#rip waitress

[jaculanaylor]

STEPHANIE TORNS

is amazing anyway is there a bootleg with her as Jenna because I feel like I & the world need to see it :)

I have a few things to trade 

[inthebreadbinwrites]

you matter to me

this is (late!) for the @itfandomprompts It Fandom Week Day 6 (Famous AU!)

(sorry it’s late, I’m in the process of moving continents!) 

Pairing: Stozier 

Rating: Teen and Up

Warnings: None

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Three years. Stan hadn’t seen Richie for three years. Then out of the blue, he received an email inviting him to Richie’s Broadway debut. He’d heard of the musical, Waitress. He shouldn’t have been surprised when they cast Richie. He could sing incredibly well, and they’d recently started casting more celebrities, probably to raise sales. He was surprised by the ticket that was sent though. Front row and center. Bev probably forced him to send it.

You see, the three had once been very close. Since diapers, it had been Richie and Stanley. Then it had become Bev, Rich and Stan in middle school. The three musketeers. Then Stan screwed it up like he always did. One drunken night at the end of college had ended a 22-year friendship. He felt bad for Bev, she had been trying to drag the group back together. It never worked though.

Patty waltzed through the door, interrupting his thoughts. “Morning, Stanley.” She chirped, putting a cup of coffee on his kitchen table.

He and Patty had met at his first job, an accounting firm. They had quickly become friends and three years later, they opened Uris & Blum Ltd. He was sure that if he was straight he would have fallen for her, but he was perfectly content with their friendship.

“Morning, Pats.” He took a sip his coffee and sighed, staring back at the email.

“What are you gawking at?” Patty asked, moving to sit next to him. “Oh my gosh! Who sent you Waitress tickets? Was it Richie?”

“I don’t know. You want the ticket? I’m not going to go.” He said. Patty gasped.

“Stanley! You have to go! This could be your chance.” She exclaimed, ruffling his hair.

He fixed his hair and let out a huff of annoyance. “I’m not going. There’s no way in hell.”

 Stan felt his heart jackhammer as he walked to the front of the theatre. There was a fucking ginormous poster of Richie and the lead actress, Audra Denbrough, plastered on the front of the building. Suddenly, he heard a shriek and caught sight of Beverly Marsh running to him. He opened his arms and caught her as she jumped up, giggling.

“Stanley Joshua Uris, it has been way too fucking long.” She said sweetly. He squeezed her tightly. God, he’d missed Bev.

“Hey, Bevvie. I missed you.” She simply hugged him harder in response. Three men walked up to them.

“Oh shit, I should introduce you to everyone.” She let him go and smiled. She gestured to a tall man with sandy blonde hair. “This is my boyfriend, Ben. I told you about him remember.” The man held out his hand and Stan shook it, smiling.

“The short one is Eddie. His boyfriend Mike is playing Ogie.”

“Fucking bite me, Beverly. I’m not that short.” Bev snickered and threw an arm around him. “It’s nice to meet you.”

A tall man with red hair stepped forward. “I’m Bill. My wife, Audra is playing the lead.” Stanley shook Bill’s hand and smiled.

“It’s lovely to meet you all. Should we take our seats?” He asked, seeing people file into the theatre. Bev led them to the theatre and they found their seats. Stan had the best seat in the house.

“Hey, Bev? Thank you for inviting me.” He whispered. She turned around to stare at him in shock.

“Stanny, Richie was the one who bought the ticket and sent it to you. He only told me afterwards.” The opening music started and they were forced to be quiet. Stan sat there in shock.

The musical was admittedly very good. Audra was amazing, as well as Mike. Then Richie came on. Stan couldn’t help but gasp. His hair was shorter and he had contacts and a doctor’s costume but it was undeniably him. Three years had done him well.

Richie was incredible, of course. His chemistry with Audra was off the charts and his dancing had improved considerably since Stan had seen him last. Stan felt overwhelmingly proud.

When the intermission started Bev pulled him aside. “Stan. I don’t know what happened between you guys before we graduated, but you have a chance now. You two have been in love since you were teenagers. Don’t throw it away.”

Stan knew she was right, that his feelings for Richie never disappeared. She hugged him before going to talk to the others. Stan slowly went back to his seat and waited for the second act to start. His heart started beating faster as soon as Richie came on.

When Richie started singing “You Matter To Me”, he knew he had to do something. He watched the rest of the show, a small grin on his face whenever Richie was on. He enjoyed the show as a whole a lot more than he expected and felt slightly disappointed when it ended. The curtain call came on and the actors started doing their bows.

Finally, Richie ran out and took a bow. That’s when he spotted his Stan and his face broke out into a blinding smile. When everyone started vacating the theatre one of the employees came up to him.

“Mr. Uris?” She asked, waiting for a nod. “Richie wants you to come backstage.” He nodded again and followed her to Richie’s dressing room. She smiled and walked off.

Stan took a deep breath and knocked on the door. “Come in!” Richie called out. Stan opened the door and smiled at his former best friend. “Hey, Stan the Man.” They hesitated for a second before Richie engulfed him in a hug.

They stayed like that for a minute or so before an alarm went off on Richie’s phone. ”I should go do stage door. Don’t move.” He pulled on his jacket and grabbed a pen before walking out of the dressing room. Eddie walked in with his boyfriend, Mike.

“Hey, Stan. I thought you should meet Mike.” Mike smiled at him.

“Hey, you were great tonight. It’s good to meet you.” Stan said, holding out a hand to shake. Mike shook it and they made small talk until Richie came back. Eddie pulled Mike out and winked at Stan.

“Stan. I invited you here tonight because I wanted to apologize. I’m sorry about what happened and that we stopped talking.” Richie said, looking upset. “I freaked out, I didn’t want us to get together when we were drunk and I just… didn’t feel like I deserved you.” Stan sucked in a breath.

“Richie…” He didn’t know what to say, so instead he gently pressed his lips against Richie’s. Richie wrapped an arm around him before kissing him back. They separated and leaned their heads against each other. “You’ll always be good enough for me.” Stan whispered.

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[unbrokensestra]

Tfw your sims go to a restaurant with their family and the waitress who was supposed to bring them their lunch died because she laughed too much........

[reaper600]