ohh omg this is so hard bc this song is about a dynamic none of my characters really have with each other... so erm. baby's first kucy drabble? kinda? idk. i just wanted them to yell at each other mostly. higher maturity rating than usual but nothing nsfw
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"I'd only take you if you were the only man alive and even then, you'd still hear me complaining about it."
Kendall's heart shouldn't have raced at Lucy's words. Not at all. But she had this way of saying something completely vile, while still managing to sound sickly sweet that had his tongue swelling, knees buckling.
He'd picked the fight with her in the Palm Woods lobby today, jokingly asking her to come up to his apartment for some "quality time" together, just because he knew the insinuation would piss her off. Staring at her ruby-red lips as she laid into him sent all of his blood rushing in one direction.
Every time she stood in front of him, it was like his brain and body disconnected, making the world begin to move in slow motion as she went on an on.
"Isn't complaining about me all you do anyway?" The boy smirked, "People around here already think we're together anyway... Why not get ahead of the rumors?"
He had no idea how these words came pouring out of him, why he wanted to get under her skin to badly. All the lines blurred when they were together and to him, that was beyond exhilarating.
Kendall Knight and Lucy Stone weren't good for each other. Hell, they'd been fighting since the day they'd met. Day after day, hour after hour, minute after minute.
"Like I'd ever be with a cutesy pop star like you... You wouldn't even know what to do with all this!" Lucy yelled, hand gesturing from the tip of her black and red hair to the steel toe of her boots.
Maybe he was imagining it, but it seemed like he'd finally managed to fluster her, just this once. Daringly, he took one step toward her, nearly backing her into the beige wall behind them. "Why don't you show me then?"
"Get bent, asshole," Lucy hissed, puffing her cheeks as she crossed her arms across her chest, the black leather of her jacket squeaking. "Now, back up."
Kendall was desperate to have her hands on his body, even if it meant getting into a fight in the lobby. "Or what?"
"Or you'll take a beating so hard all the cops will find is a puddle of blood and sugar where Kendall Knight used to be."
There it was again: Cruel words, delicate tone. It made his chest constrict. "There's nicer ways to say you wanna touch me, Lucy."
Now she took a step forward, practically putting them toe to toe as she jabbed a finger into his chest. It stung, but by now, it was well worth it.
"In. Your. Dreams." The rocker bit back with a snarl. "Considering that's the only time you'll see any action..."
Something was wrong with him for smiling at such a comment, but Kendall couldn't help it. Anything falling from her mouth was enough to make him giddy, as long as it was directed his way... Winding her up was just the best way to ensure the conversation focused solely on himself.
So, he'd do it over and over and over, as many times as it took for Lucy to realize she found it just as entertaining as he did...
It's a Wonderful Life - Big Time Secret Santa 2024
I got done with my Secret Santa gift ahead of time and got a bit eager to post. My Secret Santa was... @partiallypearl! Surprise, mate! I hope you enjoy this and it's everything you wanted it to be!
I also cross-posted this to A03. :)
ENJOY!
Lucy had never been the type to really buy into the Christmas festivities. Of course, she still celebrated Christmas with her family. They exchanged gifts. They shared a meal. They decorated. But that was the extent of their Christmas celebration. She was never the type to try those festive drinks from the coffee shop, suck on candy canes, or wear anything Christmas themed.
It wouldn’t be fair to say that Christmas felt like an obligation to Lucy. A societal expectation to uphold. But it was certainly not something her family had approached with excitement before.
It was something she upheld when she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her rockstar dreams. After all, she had an image to uphold.
But all of that changed when she met Big Time Rush and started dating Kendall.
Granted, it took some years for her romantic relationship with Kendall to get off the ground. There was a little something called his previous girlfriend returning from New Zealand unexpectedly and Kendall deciding to see if they could pick up where they left off. Which, of course, ended up not happening. They certainly tried, but it made them confront problems in their relationship they could no longer ignore.
And even then, Kendall didn’t immediately start pursuing Lucy. He took the time to mourn his relationship with Jo – his first serious Californian romance – and Lucy wasn’t exactly looking for a relationship at that point anyway. The couple took the time to rebuild their friendship first. It was only in their early twenties that the friendship evolved into a romantic relationship.
And this time, there was nothing stopping Kendall from asking her out. No unfortunate interruptions. No cheating ex-boyfriends who ended up walking away with a shiner when he tried to pursue the wrong girl (Lucy had to admit she was impressed by the punch James landed on him when he saw Kaelyn cornered like that). No ex-girlfriends suddenly returning. Nothing.
It felt like everything was finally in place. Right time. Right place. Right… everything.
Something that Kendall never did was try to change Lucy. He didn’t make her like what he did. He never told her to tone down her edgy rockstar image. But even with that, Lucy felt safe enough to let her guard down. Something that was a remnant of that cheating ex-boyfriend who had walked away from the Palm Woods with a broken heart and a nasty shiner. She wasn’t afraid to be vulnerable. She wasn’t afraid to reconnect with the parts of herself she had kept locked away for so long.
Lucy was already softening away. They all were as they moved away from their angsty or chaotic teenage years. She still wrote rock songs that dominated the charts, but she also expanded into other genres. Both with her solo work and her work with other artists (she even wrote some songs for everyone’s solo albums).
So, was certainly fair to say that Kendall helped her see Christmas in a different way. One that was joyful rather than an obligation. Even the chaotic last-minute shopping on Christmas Eve was joyful because she got to do it with Kendall.
Although, she certainly made Kendall promise to do their Christmas shopping a little earlier next year.
But either way, it proved to be a successful Christmas Eve. They actually got decent presents for everyone, and took advantage of the services that wrapped your presents for you in exchange for a small donation to the charity they were supporting.
Gone were the days where everyone lived under the same roof – or at least the same building. With the boys getting older and getting serious with their respective relationships, as well as putting the band on hiatus to pursue solo opportunities (by their own choice this time rather than through Griffin’s manipulations), they all decided they needed their own spaces.
They didn’t move to Bel Air, the brief time there as teens still fresh in their memories and not one they want to revisit. But they found a street with a row of mansions that were all on the market. Thanks to the money they all had from their careers and advances from their upcoming solo careers (and some advice from Gustavo), they were able to buy them all so they could all stay together. Even if they all had their own families and careers.
It was what led to Kendall and Lucy reconnecting romantically after several years of friendship. He still remembered the knock on his door. His home was filled to the brim with moving boxes that still needed to be unpacked. He opened the door to see Lucy standing there with a potted plant. A housewarming gift, she had said. He invited her into the house, telling her to ignore the moving boxes, and that was the start of their resumed romance.
Within a couple of years, Lucy had moved in with him. Their styles – which had matured from their teenage years – blended together harmoniously in the home. Lucy’s rockstar image had softened slightly with maturity, but was still present in the home amidst Kendall’s blended identity of a hockey-playing singer (genres blending between rock and pop).
It led to the present moment. Something Lucy had never imagined herself doing. Wearing the dorky Christmas sweaters drinking hot chocolate out of a Christmas-themed mug (filled almost to the brim with marshmallows – unsurprising considering Kendall made the hot chocolate) in the decorated living room. It’s a Wonderful Life played on the massive TV screen. The Christmas lights were flashing on the Christmas tree that had been decorated to represent important milestones in their relationship.
Their first meeting in the Palm Woods. Their continuing friendship that blossomed into a romance. Individual successes in their careers. The places they visited during several concert tours. (They both agreed that Europe was their favourite.) Their interests outside of music (particularly hockey; Lucy also shared an affection for the sport).
“Penny for your thoughts?”
Lucy looked up from her present position. Resting her head on Kendall’s shoulder as he draped an arm behind her on the couch. Lucy was so lost in her thoughts that she didn’t realize that Kendall had swapped out his own hot chocolate in favour of a candy cane. A red-and-white-striped peppermint-flavoured candy cane, no less, to stick with tradition.
She was barely aware of the clink on the porcelain as she adjusted her grip on the mug. The source was the engagement ring on her finger. Something that had been there since that summer, when Kendall proposed to her at home with the engagement ring hidden in a fortune cookie from their favourite Chinese restaurant. Lucy wasn’t antimarriage, but at the same time, it was never something she saw for herself until Kendall.
It symbolised a lot of things. Sitting there in her fiancé’s arms as they watched Christmas movies.
“Just… thinking how wonderful life is,” Lucy finally said with a bright smile.
Kendall shared one of his own as he leaned down to kiss Lucy. She could taste the hot chocolate and peppermint on his lips and it only served to solidify her declaration.
Once upon a time, she didn’t picture this life for herself. But now that she was living it, no other words would suffice.
