“....all the memories from a lifetime before, leaving marks upon my wounded heart.” - Memories.
// Memories told a story of one Avery Wilshere from growing up in the beautiful City of London, as their life began with a small dream in the dark followed by a series of heartbreaks that plays a huge part in their memories.
This is my first edit for @platinumweekend for Day 1: Avery Wilshere. This is somewhat a vision Avery’s new album at Wilshere Records. The song titles is a random thought here or there, the lyrics of memories were written by me, and each of the photos in the front cover represents the titles of each song. Hope y’all like it <3 Thank you @fantasyoverreality98 for your input djjddj 💕
(Wishing I had the motivation to study as I make this aaaa)
a couple weeks ago I won an art raffle hosted by @vantaray and I got a commission of sir raleigh carrerass :))) thank you so much @vantaray for this !!!!
for @platinumweekend day 2
*goes without saying, but do not repost without premission*
Author’s Notes- Happy Platinum weekend! So, I have always wanted to write a Raleigh proposal fic and never got around to it, but I got inspired by @platinumweekend and The Vinyl Awards Challenge. This is set a year after the events of the book. Special thanks to @raleighcarrera for calming me down when I had a little panic attack about this fic and hated every word.
Pairing- M!Raleigh x MC (Annie Marshall)
Rating- PG-13
Summary- Annie is apprehensive about returning to the Vinyl’s but Raleigh has a surprise up his sleeve that will take her breath away.
Words- 1460
“Nervous?” Raleigh asked as he helped Annie into the limo.
“A little,” she admitted, smoothing the skirt of her dress, “I mean after last year...” She trailed off, wincing at the memory of crashing Jaylen’s performance. Luckily her reputation had been repaired and her career was back on track, but she had a feeling a lot of eyes would be on her tonight.
“What about you?” She asked, changing the subject. “How are you feeling about tonight?” To her surprise, Raleigh had agreed to another Sunset Skatepark reunion, this one live at the Vinyls.
He shrugged, “good.”
Annie was about to push, concerned about the short answer, but Raleigh reached for then and pulled her into a deep kiss and all other thoughts flew from her head.
It was several minutes before they pulled away, both a little out of breath. Annie spared a thought to her hair, hoping it hadn’t fared too badly.
“Was that your way of telling me that you don’t want to talk about tonight?” Annie asked, curling into his side.
“No, it’s my way of saying you are gorgeous and I can’t keep my hands off you,” Raleigh told her, nuzzling her neck. Just then the limo came to a halt and he groaned.
“Hold that thought,” Annie told him, quickly checking her hair and makeup. Thankfully she didn’t look too bad and well if she looked like she had just been making out with Raleigh Carrera, was that really a bad thing?
As soon as the driver opened the door, Raleigh hopped out and held out a hand to her. “Are you ready?”
Annie took a deep breath. “As ready as I’ll ever be. After all tonight has to be better than last year, right?”
“I think we can make sure of that,” Raleigh promised cryptically, pulling her towards the red carpet before she could ask what he meant. She pushed the question as side as she put on her best press face and mentally prepared for the questions that were about to come.
She could do this. She could survive the night. At least she hoped so.
As if he could read her thoughts, Raleigh squeezed her hand and mouthed “you got this” and she felt her confidence return as she plastered a brilliant smile and answered a pointed question.
She had this. She could do it. And most importantly, Raleigh would be right there with her.
**
Despite her initial tension, the night seemed to fly by and then it was time for Sunset Skatepark to perform. Raleigh got up and motioned to her to join him backstage.
Annie was a little confused, but figured that he might need the support, perhaps suddenly questioning his decision to perform with his old band. To her surprise, Avery also got up with them.
“Didn’t want to watch the show?” Annie asked when Raleigh had left to get ready to go on stage.
“I can watch from here,” he pointed out, “I thought I would keep you company.”
There was something he wasn’t saying, but Annie figured that he might just be offering her moral support. Or maybe after last year no one trusted her back
stage alone. That was an unpleasant thought and she pushed it aside.
Avery was just being friendly, that was all.
She was distracted from further questions of her friend’s motives by the sight of Raleigh on stage with his old band mates. The trio began a mash-up of their hit songs, leading into a performance of “Be My Eternity”. As Raleigh and Cameron began the opening, Blair suddenly addressed the crowd. “We have a special guest joining us for this part, the one and only Annie Marshall!”
Annie froze, this was not the plan. She felt a hand on her back pushing her towards the stage. Avery.
“Go,” he whispered, giving her another push, and she suddenly realized he was in on what was going on, whatever that was.
She took a deep breath and then walked on stage, a smile plastered on her face as she made her way to Raleigh’s side.
He didn’t answer, but he took her hands as he continued to sing, now singing to her instead of the crowd. “You’re a shooting star, every time I gaze at you, I make the same wish, and every time you make it true.”
Even though they were on a stage in front of thousands of people, with millions more watching at home, it felt like they were completely alone. There was a familiar warmth in Raleigh’s eyes as he sang to her that made it hard for her to be angry about the surprise. He obviously had his reasons and she trusted him.
“I’m here now on one knee,” he crooned, suddenly dropping to one knee in front of her, one hand still holding hers while the other reached into his pocket. Annie’s heart raced at the gesture. He wasn’t— “asking you to be my eternity.”
Blair and Camon continued to sing as Raleigh held out a giant diamond. “Annie Marshall, will you marry me?”
Annie couldn’t believe that this was real. She was being proposed to on stage at the Vinyls, with millions of people watching. It was so crazy and over the top and she wasn’t sure what Raleigh was even thinking or how he had pulled it off. But that didn’t matter now, what mattered was her answer.
“Yes!!!”
The crowd was cheering as Raleigh stood up and pulled her into a deep kiss, but she was barely aware. All that mattered was Raleigh.
**
“I can’t believe you did that!” Annie exclaimed when she and Raleigh finally had a chance to be alone. It had been a whirlwind night and it seemed like the entire music industry had wanted to personally congratulate them. “What if I had said no?”
“Well, according to Fiona, I’d be humiliated and you’d be vilified and it would be a public relations disaster,” Raleigh told her, not sounding overly concerned, “she had a lot to say about it, actually.”
Annie could believe that. “So Fiona was in on it?”
Raleigh shot her a look, “I know I do a lot of stupid things, Annie, but even I know better than to drop that kind of surprise on Fiona. Plus I don’t think I would have been able to pull it off without her, she got me the ok from the people in charge, I don’t think they dared say no to her.”
Valid. And it answered her question as to just how Raleigh had pulled the proposal off.
“She told me that it would either be the best or worst publicity move of my career,” Raleigh continued.
Annie froze, “is that what it was? A publicity stunt?” After all she and Raleigh had started as a fake PR relationship, so maybe it wasn’t impossible. But they had come so far since then and the idea that it wasn’t real...
Raleigh looked stunned. “What? No!” He pulled her into his arm, pressing her against his chest. “Babe, that proposal was 100% genuine.” He gazed down at her, meeting her eyes, so she could see the sincerity in his. “I was going to do something private and low key, but... That’s not us. Our engagement was always going to be news and this way, I controlled the story and how they got it.” He hesitated. “I guess I also wanted to give you a new memory to associate with the Vinyls, for other people to associate with you.”
Oh. Annie gazed up at him in shock as the meaning of his words hit her. “Because tonight is what people will remember,” she realized, “not my ruining Jaylen’s performance.” Raleigh had not only declared his love for her in front of the whole world, he had also found a way to give her the kind of Vinyl’s memory she had always dreamed of.
Thanks to him, she wasn’t the unhinged pop star who had ruined her rival’s big night, now she was one half of one of the hottest couples in music, the recipient of a truly epic proposal.
“I love you,” she told him, wrapping her arms around his neck, “and I am so glad I get to be your eternity.”
