Teacher of the year

“I…appreciate your existence.” @learnedtosurvive

“Wow, look I’m practically blushing from the affection,” Wayne replied sarcastically, letting out a soft chuckle as he turned back away to put his trombone carefully into its case. “C’mon, we should get home before it gets too late.”

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“We’re always at home.” Nick pouted a bit, wrinkling his nose. “Don’t you want to do anything?” He asked quickly, his case in hand. “Like- I don’t know, a movie, dinner?” He suggested, keeping himself quiet.

Wayne paused as he set the slide into the case, nearly dropping the mouthpiece as he turned back towards Nick. “Why, is the great Nick Radel asking me out on a date?” he asked, keeping his sarcasm at top level. He’d been in such a great mood today that joking around was actually an option right now.

"Oh shut up." Nick laughed a bit, but moved slightly closer to Wayne. "It doesn't have to be a date." But it could. It could be a nice night, as close to a real date as they could get.

“The blanket is a shared utensil. You can’t just wrap yourself like a burrito and leave me to freeze to death.” @learnedtosurvive

Wayne merely groaned in response, still only on his second cup of coffee and not awake enough to register what Nick was saying to him. He finished off the cup and started filling it up once more. With luck, he’d only have to drink three cups to wake up today.

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Nick didn’t hold back his chuckle as he looked Wayne over. The man was a mess, with his hair sticking up in odd places due to his sleep. He was tempted to grab the coffee pot in order to snag Wayne’s attention, but he held off for now. “Wayne?”

“Hm?” he asked, looking at Nick with bleary eyes. He looked beyond exhausted, even though he’d slept for longer than he usually did. The coffee wasn’t doing much to help, unsurprisingly, but he figured it didn’t hurt to try.

"Blankets. Cold." Nick rubbed his arms, smirking at Wayne as he feigned shivering. "You gotta cut back on that caffeine y'know. It obviously isnt working." He leaned forward against the counter, watching Wayne.

“I…appreciate your existence.” @learnedtosurvive

@learnedtosurvive

"We're always at home." Nick pouted a bit, wrinkling his nose. "Don't you want to do anything?" He asked quickly, his case in hand. "Like- I don't know, a movie, dinner?" He suggested, keeping himself quiet.

“The blanket is a shared utensil. You can’t just wrap yourself like a burrito and leave me to freeze to death.” @learnedtosurvive

@learnedtosurvive

Nick didn't hold back his chuckle as he looked Wayne over. The man was a mess, with his hair sticking up in odd places due to his sleep. He was tempted to grab the coffee pot in order to snag Wayne's attention, but he held off for now. "Wayne?"

“And as you might have noticed, I don’t trust anyone.” @learnedtosurvive

“I get it, Nick…it just…didn’t used to be like that,” Wayne shrugged, looking away from the shelf of disorganized books to cast a glance at the trumpet player. This conversation wasn’t doing either of them good, but he knew it was one they needed to have to avoid any larger confrontations at a later time. “When did you stop trusting me though? That’s all I’m wondering.”

@learnedtosurvive

Nick hesitated. He could pin point the exact second he lost his faith in Wayne. He had continued to love him though, he still did if he wanted to be honest with himself which he didn’t really. “When she got pregnant.”

His shoulders fell a little at the response, a sudden wave of memories flooding back and making him sigh. Telling Nick that they needed to stop what they were doing, telling him she was pregnant, that he was gonna be a father. The look on the man’s face, the hurt. It was all too fresh in his mind, as if it had just happened. Wayne could still see the hurt vaguely in Nick’s eyes. “…You had every right to stop trusting me then. I honestly think I stopped trusting myself, too…but I never stopped trusting you. Not even for a second.”

"That's... Probably a bad decision, y'know." Nick settled on the words with a sense of uncertainty. "I don't necessarily have the best record when it comes down to loyalty."

“I’d like my sweater back at some point.” @learnedtosurvive

“You didn’t have to let me borrow it, I told you I could deal with the cold without it,” Wayne mumbled, moving to take the sweater off. He’d made the dumb mistake of leaving the house in short sleeves for the first time in a long time, paying no mind to the cold temperatures before he had left. He knew he could just deal with it, being a marine meant he had to quickly get used to different climates. But when Nick had offered his sweater- more like peer pressured based on the tone he took with him- Wayne hadn’t declined.

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“No!” Nick gave Wayne a small glare, but there wasn’t any heat behind it. “You nutcase, you’ll freeze! It’s snowing.” Nick ignored his own mild tremors, the cold biting his fingers. He wasnt about to let Wayne give back the sweater yet, the man needed it more than him as far as he was concerned. “When we get home, okay?”

“I’d rather handle the cold than kill you from hypothermia, you stubborn bastard. You know you don’t need to get sick. Your body is bad enough at keeping you healthy,” he bit back, already pulling the sweater off and handing it to Nick. “I can deal with the cold. I was trained enough to deal with it. You were not.”

Nick crossed his arms, holding himself tightly as he shook his head. "No, I've been a lot colder and lived." He said stubbornly, refusing to take the sweater. "Lets just-" He stopped talking as he closed his eyes, wind getting worse for a moment.

“I know I piss you off a lot, but I don’t think anyone could love you as much as I do.” @learnedtosurvive

The irritation Wayne was feeling from their bickering almost immediately melted away, uncrossing his arms as he leaned back against the kitchen counter. “You’re just trying to sweet talk your way out of this, aren’t you?” he asked, knowing the ways the other would get out of their arguments so he could win.

@learnedtosurvive

Nick rolled his eyes, a small laugh escaping his lips. "No, I just love you." He moved so he was standing next to Wayne, allowing the man to initiate contact if he wanted it. "Is that so hard to believe?" He teased.

“I’d like my sweater back at some point.” @learnedtosurvive

@learnedtosurvive

"No!" Nick gave Wayne a small glare, but there wasn't any heat behind it. "You nutcase, you'll freeze! It's snowing." Nick ignored his own mild tremors, the cold biting his fingers. He wasnt about to let Wayne give back the sweater yet, the man needed it more than him as far as he was concerned. "When we get home, okay?"

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Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story Starters

Feel free to change pronouns/locations/etc. idk do what you want

Why

“I’m sorry if I stumble.”

“No one would be hurt after all this time.”

“It wasn’t on a dare or on a whim.”

Everybody Wants Richard

“I didn’t think I annoyed you! I thought we had something different.”

“Who else has a roughly similar view, if not me?”

“You’ve played around with lots of losers, who’ve ended up as cheats and users.”

“They don’t know your mind the way that I do.”

“They make me sick.”

“When you cut off all our contact, how it hurt.”

“But I know you like to make me feel like dirt.”

“Now you’re back and you know I’m beside you, your oldest, closest friend…who’s sick of being lied to!”

“How can you assume she’s worthy of you? She’s not me.”

“They don’t know your past the way that I do.”

“God knows why I think you’re so appealing.”

“It’s been too long.”

“I tried to be so strong.”

“They don’t have a clue or know the real you.”

“Everybody wants ____, but not the way that I do.”

“Admit that you’ve missed me too.”

“I guess I could change my plans and spend the evening with you.”

“Eight o’clock. And don’t be late.”

Nothing Like A Fire

“It’s breathtaking.”

“You know what a little misdemeanor does for me…babe.”

“There’s nothing like a warm, romantic fire.”

“Watch the smoke fill up the sky.”

A Written Contract

“I’m worried.”

“Now what?”

“It was the best evening that we ever had.”

“No one will ever know.”

“Can you be sure?”

“It’s right here, ____, in black and white.”

“Don’t give last night a second thought.”

“Let’s plan next time.”

“I can’t do this, ____. You’ll double cross me.”

“I’ll do what you want, but you won’t do what I want.”

“I’m really disappointed in you, ____.”

“You were making such progress.”

“You don’t deserve me.”

“Here’s your chance to make things legal at last.”

“We can let the past remain in the past, and have no more reason to fight.”

“Wipe away that look of fear and doubt.”

“Make a decision.”

“You’ll get no better offer.”

“Isn’t this the typewriter you swiped from your roommate freshman year?”

“Shut up and take this down.”

“One second, I need my glasses.”

“I’ll give him my best.”

“Now it’s my turn.”

“I’ll give him whatever he needs.”

“Great! Now comes the good part.”

“I’ll get my knife.”

“Why a knife?”

“Do I get to do you now?”

“I can take care of myself.”

“I hope the contract is the answer to finally keeping you in line.”

Thrill Me

“Don’t bore me with details.”

“What’s your explanation?”

“I don’t feel like it!”

“I feel kinda down lately.”

“It’s not exciting anymore!”

“It’s all too easy.”

“If this keeps going on, I’ll go crazy.”

“Until I feel energized, I will not be in the mood.”

“Why spoil my evening?”

“Why must you deny me?”

“I’ll stop my complaining once you satisfy me.”

“I’m sick of hearing that!”

“Okay, okay you win.”

“Let’s make it fast though, I’ve gotta get up early.”

“Don’t be unfocused, ____.”

The Plan

“You’re a lunatic, come on.”

“Can’t we let the subject go?”

“Every lead would point to you.”

“You could never face your mother.”

“Could you live with what you did?”

“Oh, that’s much better.”

“Come on babe, you know how excited it’ll make me.”

“What a way to make your mark.”

Way Too Far

“It had gone way too far.”

“Yet there I was assisting.”

“I was acting like his prisoner, much too late to start resisting.”

“How did it come to this?”

“Was something wrong inside me?”

“It was impossible to run away, or let my conscience guide me.”

“He thought it was fun.”

“His dark side was difficult to swallow.”

“I tried to stay calm.”

“I tried to stay sane.”

“The heart is a muscle that I can’t explain.”

“What made me feel this way?”

“I should have somehow tried to make it stop.”

“He’d be tied to me forever.”

“I’m smart, but he was clever.”

“I forced myself to be much stronger…if for just a little longer.”

“I let it go too far.”

Roadster

“Would you like to take a ride?”

“I’d be glad to drop you off.”

“Couldn’t find a parking space.”

“Go climb inside the car.”

“Here’s the key to the ignition.”

“What’s your name?”

“____’s a nice name.”

Superior

“All of Chicago would go mad if they discovered what we did tonight.”

“They could never tie a thing to us.”

“We’ve got more intelligence than anyone!”

“I’m feeling numb.”

“You’re paranoid.”

“I told myself that this was all a game.”

“I’m still in shock. Why don’t you feel the same?”

“How many times must I address your doubts?”

“This was no risk and fun to do.”

“Try to understand.”

“You’re scaring me.”

“We’ve got a bond. We’ll take it to the grave.”

“You’re sure that we weren’t seen?”

“This has gone way too far.”

My Glasses / Just Lay Low

“Tell him it’s important. Very Important.”

“I’m shaking.”

“Why can’t I find them anywhere?”

“They were inside my pocket. Now they’re not.”

“I don’t know if I can cope.”

“Forget your goddamn glasses.”

“I can’t believe we lost ten thousand dollars.”

“I know I had them on inside your car.”

“I planned this all out perfectly.”

“I need you to stay calm for me.”

“I wish I could remember where they are.”

“You’re not alone.”

“Get off the goddamn phone.”

“The glasses look an awful lot like mine.”

“We just have to play it safe.”

“Just lay low.”

“We were careful.”

“It’s all starting to unravel.”

“There’s no choice. You must be stronger.”

“Don’t you fall inside their trap.”

“Can’t you understand this situation?”

“It won’t take long before they find me!”

“We need a Plan B!”

I’m Trying To Think

“I got here as soon as I could. Tell me exactly what the cops said.”

“I remember the night.”

“I’m trying to think.”

“They’ll wanna know about the girl.”

“She never told me her name.”

“Don’t act like you’re holding something back.”

“You don’t have anything to hide.”

“I’m not one to lie or pretend.”

“No, we were alone.”

“Are you sure that I can do this?”

“I wish you could be there with me.”

“You’ll be okay babe.”

“Meet me at Jackson Park when you’re through.”

Keep Your Deal With Me

“It’s a good deal.”

“No. It’s not too late. There’s still a way for us to be together.”

“Can’t I please apologize?”

“Blood’s a lifetime guarantee.”

“Screw the state and stay with me.”

“Our perfect plan was blown.”

“Please don’t let me be alone.”

“I was wrong before, I know.”

“I don’t want to let you go.”

“I’ll do what you want me to.”

“There’s no me if there’s no you.”

“No deal.”

“Just be strong. Like me.”

“We’re together, it’s a truce.”

Afraid

“____? ____, are you awake?”

“I’m afraid to die.”

“You’ll never witness me cry.”

“Did we play it right?”

“I can’t let you see.”

“If I show a slight touch of weakness you’d change your opinion of me.”

“I’ll be sure I’m strong.”

“How did I get here?”

“Everything is black.”

“I’m afraid to live.”

Life Plus 99 Years / Finale

“I’ve got a surprise.”

“I stayed one step ahead of you.”

“Don’t you get it?”

“You wanted to get caught?”

“You thought that you used me.”

“I did what wasn’t suspected.”

“I’ll keep you focused.”

“Who’s in control now?”

“This is crazy.”

“Am I scaring you?”

“You son of a bitch.”

“You finally stopped me.”

“I swear that I’ll leave you again!”

“You’re looking paler.”

“How could you do it?!”

“I can’t go through it.”

“Spare me the tears.”

“I’m one perfect accomplice who’d never betray you.”

“Thrill me.”

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Yank! The Musical Starters

Feel free to change pronouns/switch the words around idk do what you want (I didn’t get some from other songs because nothing stuck out enough to actually be a good starter)

Rememb’ring You

“I was not like other guys.”

“I can’t seem to fall asleep, my darling. I keep remembering you.”

“I’m afraid I’m in too deep.”

“No matter what I do, I keep remembering you.”

“I’m always tired.”

Yank

“Alright shitheads, listen up.”

“I’ll never fool them for long.”

“Why aren’t I relaxed like them?”

“Do you know what I see every time I look at your pretty face?”

Polishing Shoes

“Just sit quiet, look normal, he won’t attack you in front of everyone.”

“I swear he’s looking at me sometimes, and I don’t know why.”

“Nothing’s the matter, don’t worry about me.”

“Take your trousers off!”

“Hey! We’re gonna be nice to the kid.”

“Bet you already knew what to do.”

“Why are you looking out for me, making me blush?”

“Why are you the only one who isn’t mean?”

“Why do I feel sad and excited and everything in between?”

“I think that you might be the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen.”

Betty

“But here it’s only men, men and men again.”

Click

“C’mon, I can tell you’re interested.”

“Aw kid, you don’t realize how lucky you are.”

“I’m not saying you’re the love of my life.”

“I won’t bite kid- ’less you ask me.”

“C’mon kid, try it out.”

“You’re a natural!”

“Our future ain’t our friends throwing rice.”

“I’ll give you half an hour of paradise.”

“Click with guys who you’ll wanna mess with.”

Get It, Got It, Good

“One must fit in, that’s understood.”

“Do I love her? Yes I do, sir!”

“I come back and don’t regret it.”

“He needs me, and he knows it.”

“That’s not for publication.”

“You be proud and don’t regret it.”

“Get it, got it, good.”

Rememb’ring You / Letters

“Mail is a two-way street.”

“All this time, and I’m suddenly thinking of you.”

“Why does your name open something lost in me?”

“Somewhere in me must have been missing you all of this goddamn time.”

“Oh god, I miss your smile.”

“It’s all that keeps me sane.”

Blue Twilight

“That’s what we’ve been reduced to.”

“She hardly writes me anymore.”

“Dance with me, ____.”

“____, talk to me.”

You, You

“I had a man die in my arms, and all I could think of was you. How happy I was that it wasn’t you.”

“Why were you still there in my mind?”

“Still, in my heart was you.”

“It must mean somehow I’m tied to you.”

“That day I felt this feeling, I just knew my heart had been lost to you.”

“Maybe I’m drunk and I’m scared.”

“I fucked up.”

“I know you don’t get two chances, but somehow I did this time.”

“Promise you’ll stay.”

“Promise you’ll try.”

“Tonight there’s no war. Just the sky, and the waves, and you.”

Yank (Reprise)

“Time to do what you were sent here to do.”

“Casualties expected to be over fifty percent.”

A Couple Of Regular Guys

“I know it’s difficult to imagine it now.”

“Picture the two of us on some lazy day.”

“We’ll thank this goddamn war for having met.”

Your Squad is Your Squad

“Alright ___, sit down, shut up, and listen.”

“You don’t gotta love him, but you gotta accept him.”

“No one is leaving on your say so.”

“You don’t understand.”

“I understand plenty. You’re being a dick.”

“Where were they during the movie?”

“____, answer me. Where the hell were you?”

Light On Your Feet

“Keep your heads on and relax.”

“Here, take a look at this.”

“Said that he was kneeling, praying…which was almost true.”

“Scene was quite a fright, we left that night.”

Just True

“Don’t run away, ____.”

“You can’t outrun this.”

“Run from me if you feel you have to. You can’t run from you.”

“What we have is special.”

“We’re two of thousands. Hundreds of thousands.”

“I’m surprised as you.”

“It isn’t something good, or bad. Just true.”

“No going back, not now.”

“Too many know to go back and hide.”

“The freaks are us, us regular guys!”

“You can’t unlearn what you know is true.”

“I’m glad they see us. If they can see us, means that we can too.”

“I’m sorry about what I said.”

“I don’t think the rest of the world sees it like you do.”

“I’m so scared of what’s coming.”

“Someday things are gonna be better. I promise.”

“Promise we’ll make it.”

“I promise you the world when this war’s through.”

“I know the future is far from clear, but we’re together.”

“I’d sacrifice the world to stay with you.”

Final Speech / Rememb’ring You (Reprise)

“Official cause of death, heart attack, but even ____ says it was the alcohol.”

“Guess the war’s finally over.”

“He shows me the right way to love. Freely, with no time to waste.”

"How bad was it?" ( goldstarwife )

"Bad." Nick took a deep breath as he looked Julia over. He wouldn't usually give her a response, but tonight... He didn't want to be quiet. He didn't want to hold himself back. "Really bad." @goldstarwife

“And as you might have noticed, I don’t trust anyone.” @learnedtosurvive

@learnedtosurvive

Nick hesitated. He could pin point the exact second he lost his faith in Wayne. He had continued to love him though, he still did if he wanted to be honest with himself which he didn't really. "When she got pregnant."

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“So what if I’m jealous?” @learnedtosurvive

“So what- What do you mean, so what?” Julia asked, indignant. “It feels like you think I’m gonna go cheat on you with any man who shows interest! I thought-” She cut herself off, taking a deep breath. “I thought you trusted me more than that,” she said quietly.

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