BuzzFeed Unsolved Starco AU
Marco is Shane, Star is Ryan :3c
You know maybe I’ll make this a part thingie. Look at me being ambitious when I’ve never even written fanfiction before. How long will that last?
Also I barely edited because it’s 2 in the morning and my face hurts.
“MARCO!” I called in the loudest whisper I could manage as I tried to get my coworker’s attention from across the crowded office. Miraculously, he heard me and he looked up ever so slightly, already trying to analyze why I might be calling him. He’s perfect, he’s just what the show needs.
I quickly tiptoed over to his slide-y chair and he merely shifted his gaze to my face.
“Marco!” I repeated, “I need someone to help me do this new series for the blue channel, and Janna said you were a skeptic so I think you’d be good for it.” I rambled quickly and Marco thankfully looked intrigued.
“What do you need a skeptic for?” He asked and I smiled because this must mean I got him.
“It's for the Unsolved thing I used to do with Pony Head but we got into some...issues.” I paused for a second awkwardly as my mind wandered, but then got back to the matter at hand. “We talk about murders and ghosts and fun stuff!” I clasped my hands excitedly to emphasize my statement and beamed as Marco smiled, seemingly convinced.
“Well I’m sure this old skeptic could be of service to you,” he said as he straightened an invisible tie, “when are we shooting?” he asked.
“Oh, in like, ten minutes, but it's no big, your part’s unscripted,” I checked my watch, “but we should go now anyways, so up, up, up!” I ushered him out of his chair and he hastily followed me to the room we were recording in. I loved the set for this show; it had so many spooky things, like skulls and dark lighting.
“Here we are!” I said. I excitedly showed him to his chair, I picked up my folder with my notes inside and took Marco through a visual tour. I motioned to all the creepy stuff in glee, as I was proud of the establishment. Janna and I had worked so hard getting all this stuff cheap, so I was gonna show it off.
Speaking of Janna, she smiled knowingly as she saw Marco settle into his new seat.
“Took my advice, eh?” She nudged me with her elbow. I nodded earnestly and hugged my folder to my chest as I watched Marco take in the room.
“I'm so glad you mentioned him, I forgot about his two hour rant about how the Blair Witch Project was clearly a murder mystery and that just screams Non-Believer.” I managed to stop myself from squee-ing, “It might be tough, but it’s definitely a plus to get the other perspective in the show. And Marco’s hilarious so this is gonna be great!” I finally couldn’t help it. I let out a squee.
Janna looked at me like I was a camera on The Office but I took no notice. I was too excited to get into the theories. This episode was a fun one.
Sighing, Janna brought me back down to Earth and gently pushed me in the direction of my chair and I realized I should sit down so the crew could set up the rest of the lights.
Marco turned to me with a smile and he said, “So, what are we talking about today?”
My eyes lit up with anticipation and I told him so he wouldn’t be caught off guard.
“We’re talking about the illuminati.” I said with glee.
He laughed and raised an eyebrow.
“Really? The triangle society?” He laughed again.
I felt slightly defensive, but I didn’t let it show.
“It’s not just triangles, besides I bet you don’t know where it all starts or any of the evidence for it in recent times. This is an educational show, Marco.” I said pointedly.
He smirked at me, “Oh, I’m sure I’ll learn a whole lot.”
Satisfied with his answer, I smiled again until a post-it on my folder fell into my eye line.
“Ooo! Before I forget, clear your schedule for all of thursday we’re going ghost hunting. Also we need to go to Mexico. And Kansas.” I flicked off the post-it as it had served its purpose and Marco followed it with eyes as he slowly absorbed the information.
He broke through the shock in broken sentences.
“Gh-ghost? Hunting? Why Mexico and when Mexico and, what?!” He scooched his chair closer to me and his eyes met mine and all I could see in them was confusion.
“I need you to repeat...everything you just said, but just, just pace yourself,” he said carefully.
I figured first comes first. “Thursday, can you go ghost hunting? Also, I wanted to meet with a priest, so it’ll literally be all day thursday.” I asked slowly.
He nodded dumbly before voicing his answer as well.
“Y-yeah I do Thursday.” Marco cleared his throat, erupting from his shock, “I didn’t realize you’d actually want to attempt to contact the ghosts that are clearly not real.”
I made a noise that was half offended, half confused.
“You-You can’t say definitively that ghosts don’t exist, that’s why we gotta find them.” I said matter-of-factly.
“Yes, because they are hiding and my charm will draw them out, those silly demon boys.” Marco said mockingly.
“You laugh, but you shall seeee.” I said in a spooky voice. Marco chuckled and I joined him playfully until Janna got our attention to start filming.
I carefully restacked my papers in an anchor-like way and looked to my Marco dramatically, only to be caught slightly off-guard when I noticed he had been staring at me.
A nervous laugh erupted from me awkwardly and I tried to cover it up with a falsely confident “You, uh, you ready?”
Marco backtracked from his staring almost immediately and cleared his throat, before saying “yeah, yup, totally...ready.”
“Okay.” I said, turning away from him, as a funny feeling in my stomach grew. I shook it off and yelled, “Janna!”
Janna answered my yell with a suspiciously sweet “What?” from behind the white filming line.
“We ready to, uh, to start?” I asked, noting that Marco’s demeanor was slowly shifting back to his casual self. Which got me to settle back into a more comfortable state as well.
Janna only gave a thumbs up in response and our camera guy Adam said, “Anytime you wanna start, Star.”
I nodded affirmatively and snuck a glance at Marco. He smiled at me encouragingly and so I opened my folder to start, knowing this was going to be a tricky first shoot but Marco and I would grow into this show more over time. The ghost hunting was gonna be so much fun too. And less scary since Marco would be there.
I took a deep breath and looked straight into the camera to begin.
“This week, on BuzzFeed Unsolved…”
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