, and fuck, if that drill isn't loud as hell. But what Yanni hates more than the stupid fucking man gouging out his teeth is the horrific music they play in the office. It's some fucking oldies station, and Yanni is absolutely pissed that he forgot his iPod as the dentist starts whistling behind his face mask.
10 - "23" by Jimmy Eat World (this song is seven and a half minutes long, so that's why this one's a little more extensive)
He thought he was doing well. He really did. He turned away a girl, after almost being tempted, and he thought Caspar would be proud of him. It wasn't like he went after her, it was just ... he forgot, for a minute. And it wasn't even like he really forgot, he just ... kind of wanted to check. Just to make sure.
But Caspar, god, fuck, he doesn't even know why, but Caspar has just left him. Not left the bed, not left the room, but left him. He left Fabrizio.
"You were just a good fuck," he'd said.
"You don't love me, you're just fucking obsessed with me," he'd said.
"I don't love you."
He was a liar. He was a filthy fucking liar and Briz hated him for doing this, fucking hated him. The worst part, though, Briz realized as he sobbed shamelessly against the brick facade of his dormitory, was that now he couldn't be sure what Caspar had been lying about. Was he lying when he said he didn't love him? Or had he been lying the whole time, since the beginning? Every time they made love, every time they confessed their feelings, every sweet word and emotion ... were they all lies?
Maybe they were.
After all, Briz was the one that confessed his feelings first.
Fabrizio cried harder.
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it’s over. No lingering afterwards!
4. Do ten of these, then post them.
I suppose I'm going to go with the Horsemen on this, though I'd like to try others as well, perhaps tonight.
1 - "Thunder" by Boys Like Girls
Fabrizio stalked through the crowded Manhattan streets, hands jammed deep in his pockets, ignoring the constant buzzing of his sidekick. He just didn't want to talk to anyone right now, especially not his mother, and particularly especially not the one he'd just gotten into yet another fight with - Caspar.
2 - "Down" by God Or Julie
He wasn't legal yet, but the impressive beard and equally impressive wad of cash was what got Yanni into the good city clubs. Truth be told, Yanni could sometimes look like he was pushing thirty, but there was a youthful glint in his eyes that, along with the breeding that came with his status, continuously brought the women in.
3 - "The Best Of You" by the Foo Fighters
It was stupid, really, that he was reacting like this, but for fuck's sake, he just couldn't help it. They'd all been together for over ten years, over a decade, and none of them had ever buddied up to anyone outside their clique before. Briz hated it. Sure, it could be argued that he and Yanni had always had girls that they were charming, laying it on thick enough to ensure that they'd be getting laid fairly regularly, and in fact, Briz had always been unusually decent to Izzy Rafferty, but he'd never really considered her to be a friend until recently. But there was a reason for that - she'd talked him through things, given him an outsider's perspective on what a complete dipshit he was being, and what an utter asshole he was being to Caspar.
4 - "Moan" by Cute Is What We Aim For
"Oh my god, you don't even know," Sabe slurs to Yanni, who actually giggles, a half-empty bottle of tequila between them on the carpet. "She makes these little noises, like, she actually moans for me!"
Yanni giggles again, because seriously, the concept of Sabe and quiet little Andi having sex is comical to him, especially when drunk.
Sabe frowns and points sloppily at Yan. "Hey. Hey, hey. No laughing. She's a sex kitten." He normally keeps these things quiet, respecting his girlfriend's privacy, but the tequila has loosened him substantially and he's just happy to finally be able to brag with his best friend.
5 - "Everything Went Numb" by Streetlight Manifesto
They're at a local karaoke bar, only because they were too bored sitting around each other's apartments in the rain, and there are no good movies playing. It was Sabe's idea to go karaoke-ing, but he's regretting it now, having chosen a ridiculously fast ska song to sing along with. Yanni, Briz, and Cas are all laughing hysterically as he tries desperately to keep up with the words on the screen, the mic nearly slipping from his sweaty palm. His eyes are ready to cross as he follows the words, and he's pretty sure he hasn't sung a real word the entire song.
6 - "Flypaper" by Allister
They haven't done this in a while, just had a good day out to themselves. Central Park is full of people enjoying the first warm, beautiful day of the summer, but as usual with the boys, no one else matters.
"You throw like a girl, you douchebag!" Yanni yells, diving for the frisbee that falls short, and he loses a flipflop in the process.
"I do not, shut the fuck up!" Fabrizio answers.
7 - "Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera, Pink, Mya, Lil Kim
Caspar hates women, especially women that use their body to make money. It stems from an incident on his thirteenth birthday, but the scars run so deep that even now, at twenty-two, an adult, and walking with the guys down Las Vegas Boulevard, the sight of showgirls on the street is enough to turn his stomach. He clings to Fabrizio's arm and glances up at his face to make sure Briz isn't gawking at the half-nude, feathered mess of a woman that is at the current street corner. Briz isn't, and that is a comfort, but he is looking slightly on edge, having his own issues with Sin City.
Yanni grins and raises his eyebrows at the woman, and he might be leering. He turns to Sabe and asks, "Did you see that one? Jesus fuck!" in a giddy voice. Sabe, however, refuses to get off the phone with his fiancee back in New York.
8 - "Hideaway" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Yanni tells himself that he's not an alcoholic, thinking with a buzzing grin, "Alcoholics go to meetings!"
He isn't really, he'd just rather have a drink than not have a drink, and he's built like an ox, so just one doesn't do much for him. The sheer volume of alcohol that he has to consume to get really, really drunk, will probably liquify his liver in a few years, but for now, he doesn't worry.
9 - "Seventeen Forever" by Metro Station
Their lips come together hard and desperate, and Briz can't deny that he's been thinking of this all night, all week, all month, ever since he first slept with Caspar. Since Cas sang that song for him earlier at the party, Briz hasn't been able to get his best friend off his mind. Cas on that stage, looking at him the way he did, that extra something in his voice ...
10 - "I Feel So" by Boxcar Racer
The water is the only thing filling his ears, the sound of his arms and legs splashing at the surface, muffled except for when he turns his head just enough to take a breath. He's on lap eighteen of god knows how many, just trying to swim out all the anger, all the hatred, so that he doesn't go and beat the ever-loving shit out of that Irish bastard he rooms with. There are things Fabrizio can handle like a normal, rational human being, like doing poorly on a test or spilling tomato sauce on his favorite hoodie, but the one thing he cannot handle is someone talking shit about his friends, his brothers. Zach needs his face punched in for what he said.
1 - "Superman" by Goldfinger
Sabe isn't sure if he's ever seen Caspar go so absolutely crazy before, but they did just feed him glazed donuts, waffles with extra syrup, and orange soda for breakfast.
Cas is chasing after Yanni on the sand, giggling and looking like a maniac as Briz and Sabe just laugh from the water. Whoever came up with the idea for this vacation is a genius. Oh wait, of course he's a genius, he's Sabe. He grins smugly to himself.
"I don't think I've ever seen Yanni move his fat ass so fast before." Briz laughs, splashing Sabe playfully.
"Cracky Cassie is something I'd run from, too," Sabe answers, and promptly jumps on top of Briz, pushing him under the water.
2 - "I'm Happy Just To Dance With You" by The Beatles
Andi secretly likes the Beastie Boys and romantic songs from the sixties, so after she shakes her pregnant belly to "Hey, Ladies," she smiles brightly at her new husband, Sabien, and shakes her pregnant belly to the Beatles. Sabien beams back at her, letting out an 'oof' every time her belly bumps his, but he keeps grinning and rubs it gently as they dance.
3 - "Awww Dip" by Cobra Starship
Yanni sometimes needs time away, to himself. Maybe it's because he's the oldest, the most mature, or because he's the poet. Most of the time he'll hold up in his apartment, just writing and enjoying peace and quiet.
But weekends like this, when his father is home and they're fighting like they never did before Jonas died, Yanni needs to get out of the city, and fast. He doesn't tell his parents, or the guys; he just takes off in his Jaguar and drives for hours.
4 - "Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You" by Linkin Park and Jay-Z
Briz bounces his head to the beat coming out of the speakers, focusing on the bass line and playing with a few of the hundreds of switches on the board in front of him. Growing up, he hadn't really paid any attention to anything that wasn't what Cas called "angry white boy music," but now that he was older, if only slightly more mature, he could appreciate any song that he heard. He could pick out the good parts, and hone in on the bits that needed improvement, and always could figure out the way to make the song as close to perfect as possible.
Flint is looking hopefully at him, still intimidated by Fabrizio after all their months working together.
"This is good, man." Briz offers, turning the volume down slightly. "You should show it to what's-his-fucking-face. Let him listen, see if he can put some rhymes down to it."
5 - "This Is Halloween" by Panic At The Disco
"This is fucking stupid." Briz says, sounding more afraid than pissed off as he looks around the dark room.
"It is not fucking stupid," Sabe answers, letting go of Briz's hand for a moment to punch him in the shoulder. "It's a fucking séance. It's Halloween. Have some Halloween spirit, and shut up, I'm trying to talk to Elvis." He takes Briz's hand again and makes googly eyes across their candlelit circle at Caspar, who is looking bored.
"Oh, The King, if you are here and want to speak," Sabe continues in a ceremonious voice, "come forth! And let us experience your rocking and rolling ways!"
Yanni chuckles into his shoulder so he doesn't let go of Cas or Sabe's hand, and so Sabien doesn't get pissed off. Thankfully Caspar voices what he's thinking.
"You know, for the smartest one out of all of us, sometimes you have the dumbest ideas."
6 - "The Pros and Cons of Breathing" by Fall Out Boy
He just doesn't understand how he got himself into this epic clusterfuck. It isn't like he did any of this on purpose, but Jesus H. Tap-dancing Christ On A Pogo Stick, if this isn't the most ridiculous situation he's ever even heard of, and he's smack dab in the middle of it.
He knows the boys hate his girlfriend, they've made that much obvious. He doesn't hate her, but he's starting to think that maybe he doesn't really love her either. The thing is, he has feelings for Andi, too, though he hasn't mentioned that to anyone at all. The other thing is, he knows that Andi has feelings for him as well.
But the other other thing is that Talon, Sabe's only other friend outside the Horsemen, has feelings for Andi. And since Sabien is currently involved with someone, Andi has been turning to Tal, and Sabe kind of wants to stick a spoon in his eye.
Whether he means Talon's eye or his own, he isn't sure.
7 - "You All Believe" by Danger Radio
Fabrizio is good at looking bored and arrogant at social functions. It could be because he is an arrogant teenager, and is usually bored at said functions, but he's developed the appearance to keep from being approached by his fellow classmates, most of whom he has no time for.
He hates that his pouty lips curl into a smile as Caspar approaches him, already cracky from the prom's punch.
"Baby," he purrs, taking Briz's hand. "Let's dance."
Briz's eyes widen and he is ready to protest, but Caspar, high on sugar, shakes his hips slowly and much too close to Briz's own. Cas gives him his big eyes, though tonight they're lidded, and Fabrizio can almost taste the lust coming off him as Cas leans in and purrs again, into his ear, "Please, baby?"
8 - "Tequila" by ... shit idek.
"TEQUILA!" Yanni yells, raising his shot glass in a toast and then tossing the liquor down his throat. It burns, bad, and he makes a face, wrinkling his noise and sticking out his tongue. He's relieved to see that Sabe has taken his own shot like a man, though there's an even worse grimace on the boy's face. Yanni claps him on the back, and Sabe coughs.
"You, bro, are now a man. Except that you're still a fucking virgin, but in all other ways, you're a man!"
Sabe pulls the collar of his shirt away and peers at his own chest. "I think I see hair growing!"
9 - "You Just May Be The One" by The Monkees
Yanni hates the dentist. This guy isn't exactly gentle, and fuck, if that drill isn't loud as hell. But what Yanni hates more than the stupid fucking man gouging out his teeth is the horrific music they play in the office. It's some fucking oldies station, and Yanni is absolutely pissed that he forgot his iPod as the dentist starts whistling behind his face mask.
10 - "23" by Jimmy Eat World (this song is seven and a half minutes long, so that's why this one's a little more extensive)
He thought he was doing well. He really did. He turned away a girl, after almost being tempted, and he thought Caspar would be proud of him. It wasn't like he went after her, it was just ... he forgot, for a minute. And it wasn't even like he really forgot, he just ... kind of wanted to check. Just to make sure.
But Caspar, god, fuck, he doesn't even know why, but Caspar has just left him. Not left the bed, not left the room, but left him. He left Fabrizio.
"You were just a good fuck," he'd said.
"You don't love me, you're just fucking obsessed with me," he'd said.
"I don't love you."
He was a liar. He was a filthy fucking liar and Briz hated him for doing this, fucking hated him. The worst part, though, Briz realized as he sobbed shamelessly against the brick facade of his dormitory, was that now he couldn't be sure what Caspar had been lying about. Was he lying when he said he didn't love him? Or had he been lying the whole time, since the beginning? Every time they made love, every time they confessed their feelings, every sweet word and emotion ... were they all lies?
Maybe they were.
After all, Briz was the one that confessed his feelings first.
Fabrizio cried harder.