#also with the example you gave there’s such potential for very soft lyney

[cynicalmusings]

im sorry, i can't get enough of performer! reader, but imagine lyney and reader are both training to be the best performers on the big stages and they join some academy where performers train and audition for weeks to be able to be casted for the big show/company (I watched getting into Cirque du Soleil and now im amazed) and everyone is trying their best to impress the grueling judges, get the choreography, and athleticism right.

People are being sent home left and right and tensions are high whenever the judges/trainers grade each member's performance.

I'm just thinking how Lyney would interact with reader, maybe have a slight rivalry with them (i can't help it)

He'll poke your stomach while you're trying to do handstands, tease you about things to make you lose focus. Nothing malicious, but it's definitely challenging putting up with him and being paired up with him too.

The training is brutal and it's not rare to get cuts, bruises, or muscle soreness. He might help you disinfect and bandage some if it's really bad and might even throw in a playful massage.

He really likes having you around messing with you, but when he sees you're more anxious than usual when the scores come out and it's time to announce who's going home, he slips beside you and holds your hand, and tries to reassure you that everything will be okay.

i love this trope so much—like, the ‘i’m hiding the true depth of my feelings for you and how much i care you behind a teasing mask of being competitive rivals because i’m too deep in to admit defeat first’.

it’s always the tender moments that get me with this kind of thing: like the last example you gave, when one member puts aside their rivalry in favour of helping and comforting the other… good shit, i tell you.

#also with the example you gave there’s such potential for very soft lyney #and we all love soft lyney #sent: maehemthemisfit #r answers