no snakes on the tour bus

finn daley. 25. he/they. NEXUS.

[finndaley]

“Compared to me, you are. How old are you anyway?” Aspen asked curiously, not even sure if he was older than he looked. He definitely looked like a teenager to her. “Me neither,” she agreed, though she never would’ve classified herself as a celebrity to anyone. Their band had gained notoriety, sure, but people weren’t recognizing her on the street and falling all over her yet. “Oh good. I don’t either. I’m always weird and awkward. I was born that way I think. I don’t think I’m what anyone expects a ‘rock star’ to be.”

"Uh, twenty five." It was such a weird, middle feeling age - Not super young, not a teen, but not really old enough to feel old. "It kinda just.. I mean, y'know, everyone is just a person? I just wish everyone would.. Get that. But, y'know, I mean. We're just doing what we enjoy, right? I mean, um.." He said, somewhat awkward. "I know I am."

[finndaley]

thatdrummerjasey‌:

“I honestly have no idea why somebody didn’t have it earlier, it would have given us so much more time to practice, especially for those not familiar with high school musical. Yeah that might be a bit tricky, would be a mess too.”

"See, I'd say next time," Finn begun, with a heavy sigh. "But I don't know where else we're going to stop that has been the setting of one of the most iconic musical masterpieces of all time. So I suppose we'll just have to let this dream go. It’s tragic, really.”

[finndaley]

aspenstevensen‌:

“Oh. I think I’m too old. Ugh. I hate saying that. It makes me feel ancient.” Which she was, in comparison with Finn at least. He seemed nervous but Aspen hoped she could clear that up. She was the last person someone should feel nervous around. “Wow. Yes, I know what you mean. I am so sorry. That sounds horrible. I can promise you I’m not gonna say anything like that to you, ever. Not that you aren’t adorable, but…anyway.” She was feeding off of his nervous energy, babbling as she shook her head in disbelief at her own words. “I suck at talking to people like a normal human being. My bad.”

"You could think of it like, uh. Like I'm just, a kid, if that makes you feel better." Finn replied with a slightly awkward laugh. He didn't feel like a kid (especially not when some of the musicians on tour were, what, like, nineteen? Eighteen?), but he knew that he would be the one not getting references in at least a few years. "Nah, it's.. I mean, it sucks, but I guess that's the whole.. Celebrity thing. Still not really too great at  that." He shook his head. "Don't worry about it. Don't tell anyone, but I don't know anything about being a real person."

[finndaley]

valentinbelrose‌:

shifting his weight from one foot to the other, valentin wasn’t sure what he wanted to do. although he knew he would be comfortable waiting by himself rather than with emery’s friend, he figured that it would be impolite to refuse the other’s offer to wait inside. and as he thought about it, he couldn’t help but to like the idea of waiting in emery’s bus, even when his friend wasn’t there. “yeah, okay, thank you.” he smiled a little, stepping up and into the bus as he was allowed to. “can’t say no to a coffee this time in the morning i suppose.” he laughed a little to himself, knowing he had already reached his caffeine limit for this morning - but that wouldn’t stop him from drinking another cup, which was his usual routine if he was honest. “i guess you guys share this bus then, huh?” he felt a little jealous for the first time in a while, causing him to bite his bottom lip as he attempted to push those feelings away.

"Right?" Finn said, with a grin, holding open the door for the boy. He knew it was kind of cliche and stupid but he'd always been a 'can't get anything done before my coffee' sort of person. Although, he was also the kind of person who preferred a sugared up cup of starbucks to plain black coffee. "Uh, yeah, sorry it's kind of messy." He laughed, actually a little embarrassed. "I swear, we usually clean up." He realized that there were probably a lot of time when he was talking about himself and Emery like they were a couple or something - But it wasn't like that, not really, at least he told himself. Being a we didn't mean a couple. It could mean lots of things. "But yeah, this is it. You want the, like, grand tour?"

[finndaley]

emersxns‌:

emery only responded with a rather pathetic excuse for a pout when his demands were shot down. at the end of the day, however, the blonde would travel to all ends of the earth if finn asked for it. “fine,” emery sighed, easily caving with a playful smile, “but only for lemon… and i guess it’s kind of hard to say ‘no’ when you get all excited like this.” gaze narrowing, he peered at his friend with the utmost intensity, as though he even had the capability of appearing threatening in the first place. “but you better not forget about paris.”

"And this is why I love you more than anything else in the world." Finn said, smiling. It might sound like he was exaggerating, and sure, if you asked him, that's how he'd play it. But in reality, yeah. Em was practically his soulmate, if soulmates were a thing. "I'll never forget about Paris. I promise, I pinky promise, even. "

[finndaley]

bartenderbailey‌:

“Kelsey!” Bailey recalled with an unparalleled level of excitement, grinning. “I mean, yeah, she resonated with me too, but probably for different reasons.” They chuckled at the memory, having a crush on the piano player rather than on Sharpay or Gabriella. “I had such a crush on her. Maybe one of the first girls I ever realized I was attracted to.”

"Oh, I mean she was definitely bi. Or maybe I'm projecting, but.. Yeah, no, no way she was straight." Finn said, with a slight laugh. "And Ryan was gay. But we all kind of knew that, right?" Honestly, Finn had probably projected his sexuality onto at least a dozen Disney channel characters. It was the only thing he’d really felt like he could do, when he was faced without any real representation, to simply make it up himself. 

[finndaley]

thatdrummerjasey‌:

“Thank you, I tend to do that at times.”She chuckled a little. “Nobody would feel left out. I’m sure that there is enough songs to go around everybody, means we get one song each or some might have to share.”

"I think if we take into account the entire high school musical franchise, there's definitely enough to go around. Sharing, if necessary. Really, I don't know why no one had this idea earlier, though, because now it's a little late to start practicing." Finn said, matter of factly. “It might be hard to get everyone on board so impromptu.”

[finndaley]

aspenstevensen‌:

“The name sounds vaguely familiar. I can’t say I’ve seen it.” Aspen couldn’t help but feel completely out of touch, or old.. She didn’t know what was worse. “Sorry. I think I’m a lot older than you. Probably have different experiences, media wise.” She shrugged, relaxing next to him as much as she could, but letting out a sigh. “Yeah, what kind of weird shit? Like thirsty comments and stuff?” She knew how girls on instagram could be. Even she had gotten her share of it.

"Yeah, it's kind of um, uh.. It was a Disney Channel movie, I think.. Nevermind." He was starting to feel a little bit stupid, and awkward - He could do people things pretty well, until there was any kind of small weird thing, and then everything fell apart. "Yeah, really weird stuff, of the sexual nature - Like you know when you see something and then it's like, shit, I can never unsee that?"

[finndaley]

emersxns‌:

“alright then, mysterious one, shouldn’t you go back to being quiet then?” if the playfully sarcastic quirk of his brow didn’t do it, the lopsided smile across emery’s face proved his words weren’t to be taken seriously. it was a bittersweet feeling that came along with the mention of ‘home’, however, he’d learned long ago that home wasn’t always a place. pondering the thought, he’d taken to absentmindedly toying with finn’s hand in his grasp. “where will we go after? —you know, when all this is said and done…?” suddenly, his lips curled into a grin. “because i vote something like paris, just saying.”

"Hmm." Finn said, really pondering. "Paris sounds cool. But before that we have to scoop up Lemon and take her on an epic road trip because she missed this one. I want a picture of her in front of the grand canyon. And um. The statue of liberty. OH, and the Hollywood sign. You know I always really wanted to sneak up and get close to the Hollywood sign, so can we do that, y'know, before Paris?"

[finndaley]

valentinbelrose‌:

the young boy stopped looking for emery the second he found out that he wasn’t there, and he couldn’t help but to feel even more disappointed now. he really had his heart set on seeing him today. “oh.” he frowned, not sure what to do now. he supposed he could always text him - so he nodded as finn suggested that - but he also wanted to somehow ensure he’d be able to see emery as soon as possible. because of that, waiting also seemed to be the right option. “waiting for him sounds good, i can just hang out out here.” he really didn’t know finn that well yet, so he didn’t want to force the other person to hang out with him alone.

"You can come in, y'know," Finn said, laughing lightly and holding the bus door open. "I was gonna make some coffee, you can sit down, y'know, any friend of Em is a friend of mine and shit." He also didn't want to force one of Emery's friends to feel weird and just stand around outside, even if it was Val’s suggestion from the start. 

[finndaley]

valentinbelrose‌:

valentin had decided quickly that emery was his favourite person on the tour - actually, they might be his favourite person ever at the moment. even though the two barely knew each other, it was safe to say that the young boy had developed a very big crush, and so it wasn’t surprising in the slightest that valentin had decided to make his way over to emery’s bus immediately after he had gotten ready for the day.

when finn was the one to open the door, the smile on valentin’s face dropped before he even had the chance to pretend he wasn’t disappointed. he understood that finn was of course the other half of nexus, so it made sense for him to be there, but the young boy had just really been looking forward to seeing emery. “yeah, uhh, is he here?” he looked past the other person, tilting his head to see into the bus as best as he could, searching for his friend.

Finn shook his head. Honestly, he had no idea where Emery had gone, or might have gone, maybe out for food, or something like that. "No, he was gone when I got up, but I , uh. Could shoot him a text? Or, um. You could." He said, somewhat awkwardly reaching for his phone before realizing it was in the pocket of his jeans, not his pajama pants. "He might be back soon, though, you could wait for him."

[fresh-hot-rp-memes]

☆♬○♩●♪✧Fleetwood Mac Starters☆♬○♩●♪✧

Change pronouns as needed

“It all comes down to you.”

“I’ve been afraid of changing because I’ve built my life around you.”

“Time makes you bolder.”

“I’m getting older.”

“Did she make you cry? Make you break down? Shatter your illusions of love?”

“Rock on gold dust woman.”

“Is it over now?”

“Do you know how to pick up the pieces and go home?”

“Rulers make bad lovers.”

“She’s a lot like you.”

“Tell me sweet little lies.”

“You make loving fun.”

“Won’t you lay me down in the tall grass and let me do my stuff?”

“I’m just second-hand news.”

“Was it worth it?”

“You won’t forget me.”

“I know I could have loved you but you would not let me.”

“I will follow you down until the sound of my voice will haunt you.”

“You will never get away from the sound of the woman that loved you.”

“Who am I to keep you down?”

“Players only love you when they’re playing.”

“Have you any dreams you’d like to sell?”

“I keep my visions to myself.”

“The heartbeat drives you mad in the stillness of remembering what you had, and what you lost.”

“Go your own way.”

“Wouldn’t you love to love her?”

“Damn your love, damn your lies.”

“Damn the dark, damn the light.”

“I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain.”

[finndaley]

@valentinbelrose​

Honestly, Finn wasn't sure what time it was. But when he rolled over, the spot where Em had been sleeping was empty, so it had to be kind of late. Not so late he'd missed a show, or anything, but late enough that his friend was already up and doing things. And, as he forced himself into real clothes and squinted at his phone screen, he heard.. A knock, on the bus door?  

God. Finn was not the kind of person who did well with visitors this early in the morning, and on top of that, the bus wasn't necessarily clean. But he headed to the front and pushed open the door, to see a younger boy. "Um, sorry, you... Looking for Em?"

[finndaley]

emersxns‌:

“and i get called the dramatic one,” emery all but scoffed with an entirely harmless roll of his eyes, practically proving why he would rightfully earn the title. falling silent, his gaze fixed somewhere distant as he contemplated the thought. however, thoughts trailed from a million cities to only the fingers raking through his hair. “there’s—… maybe.” incredibly insightful. but a lopsided grin soon crept across his face. “and guess what? every single one of them would be better than home.”

"But you are the dramatic one, Em. You're the dramatic one, I'm the quiet and mysterious one, didn't we agree when we started that we'd stick to our roles?" He sighed heavily, faking irritation, but could barely keep it up before he started laughing.  "Well, you're very, very right about that. But it doesn't take much, y'know."

[finndaley]

aspenstevensen‌:

“Bet On It? What’s that?” Aspen asked, not sure if the question was posed to her or not. She didn’t recognize the name of the song as she had been too old for High School Musical when it had come out. “Yeah, I don’t know. Blow Me doesn’t really do a ton of covers.” She laughed, glancing at his screen before commenting, “Nice picture. Do you do the whole band instagram thing, or just your personal one?”

"It's - Um -" Finn paused, not exactly sure how to react. "You know, High School Musical? It's.. Was set in Albuquerque? I was..” He shook his head. “Was a joke, nevermind. I really doubt anyone would actually do that. I mean, I’d be surprised in a good way, but I doubt it.” He laughed, and then remembered what he’d been doing before. “Oh! Uh, yeah, I mean, we have one. I had mine, or I have it, but people would comment weird shit, so.. Don’t post a lot.”

[finndaley]

bartenderbailey‌:

Bailey couldn’t help but snort at his question, because the thought of literally anyone on the tour doing a cover of the song from High School Musical 2 was absolutely hilarious. “You’re not serious. I don’t think anyone here would do that, but it would be pretty damn entertaining.” They plopped down next to him, glancing at his computer screen with amusement. “Wow, that’s a lot of filters. So, are you a big High School Musical fan, then?”

"Oh, the biggest." Finn said, a bit deadpan, and then laughed, shaking their head. "I'm kidding. I'd say I'm just your garden variety 'kid who saw that movie when they were like 12 and so feels slight nostalgia and all'. But seriously, Bet On It is kind of a bop. And also, that girl who played piano? Really resonated with me.”

[finndaley]

emersxns‌:

@finndaley

another successful set. by now, things seemed to be falling into a routine. sure, the nerves still struck before taking the stage, but emery had long since realized that complete failure was impossible for as long as finn was at his side. the blonde was still mentally reeling from the earlier burst of adrenaline— his mind moving a mile a minute despite feeling physically spent. he had conjured up his last ounce of energy to unceremoniously flop down onto the sofa, where his head found a makeshift pillow in his bandmate’s lap. “one more down, and—….” pausing, he attempted to count on his fingers for a few beats of silence before seemingly giving up and peering up at the other, “—how many more to go?”

Finn easily found their hands running absentmindedly through Em's hair, trying to hold back a yawn. And failing. "Uhhh.. A million. A million and one. We're playing every single city and small town in the country." He gave a light laugh, and leaned back against the couch. "How many cities do you think there actually are, though? There's gotta be at least a million."