#dwrp.starter

[jamiemoore-francois]

Honeymoon SNAFU

What a wonderful way to start a marriage. Jamie knew they royally fucked up, and they didn’t know where to begin with fixing things with Zander. As they were getting on the ship, Jamie wore a fake smile on his face, thanking everyone who checked them in and showed them to their suite. Jamie couldn’t even appreciate it. Once their bag was dropped, Jamie looked at Zander and sighed. Jamie didn’t want the silent treatment during their honeymoon, but they knew they needed to give Zander a little space. “I’m going to explore,” They told their new husband and left the room.

Explore. That wasn’t a lie. But Jamie wasn’t going to explore the ship. They were going to explore the bottom of a bottle. It didn’t take long for Jamie to find Signals, next to one of the pools. On a vacation, all social norms were off. If they wanted to drink before noon, they were going to. And if day drinking turned into night drinking.. well, that was okay. Jamie was just glad there were some adults-only areas on the ship. They weren’t sure they could handle their marriage already falling apart along with screaming children. So they ordered a strong cocktail, and drank it down fast before ordering another one - all while they fiddled with their wedding band and thought about what might happen next. “For once in my life, I’m not interested in going to a party,” they said to nobody in particular, having decided to skip the Sailing Away Deck Party. Jamie didn’t have Zander to hold and kiss as they left, so what was the point?

[jessewaters]

Jesse stood off to the side of the dock, watching the other passengers disembark the ship. He wanted to go explore the island, he really did, but there was a part of him that just didn’t feel right about it. He was half tempted to just stay on the ship and go swimming or something - what if he got mugged while out on the island?

He groaned, letting his shoulders drop. How was it that he was so far away from home and his family still managed to mess things up for him?

“This sucks.”

[zander-francois]

Not wanting to be in his room, Zander had decided to explore a bit before the deck party started and the ship was engulfed in madness. While he was excited to be on vacation, the fact that he was there with the one person he didn’t want to see really put a damper on things. Deep in thought, Zander turned a corner without looking, colliding with someone else. “Oh god! I’m so sorry! Are you okay? You’re not hurt are you?”

[jamiemoore-francois]

Goodbye, 2019

Jamie was ready for the year to end and was ready to start fresh in 2020. They wanted to start the year right, with Zander by their side, but the night before left them wondering if that was possible. The letter they wrote to Zander didn’t have the affect Jamie wanted. It just led to a fight, crying, and sleeping in separate beds again. They didn’t even have angry sex. 

They woke up on New Year’s Eve, not really wanting to do much of anything. So Jamie grabbed coffee and breakfast and walked around until “Rise of Skywalker” was showing at the movie theater. 

Even that didn’t put them in a good mood. They really wanted the last Star Wars movie to end on a high note - especially after the dumpster fire known as “The Last Jedi” - but Jamie left the theater feeling extremely disappointed. 

So Jamie went back to their room, changed into swim trunks, and went to sit in one of the hot tubs near Goofy’s Pool. “Hey, mind if I sit in here for a bit?”

[zander-francois]

“Can’t see sparks with the light on... Open your eyes, turn the light off...” Zander sang to himself before shaking his head and pausing. Taking his hands off the piano keys in front of him, he grabbed the notebook sitting at his side. “No, that doesn’t work. It doesn’t feel right.” He muttered to himself. 

He’d been trying to flesh out this one song for longer than he wanted. It was inside him but he couldn’t figure out how to translate it into words. Frustrated at his lack of progress, he ripped out the page he’d been writing in, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it toward the trash can. He hadn’t looked though and, as soon as the paper ball left his hand, Zander realized that it was on a path toward someone’s head. 

“Look out! Heads up!” He called out, standing up quickly, as if that would stop the collision.