A Different Chord - Sammy Lawrence x Reader (Part Five)
It’s getting busy at the studio, and you can’t find Sammy Lawrence.
A/N: In honor of BatDR not being dead, I have actually written stuff. (Sorry for the wait.)
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It had been nearly half a year since your lessons with Sammy began, and things were busier than ever in the studio. It had been at least a week since your last banjo lesson (though admittedly, they were turning into sessions where you told Sammy gossip from around the studio). One day on your break, you headed down to the Music Department to see Sammy.
Henry had practically kicked you out of the art department anyway, complaining that you’re too young to work straight through the day. He said he was gonna have to talk to to Joey about that. Breaks were practically nonexistent in the studio, after all, especially as of late. Joey Drew’s deadlines were becoming more and more imposing and strict. Now that you thought about it, everyone seemed more on edge lately. You rolled your shoulders back and moseyed towards the music director’s office.
When you got there, you were surprised to see that his office was empty. Maybe he was still with the band? You went down the hall to check. As you rounded the corner into the practice room, you frowned. The room was empty. The band must not be meeting today. Or maybe they were taking their own break. Either way, the practice room was empty.
“Don’t know where he went, kiddo. Kicked us all out awhile ago.” A drawling voice made you jump. Turning around, you found Norman Polk on the balcony, fidgeting with a projector.
“That Sammy Lawrence is a strange one, I’ll tell ya… Once he kicked the band out, he ran all the way up here. Heard him flip the projector on, then he ran all the back down here. He played some instruments or somethin’, and he hasn’t come out for a long time. Peculiar man, dunno what you see in him,” Norman continued. That was the most you’d ever heard him speak. Your face reddened a little at his words.
“He’s just teaching me how to play the banjo, Mr. Polk! Don’t get the wrong idea,” you defended.
Norman grinned like the cheshire cat. “I think you’d better tell him that. Never seen that crazy composer as happy as he is when he’s teachin’ you.”
You shook your head hopelessly, feeling the heat in your cheeks. “I’m going to go find Sammy, Mr. Polk.” With that, you exited the room and started searching around, ignoring what Norman had said.
You couldn’t find Sammy anywhere, oddly enough. You swore he never left the music department, and Norman mentioned he’d been in the band room, but there was no sign of the musician. Instead, you’d decided to settle down in his office and wait for him to return.
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Sammy’s office had become a bit busier as of late. Joey Drew had pipes installed to carry ink for some weird sort of project, and the switch for the pumps was placed there. People often came in and out of the office, usually GENT workers or janitors like Wally. Sammy’s desk had also become a bit messier. It had been a lot busier in the studio and you hadn’t had as frequent lessons… Since when had it become so unorganized?
After turning Sammy’s radio on, you started to stack the sheet music scattered across his desk. There were a lot of ink stains on the music. Come to think of it, there were also a lot of ink bottles in his rubbish bin… Why was he going through so much ink?
You shrugged it off once you noticed a black notebook under the sheet music you’d sorted. Curiosity gnawed on your bones, and as you started to reach for the book—
“(Y/N), you’re in my office.” Sammy Lawrence appeared, leaning on the doorframe. He looked slightly amused.
“Um yup, sure am. It’s a disaster in here, you should hire a maid,” You joked lightly, hoping he hadn’t seen you reach for his notebook.
“How long have you been waiting here?” Sammy asked. Changing the subject.
“Only for a little while. Where have you been? Got time for a lesson?”
The composer only responded to the latter question. “Only a short one. Joey has me writing songs for three different Bendy cartoons, all due tonight.” His expression soured.
“Why not work on those then? I don’t mind.”
“You’re just a distraction, I won’t be able to write much while you’re here. Besides, I have… certain things I have to do. Alone,” he added hastily.
Odd. “Do you want me to leave? Am I too distracting?” You asked, waggling your eyebrows playfully. You tried to keep Norman’s words from creeping back into your head.
“Oh, can it. Quit being a child,” Sammy said, but you swear a smile crept up on his face.
“Make me,” you chided lightly. Sammy strode over to where you were sitting at his desk. He towered over you normally, but was even taller while you sat. Leaning down, the musician placed a hand on his desk. He stared straight into your eyes, smirking. He was so close-
The moment was over in an instant. Turning away, he chuckled. “That’s what I thought. Now please, let me work.”
You should probably tell him what Norman said…
You decided not to.
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I think with queer media and love stories it’s really coming down to two kinds of chemistry:
In the first column is the organic chemistry. The “whoops!” chemistry which for something like Heartstopper works very well. And then for something like Supernatural and Destiel, it causes problems for network execs lol.
But like with organic chemistry it comes down to casting and writing but also just the kind of actors and personalities they have. Idk how to explain it. It feels like there doesn’t have to be a lot of direction. Heartstopper and SPN are different obviously but what endears me to Heartstopper is the chemistry between the cast but particularly through Kit and Joe. Meanwhile with SPN you have the chemistry that was organic between Misha and Jackles and you had destiel develop out of that. It was so much that it popped through any homophobic Hollywood constraints they had.
The organic chemistry in these kinds of shows and stuff is actually hard to find. And you don’t have to be queer in order to have it either. There are queer actors that can’t really do this kind of chemistry.
But it feels different you know? Compared to the second kind I’m about to describe. It feels like you can’t really watch them. Even with Destiel never doing more than a hug and standing near each other, it drove shippers feral because these guys and their prolonged eye contact was just so much.
It’s that kind of thing that makes me go, should a SPN continuation happen and destiel does a lil smooch, it won’t feel like the second kind of chemistry I’m about to describe. It’ll feel just. Completely engrained with reality and like I truly stumbled into an intimate moment.
In the second kind of chemistry column I find with queer romances is the “Oscar Queer” or the kind of chemistry I don’t get fully engrained it but is still impressive. I call it Oscar Queer based on Brokeback Mountain which is one of my favorite movies. But I am also putting Good Omens, OFMD and RWRB into. It’s the kind of chemistry that exists but is only really existing for me inside this narrative and doesn’t completely absorb me.
With the first kind of organic queer chemistry, I get lost in it. In Oscar queer chemistry, I still enjoy it, but it only engulfs me as much as the story does. It feels like a narrative kind of chemistry that’s following the beat sheet. Again tho, I still like this!
It’s so hard to explain.
But when I think of how actor chemistry works in these queer media shows and movies, it’s broken down into two categories for me.
Organic chemistry and Oscar chemistry. Both are valid and you don’t need queer actors for either one of them nor does the presence of hetero actors negate anything. But it’s so fascinating.
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February 14th and 15th and 16th, 2023
14/50 , 15/50 and 16/50 days of productivity
The last couple of days have been pretty uneventful just mainly me studying and finally watching some tv shows that I’ve been meaning to watch. I didn’t manage my time correctly, so I’ve had to do two tests this evening - I started at 9:30 and now I’m on my second test. All I wanted to do was read my book but sadly I cannot :/. I picked up catching fire, the second book in the hunger games trilogy so I’m excited to read.
Tasks achieved:
Photosynthesis test
Mechanics revision
Carbonyls and carboxylic acids revision
🎧 strawberry blond - mitski
QOTD - favourite tv show to watch
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