plots inspired by songs, ft. ed sheeran and taylor swift
1. tell her that i need her, tell her that she’s more than a one-night stand.
[muse a] is far from successful, travelling from show to show with a few dozen people for a crowd, and [muse b] is well on their own. Living in the same town, they know each other — not too well, yet they’re strangely comfortable around the other. One day, when [muse a] is in town again, they meet up, and the night turns into something much more fun than either of them had planned prior to the meeting. [muse b], however, doesn’t seem to see it as anything more because they don’t really have anyone who’d care for them, and [muse a] is quite determined to show them otherwise.
2. maybe you were needed up there, but we're still unaware as why.
(trigger warning: miscarriage) [muse a] and [muse b] weren’t close in the slightest. Not in high school, and certainly not in college. They did, however, sleep together come graduation after getting their degrees and, much too early, [muse a] got pregnant after the night. Neither of them was particularly joyed with the fact, but they agreed to wait it out. I was months later, and it all brought them close enough to get into a romantic relationship, agreeing that they’d keep the baby no matter what. Five months, and it was all gone. After a sudden fall, [muse a] suffered a miscarriage and now… Well, now they needed to deal with the aftermath, and neither of them wanted to let go while at the same time pushing the other away.
3. and i don't get waves of missing you anymore, they're more like tsunami tides in my eyes.
Neither [muse a] nor [muse b] want to give up what they have. It’s not been long since they’ve started dating, but they grew attached to each other faster than to anyone before. Yeah, maybe it scares them a little, even, but their paths are too different. There’s no place for them to continue their relationship when [muse a] wants to go to college and [muse b] can’t just up and leave everything behind for them. It’s just not possible and it kills them because they want nothing more than to stay together. [muse a], though, is the first to say that long distance is something they can’t really do and it wouldn’t work. There’s a thousand reasons why they can’t be together anymore, and neither wants to let go. So they part on somewhat bad terms and they’re miserable at best. Day to day life becomes insufferable when they await the other’s call every hour, and finally, [muse b] is the one to muster up the courage to call [muse a] and just… talk,.
4. i could take the back road, but your eyes will lead me straight back home.
They’re fooling themselves, thats what they’re doing with this. Saying they’re just friends and hopping into bed with each other the second the door is closed and no one can see them. It’s not another case of friends with benefits, really, because that would mean they have no feelings for each other. But they do. They really always have, but they never admitted it to each other. For the sake of keeping a friendship going or whatever, that was [muse a]’s excuse. [muse b], on the other hand, is just too shy and scared to ask if they can be something more because it’s kind of exclusive, a thing that they don’t do with anyone else. Just each other. And it feels intimate every time, more so when [muse a] mutters a gentle comment of how beautiful [muse b] is or [muse b] runs their fingers up [muse a]’s spine thoughtfully. They can’t be more, though. Why? That’d mean having to take a step forward, and with them both being just college students, neither wants to settle down.
5. 'cause all i know is we said hello, and your eyes look like coming home.
They meet through their kids. Both single parents, [muse a] and [muse b] have been acquaintances ever since [muse a] moved to the town and enrolled her kid at the same kindergarten as [muse b]. Nothing happens for a long while, though. They talk only a year later, getting by on mere greetings until the day when they both come a little too early and start up casual small talk. Except really, the small talk turns deeper than any of them intended and they learn things about each other — similar interests, their back stories. And from that day forward, they both make sure to come a little early every time.
6. please don't be in love with someone else, please don't have somebody waiting on you.
[muse a] and [muse b] meet at a boring event, one at which they’re both the youngest and the least involved. It’s supposed to be a party, a fundraiser, but they’re just there for support of their parents. Their eyes meet in the middle of the night and the attraction is obvious from the moment they do. The night ends with them talking for hours before [muse a] has to go and they exchange numbers. At home, [muse b] has to wonder if [muse a] is single or not, because they can’t deny the chemistry between them. No one is mentioned as they exchange texts back and forth for weeks, and yet [muse a] is definitely tied down, with an engagement ring of all things.
7. and right before your eyes i'm aching, no past, nowhere to hide, just you and me.
Their relationship is dysfunctional at best; they argue and break up all the time, they see other people, sometimes very obviously so. But they’re also at the point in their lives when there’s no more time for playing games — they need to settle down. And really, they both want to. It’s too bad, then, that [muse a] finds it hard to keep a promise to [muse b]. They go over it time and time again, each time swearing they won’t hurt each other, hoping that it’s the last time they ever fight. The day never comes, though, but they’re stuck in love and a desire to fight for what they have.
8. i am not the kind of girl who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion.
[muse a] is not one to typically even think of ruining a wedding by standing up. Which is why, when the preacher says to speak now, there’s no thinking involved when they stand up. At a loss for other words, [muse a] just simply says, “Don’t”. Everything happens too fast, and they’re off together, driving towards who knows where with excitement and guilt mixing inside them. It all dies down too soon, when they’re reminded of countless reasons of why they broke up in the first place and why [muse b] was with another person in that church.
9. i'm feeling like i don't know you, you tell me that you want me then cut me down
[muse a] is, to put it lightly, arrogant. They’re not afraid of putting other people down in order to assert their own status at the school. [muse b], on the other hand, is always trying to be nice to everyone and succeeding in that. Their paths, however unlikely, meet come summer after sophomore year and it goes well at first. Until, that is, school starts up again and they’re back to their roles once more. It’s not that they have to break up, but [muse a] is still the same towards everyone, including [muse b], and it’s bound to take a toll on their relationship.
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