The Kid's a lyrical genius

You already know who it is, Kid Grantwood, AKA the dude you can say you knew before he hit the big leagues. Your boy is about to take off in a big way.

[s-hawkins]

"You did it again, didn't you?" She asked him, with a shake of her head. "Why do we meal prep if you're not going to take food to the studio with you?" Siobhan scolded him, in only the way she and well, his mother could. "Not only does it help make sure you don't come back to me starving, but you need food to help that brain of yours create what is surely going to be the next record of the year winner." She said, as she draped her arms around his neck and placed a quick kiss to his lips. "... don't think I'm forgetting about the whole starving things but you do know I live for a CD Peacock moment."

[kingkidgrantwood]

"I might of, but that ADHD hits different when I..." He rushed out the next part, "Also forget to take my Adderall. But I got you, I promise next week I'm not gonna leave this house without my baby's meal prep in hand." The jewelry store suggestion wasn't intended to soften the edges of Kid's slip up, but it had and he was going to run with it. "Alright then, let's go get dressed, dress code is 'Rolex wants us to be the face of their shit' realness." He told her then picked her up bridal style, heading towards their staircase leading to their room.

[s-hawkins]

"Now, you know I do." She said, her face scrunched as other than Soren, no one knew her better than the man by her side. "Absolutely?" Siobhan repeated after her man, laughing at his blatant honesty. "I suppose you're right. There's only space on this earthly realm for someone that talented and that is my queen, Beyonce. But we are gonna give Jay and her a lil run for their money now." She teased, knowing that Kid and her could never. But that didn't mean that they weren't about to forge their own lane. His quite nice arms found themselves wrapped around her, Siobhan leaning back into his embrace. "I feel like today calls for a trip into the city, no?" She asked, turning so that she was facing him. "I'm calling Oriole for our table."

[kingkidgrantwood]

Not quite secretly, but inwardly Kid thought the two of them could pass Jay and Beyonce', obviously it wasn't an apples to apples comparison but they were on the trajectory to be something like the two of them of their generation, and Kid was nothing if not competitive and ambitious. That wasn't why he loved Siobhan though, what they had rooted and bloomed independent of their careers, aspirations or anything - that they supported one another and understood each other's drive was a testament to their bond, not a product of it. "Hell yeah, because I'm about to eat so much, I'm starving. But let's go to CD Peacock after, I want to get us something to commemorate the moment."

[s-hawkins]

"Which we will." She interjected quickly, as she had no doubts. Kid and herself were as business oriented as they were gorgeous. "Don't you start with that dynasty talk." Siobhan teased, pressing another kiss to his cheek. She was still missing a certain shimmery accessory on her ring finger before they began on that route. But knowing he wanted to lay the ground work so that any kids they could or might have, it just made her love him all that much more. "Oh, are you throwing shade?" She asked, pulling back from him with a nod of her head as she got herself up from the couch. "Keep that up and you're going to get real acquainted with that couch tonight."

[kingkidgrantwood]

"Come on you're telling me you don't love dynasty talk?" Kid knew none of that came before a marriage and he was absolutely going to do that, it was only a matter of time though, and he absolutely wasn't about to do it now when Siobhan's friend was proposing to his girl, and on top of that he had goals he wanted to accomplish before he popped the question, and though he was nearly there, nearly wasn't good enough, not for Siobhan. "Absolutely, but it's cool because it makes sense. If on top of everything else that you are you could blow too? That's too much power. Of course, he followed her off of the couch, and wrapped his arms around her from behind, "I don't know about all of that. We're celebrating tonight, girl. Where do you want to go?"

[s-hawkins]

"I believe it'd actually be the perfect first step." Siobhan told her man, giddy at the thought. What better way to let the world know that they were taking this huge step than with a stellar campaign. She could already picture how ecstatic Dylan and her sister would be— knowing that Soren be the first to throw them a party for this occasion. "An empire." She repeated after him, her heart skipping a beat at that moment. Now, she'd always been able to stand on her own besides Kid, intentionally so as she never just wanted to be 'his girl' but now she wore that title happily. She was Kid Grantwood's girl. "Now, why would you want that?" Siobhan laughed, shaking her head. "You've heard me sing, baby." She was not going to mess up one of his tracks with that foolishness. "The most you can get out of me, is perhaps an interlude or an outro very a la Zoe Kravitz at the end of Passionfruit. If you want that, I would be more than happy to oblige."

[kingkidgrantwood]

"First an empire, then after we completely body that we'll transition into a dynasty." They were both ambitious despite their different mediums, and Kid was happy that their ambition could converge like this. "I was not talking about singing Zoe at the end of passionfruit was more of what I was thinking yeah. I'm trying to sell songs not get sued because of them."

[s-hawkins]

The brand. Siobhan found herself smiling brighter at the thought. It was logically the next step for them, after having been together for as long as they'd been. They shared so much of their lives; from their beautiful home to their pets (shout out to Jigga and Flavor Flav )— why not an LLC as well. "Oh, really?" Siobhan asked her boyfriend. "I have to say whoever's the head of marketing over at Rolex definitely has taste." She took of her boyfriend's free hand, idly playing with it as he spoke on the avenues that'd been presented to him thus far. "I love the idea of that." She found herself laughing as he spoke of their features. Now Siobhan was quite humble when it came to her boyfriend and her looks, but she wasn't blind. She knew that Kid and herself were just about one of the hottest couples she knew. Their face cards would never decline. Siobhan leaned in closer, pressing her lips to Kid's cheek. "You know had you asked fourteen year old Siobhan if she'd find herself here, with you, with offers to a face for Rolex and start a skincare line..." She said, it now being her turn to pepper kisses all over his face. "I think I would have said that sounds about right." Siobhan pulled away with a small laugh.

[kingkidgrantwood]

"Yeah, and it makes since though right? I think luxury and I think of us. Baby, we are a luxury brand." Of the two of them, Kid was the most likely to brag, what with Siobhan being a proper southern belle and all, so when she talked her shit, it never failed to amuse Kid in the best way, "Facts, baby." He laughed as she kissed all over his face. "So that's what you want to pursue first? I mean we're building an empire so all of it will come eventually, but this is what you want to be first up? I'm defaulting to you for last say on this one." There was a lot of legal bull shit that would come with the creation of the brand, nothing either of them were unfamiliar with at this point, but here and now Kid could just celebrate the W with his girlfriend. "You know what's crazy though? We're about to have a whole joint business portfolio and to this day I still haven't been able to get you to feature on any of my songs in any capacity."

[s-hawkins]

Siobhan had been marking dates off in her calendar, notedly a very important dinner that Stefan McKibbon need Kid and herself in attendance for when Kid had spoken up. She bit down on her lower lip as he spoke, knowing that they hadn't exactly broached the topic since the offer had been put on the table. A brand. Kid and Siobhan. She was still wrapping her head around the thought. Yes, they'd been this very forward facing couple and they had been for quite sometime now... but their endeavors had never really mixed. "It's definitely on me, I know." Siobhan playfully groaned as she made her way over to her man, happy to find herself in his arms. Her favorite place to be, quite honestly. His lips soon found themselves at her neck, laughter leaving her as he kissed at her skin. "What? No." Siobhan shook her head, bringing her hands up to the sides of Kid's face. "No. That's not it. At all." She spoke, her eyes looking directly into his. "It's more like of a whoa. Once we take this step, we're us. And I'm just taking that in, that's all." Siobhan said, the thought of that bringing a big smile onto her features. "But I do want to know what's our first order of business? What does Summer have in mind for us?"

[kingkidgrantwood]

"As far as I'm concerned it's been us since…shit middle school but I know what you mean - us, the brand." That too could have an asterisk because they'd been a couple in the public eye for a long time and Para socially, there were plenty of people already invested in their relationship, putting an LLC behind their endeavor made it a new thing though, and Kid could appreciate that. He got off of Siobhan and made room for himself on the couch, then wrapped his arm around her while he scrolled. "Okay well before we jump into that, we got a new endorsement offer from Rolex, she thinks whatever we go with, we should at least announce it in tandem when the ads go live. Really we can go with whatever avenue we want, but she's partial to a his and hers skincare line, clothing line, perfume/cologne. Those are her big 3. I like the idea of a skincare line. These faces aren't flawless for nothing."

[kingkidgrantwood]

"You know if you keep making me look like a flake like this I'm gonna have to tell Summer I'm not actually the one holding up the process. Come here." Kid beckoned to Siobhan, putting his phone down after reading another email imploring him to set up a meeting about building a brand specifically with Siobhan. They had options of course and Kid's manager very much wanted to explore those options but to date Siobhan hadn't given him a solid date on when they could do that. Kid wasn't sure where the apprehension was coming from or if there was at all but he was done with guessing and decide to do a crazy little thing called conversing with his partner. He got up and scooped Siobhan into his arms effortlessly, spinning around a few times as he made his way to their couch that he tossed her on then got on top of her and nipped at her neck with frantic kisses, "Talk to me, babe. You getting cold feet about mixing business with personal?"

@s-hawkins

[kingkidgrantwood]

wyattsaugis​:

“If you can do it when I’m here and you can kiss me that would be ideal.” She nodded as he explained his situation to her. There was a lot about it that she didn’t like, of course. They finally crossed the line from friends to more than friends and they had to do it in secret while the rest of the world thought he was falling for one of the hottest women she’s ever seen. “I wouldn’t ask you to stop just because I finally spoke up about my feelings for you. Okay, a couple of months isn’t too bad. I can do this behind closed doors for a couple of months.” A thought occurred to her that she hadn’t considered yet. “Wait, do you want to do this with me for that long? I just realized I don’t know what you’re thinking about me– us?”

*

"That would be ideal? Say less." Donnie leaned in this time and kissed Noah, but there were real things needing to be discussed and Adonis didn't want to just pretend like there wasn't or try and breeze past it. His smile grew as she kept speaking and Donnie squeezed her hips with a chuckle, "Breathe, Noah. Alright? I want to do this with you, yeah of course, but my only caveat is that I don't want to jump straight into a title just because of the pressure of what I've got going on. I don't want to short cut us so I'd like to you know, take you out on a date and we can see what happens and hopefully, we're doing something official."

[kingkidgrantwood]

wyattsaugis​:

Noah’s smile grew at the line. Donnie was a smooth talker but she’d never had it focused on her like this. It set butterflies off in her stomach like nothing she’d felt before. “Don’t feel self conscious about it. I like knowing you’ve been thinking about my lips.” She licked her lips and watched his. Her fingertips started to lightly drag along his neck as he explained things to her. “So as far as the world knows, you’re together. Holding hands and I’m guessing kissing and everything? I don’t love that part.” Her nose scrunched at the thought but she didn’t move away from him. “And it’s to help boost your names, right? Two big names dating makes their names even bigger? Is there a timeline in mind? Like, do you have an end point?”

*

"Say less, I'll make sure to let you know when I'm thinking about your lips in one way or another." It was a little bit of a challenge to concentrate with Noah's fingers dragging along  his neck the way they were, but it was important so he made it happen. "Yeah, I feel you but I'm committed, stopping now isn't really that much of an option for a few different reasons." He nodded, "Yeah pretty much. tentatively, a couple of months and then we're done with the option to see where we are after that. It’d be a waste of our time to do all of this and nothing comes of it you know? If we establish ourselves in the consciousness the way we want to then we’re done after that."

[kingkidgrantwood]

wyattsaugis​:

“Karma’s coming for me, huh? And are you karma in this scenario? Because if you’re not but you’re already not trying to help me out of a bind anymore we might have something bigger to talk about.” Noah went right along with him just talking. It was unclear whether the words were processing through her brain at all or if she was just talking for the sake of talking to him more. Being this close to him was new. She thought she’d be awkward or timid but she was surprised to find how relaxed she felt in his arms. She tilted up her chin and caught his lips in another kiss. This one was slower and less impulsive but no less passionate. “So you’ve imagined my lips, hm? I believe that you’re into me now if that helps. As for the rest of the day… How about we do a lot more of this? But I also wouldn’t mind hearing about what I should expect going forward at some point. I get that it’s fake but it might help if you prep me on the details.” 

*

"Nah, I don't want to be anyone but Donnie right now, Karma doesn't get to be this close to you." Donnie's smooth talk was indicative that he was relaxing into circumstances, "I might have , but now that I know you've been thinking about mine, I don't have to feel all that self conscious about it." There was something Donnie was finding deeply attractive about the way Noah was taking so well to this dynamic, honestly Donnie would think he would have had to pull her out of her shell, but he was happy to see that was hardly the case as made evidence  in how she kissed him again, "I'm with it. Alright so let me see. Basically when she and I are outside we're supposed to act like a new couple, at first keeping it coy but in a month or so yeah, we'll make it official but behind closed doors we're just trying to be friends. It's like acting almost, that's what my PR person positioned it as."

[kingkidgrantwood]

wyattsaugis​:

“I have to roast you a little for that, don’t I? Bold move on my part, huh? I didn’t know I had it in me.” The tension that had been building in her all day worked its way out in that kiss. Her hands held firm at the sides of Donnie’s neck as she shut out all of her thoughts and enjoyed the moment for all it was. She’d built it up to be a big possible moment for them but it turned out to be better than she imagined. “Don’t tempt me with a good time, Donnie. Now that I know what it feels like to kiss you it’s entirely possible I won’t stop.” She draped her arms around his neck as she nodded up at him. “I think so, yeah. My brain might need a little time to catch up to what’s happening but I’m happy. That’s all I care about right now.” Noah would think hard about this later and she’d probably need to talk to him about some details soon but she wanted to live in the moment for now. “What are you thinking about right now? Are you good?”

"Real bold, Do what you have to do but karma might come for you and I won't be able to really do anything to help that." Donnie was talking shit, not at all concerned about if it made much sense, all focused on Noah and the way they were touching in a way that was completely foreign to them, "Then don't stop, I can't see it in me to complain." He tugged at her hips for a moment, teasing and still getting used to the dynamic they'd found themselves in physically for the moment, Donnie being fairly physical in an intimate situation. "Okay, yeah I'm happy too. We can talk whenever you need. I'm thinking about a lot right now honestly. How those lips are sweeter than I always imagined, how to reassure you that I'm into when I need to, how the rest of the day is gonna go, but I'm good."

[kingkidgrantwood]

wyattsaugis​:

“You weren’t supposed to tell anyone about that? And you folded that quickly? Pathetic. What’s it been, 12 hours?” She shook her head at him. She was trying to look disappointed but pretty sure she wouldn’t be winning any acting awards. Noah was struck by the realization that the ball was in her court. She wasn’t sure what the right move would be. There was a small nagging voice telling her she wouldn’t want to be somebody’s secret. But there was also a very big, very loud part of her wanted to say screw it and finally know what it felt like to kiss the guy she’d been thinking about kissing for months. “I’ve always thought sneaking around sounded kind of sexy, don’t you think?” Mind made up, Noah took the leap and closed the distance between them.

*

"Alright not too much on folding. I can handle a secret, but the crazy part is this shorty I thought only liked me as a friend only decided to tell me she's into me because she thought I had a girlfriend now. I fold for you, you really gonna roast me for that?" The end of his words took the tone of daring her to confirm. He was attempting to keep things light but Noah was dragging out a more definitive reaction, leaving Donnie out there on the line a little. Finally she kissed him, and Donnie kept her in place, holding on to her by the hips, not rushing the action at all resulting in one hell of a first kiss, almost worth all of the wait and absolutly worth putting his secret on the line, with her at least, "Keep kissing me like that and I'll think whatever you want me to." The pads of Donnie's thumbs drew circle's into Noah's hips, "You good?" He asked, genuine concern on his face for her, just because she was one of his best friends and he knew she was a deep thinker and wanted to make sure there were no regrets after what seemed like an impulse kiss.

[kingkidgrantwood]

wyattsaugis​:

“Is that right? And you’re willing to give those valuable lessons for free? Lucky me.” Noah cringed slightly and felt her cheeks warm. “They saw us talking at the bar one day and haven’t been able to drop it since then. And I may have told them that you weren’t interested so we all needed to move on. Which, I guess will be even more believable now.” She shook that idea from her mind quickly. She wanted to be in this moment where tension was building between them and making her skin buzz. “Feels good. I guess being a coyote has finally rubbed off on me. I wonder if there’s any other power I have that I don’t know about. Scary is fun but I’m hoping to lean into that thing you said about me being cute and you maybe still having feelings for me? Is there anything there?”

*

"Well you have the power to get me to spill a secret I wasn't supposed to tell anybody so what would you call that, power of persuasion?" Donnie tried to move past the comment she'd made a moment before because Noah seemed to and he was essentially just following her lead and hoping it lead to somewhere good. "Yeah, you're cute and yeah I think that there is. So what's the move? If we do anything it can only be behind closed doors, between you and me."

[kingkidgrantwood]

wyattsaugis​:

“Clearly I have to work on my hint-dropping and flirting if you really had no idea before now.” She smiled woefully at him but her eyes still struggled to maintain eye contact for too long. Everything was out in the open but she still had no idea where they stood. “Honestly, the only time you come up is when they ask why I’m not with you yet. Now, I suspect I’ll be seeing a lot more of your name popping up.” She felt a flutter in her stomach as he stepped toward her. “What do you mean all of this? I was keeping very cool for someone in my position.” She laughed and stepped toward him, finally daring to hold his gaze. “No way I was giving scary. I don’t think I have that power.”

*

"Yeah clearly you do, but you know what I'm more than happy to help you practice, give you pointers." Donnie was treading carefully, suddenly able to freely express for now anyway, thoughts and feelings that he'd a while ago resolved to suppress, which he'd done a good job at apparently, "So they know you had a crush on me, but I couldn't? I see how it is, Noah." Adonis just chuckled and shook his head, "Nah, you were pissed so I guess that you do have that power, how's it feel?"

[kingkidgrantwood]

wyattsaugis​:

Noah was trying her best to keep up with the information as it came at her. It was the second (third?) time she felt whiplash in the first 6 hours of her day. “Not now when I what?” She asked, looking up at him. Her expression carried more hope than she cared for all things considered. “I guess that makes a twisted kind of sense. The girls are already talking about it and honestly, neither one of you have ever been a big talking point in the group chat before so it’s already working, huh?”

*

"Not when you're telling me that you're into me, finally." Donnie felt the familiar impulse to try and get Noah to smile, even though she was giving him nothing to put his nerves at ease, "Kind of hurts that I've never been a big talking point with you guys, but that is good news I guess." Donnie chanced taking a step forward, but didn't do anything beyond that, "So...yeah that's why I never mentioned her before. So all of this was...jealousy? Once I get past how scary you were, you were kind of cute too."

[kingkidgrantwood]

wyattsaugis​:

Noah was quiet for a while. The new information was banging around her brain as she tried to process it all. She believed that kind of thing existed from as far back as Old Hollywood but she never expected to know anyone who actually got involved with one. “You’re fake-dating… for PR…” She said the words aloud as though it would help her understand. “And you’re not into her?”

*

Noah's silence was nerve-wracking and Donnie was literally wringing his hands together in anticipation of her saying anything, "Not really. I mean she's attractive and she seems cool but do I want to date her in any real capacity? No, especially not now when you..." He sighed, "It seems weird I know but it happens way more often than you think and it works so yeah I'm committed to it."

[kingkidgrantwood]

wyattsaugis​:

Noah eyed him with a mix of confusion and concern. “Okay that’s ominous but yeah, I can keep a secret. What’s going on?”

“Alright, that did sound dire as fuck, but I do consider it serious. Jo’s my girlfriend but only for the cameras, it’s PR to boost our profiles. We’re not actually into each other like that. She’s actually seeing someone so yeah, Jo isn’t my real girlfriend. So technically I’m not single, but also, I am. ”