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pretty lies - part four

pairing: vernon x reader

rating/genre: enemies to lovers, slow burn, ANGSTY fluff, band au

summary: supporting your friend mingyu becomes way more than you ever could have bargained for when you become involved with one of his bandmates

warnings: *brief mention of grief*, cussing, vernon has issues in this story but please remember this is a work of fiction, mingyu stans don’t hate me but mingyu and reader are just friends

word count: 2.1k

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The following Friday afternoon you were on your lunch break when you received a text from Mingyu:

Mingyu: check this out! :-)

He followed up with a link shortly after, which you quickly clicked. Apparently a staff member from Battle of the Bands had reviewed their performance last night, describing them as, “an up and coming act to keep an eye out for.”

Mingyu: celebrating with drinks tonight. wanna come?

You: omg congrats!!! i’ll be there!

You took a ride share to the spot Mingyu texted you at around eleven that night. When you arrived to the location you searched around, finally spotting Mingyu and Jay at a table near the bar.

“Y/N!!!” Mingyu exclaimed as soon as you reached his line of sight. He’d clearly already had a few rounds.

“Hey! Where’s Vernon?”

“He’s not really the party type. We tried to get him to come but you know how he is,” Jay told you gently.

You tried not to let the disappointment show on your face. Why exactly were you disappointed anyway?

You proceeded to sit with the guys and have a couple of drinks, but the pulsing lights and loud music quickly began to fade out of focus, your foot tapping tiredly on the sticky floor.

“Hey Mingyu? I think I’m gonna head out early.” you finally said, raising your voice over the sound of partygoers as you pulled out your cellphone and began scheduling a ride back to your apartment.

“What?!?! But it’s so early!”

“I’ve had a long day. You can keep having fun without me. I just wanted to be here for a moment and celebrate you guys.”

“You sure you’re okay heading out alone?” Jay asked, a little concerned. “It’s one in the morning.”

“I’ll be fine! Don’t let me ruin your fun,” you said, trying to ease the worry of the two guys.

“Wait, I’ve got an idea!” Mingyu shouted triumphantly. “Lemme call Vernon, he can give you a ride!”

“What? No. That’s totally unnecessary,” you said quickly, heart beginning to beat a little faster at the mention of his name, much to your annoyance. “My ride should be here in fifteen minutes.” You waived your phone as evidence, the confirmation lighting up your screen as you clicked the schedule button.

“Is it the motorcycle? Don’t be scared, he’s been driving that thing for years,” Mingyu drunkenly patted your head again. “Plus he owes me.”

“I’m not scared.” You shooed his hand away and got up, deciding to just carry on with your plans rather than debate with Mingyu while he was under the influence. “I’ll see you Tuesday for practice.”

You waved a goodbye to Jay before making your way towards the outside curb of the bar, your ride now only several minutes away. As you lingered outside quietly, your mind began to wander back to Vernon of all people. You thought about him on stage again - how he looked when he sang, completely in his element as his voice filled the venue. Then with some mortification you remembered your final interaction:

“Done worrying about me now?”

“I wasn’t worried,” you said back irritated, body suddenly feeling warm in embarrassment. You looked up to see that he was smirking at you.

“I wasn’t!”

“Sure.”

He boarded the motorcycle then, giving you one last look in the eyes before fitting his helmet back over his head. You watched as he reversed into the street and sped off.

You hated how you couldn’t seem to get that last image of him out of your head - his eyes on you for one last time before he had driven off on that stupid bike. Why does it feel so warm all of a sudden? You thought with some annoyance as you unzipped your jacket.

You were jolted from your thoughts a few moments later when your phone vibrated. It was an alert from the ride share app - your ride had been cancelled. “Damnit,” you said, rescheduling for another ride. The bar was a ways out from your place compared to Mingyu’s and Jay’s, so the later it got, the less willing people were to agree to a trip that was a further distance.

“You need some help, sexy?” A man sneered in your direction after some more time had passed. You ignored him and kept your eyes on your phone, tightening your jacket back around yourself in the process even though it wasn’t nearly as cold as last night at the gig.

“You hear me sweetheart?”

“Fuck off,” you finally said in response, your irritation growing as you walked a few feet away.

“This one’s a feisty little -” you heard before the lurker’s voice became muffled under the roar of an engine. You looked up, seeing a familiar motorcycle ease into your view, stopping right at the curb you stood on. The driver took off his helmet, and you came face to face with Vernon once again. He shook his head a little, brushing his wavy locks out of his face.

“Mingyu said you needed a ride?”

Damnit Mingyu, you thought to yourself. The guy in front of you was already invading your thoughts - the last thing you needed was him showing up unannounced.

“Mingyu’s just drunk. I’m fine,” you said stubbornly, glancing at your phone again. Your new ride was still fifteen minutes away.

“You sure?”

You huffed in annoyance, looking behind you and finding that several men were now staring at the scene. The man from earlier gave you a particularly unsettling leer. You jerked your head back towards Vernon, suddenly finding comfort in the familiar face.

“Do you even have room for me on that thing?”

He scoffed at that, reaching into the storage compartment at the back of the bike and pulling out a spare helmet. It was a dark faded brown, with a few scuff marks etched into its surface.

“Just get on. Last chance.”

You said nothing, opting instead to simply take the helmet from his hands before canceling your ride share. Vernon then pulled out his phone, tapping away for a moment before handing it to you.

“Put your address in.”

You did as instructed while he placed one earbud into his right ear. Once you were finished, he took his phone back and zipped it up into his jacket pocket before scooting up, patting the space behind him on the leather seat. You stepped forward and placed your hands on the fabric while jumping, trying to push yourself up and over onto the seat, but you lost your balance and stumbled back to standing on the pavement. You heard a few deep chuckles and whistles from behind you back by the bar entrance, your lips tightening in frustration.

“Put your right leg on that little foot mount there,” Vernon guided, not even paying attention to the crowd. You followed his advice. “Now place your hands on my shoulders.” Once you did this, you were able to push up and lift your leg over, finally getting seated.

“You ready?”

“Yeah, thanks,” you said as you adjusted the helmet and made sure it was secure over your head, the visor part still up so you could see clearly.

“You’re gonna wanna hold on.” Vernon glanced back towards you, sliding your helmet visor down with his fingers.

You turned away from him, lightly grabbing the excess fabric of his jacket.

“I am.”

Vernon gave a toothy smirk at that. A deep chuckle left his chest as he looked down at your hands.

“You’ll fly off in a second like that.”

“I’ll be f-” you started, but he faced forward again before placing his large hands over yours and guiding them to wrap around his waist. You kept them there lightly. He finally put his helmet on and started up his bike again, motor humming aggressively underneath you. Vernon revved the engine once before speeding off, joining the cars on the road. As his speed increased, you felt a strong stream of wind hit your body, and you instinctively tightened your grip around his waist, holding on for dear life. For the first few minutes you felt incredibly tense. It felt like you were slicing through space, a bullet flying through the air. Vernon constantly weaved in and out of traffic, and at one point you squeezed your eyes shut, head tucking itself into his back so you couldn’t see all the commotion as your heart beat out of your chest.

After about ten minutes the sound of other cars began to slowly die off, the GPS guiding Vernon down quieter roads as you got closer to your apartment and away from the crowded city center. You finally took a peak, opening your eyes to see a flurry of colors, the lights of other buildings off in the distance bleeding together into the night sky. You’d never experienced anything like it before, the feeling of speeding through the outside world with no real barrier. Body beginning to relax, you focused on the warmth of Vernon’s body pressed against yours. Even with the gusts of wind, you still managed to catch a scent of something that was uniquely him. You focused on that feeling for the rest of the ride, holding onto him even tighter.

After another fifteen minutes, the roads became familiar, you two finally slowing up to the front of your apartment. As soon as Vernon came to a complete stop and pushed the kickstand down, you let go of him. He got off first, then turned to help you dismount the bike. You fiddled with your helmet straps for a few moments while Vernon easily pulled his off, once again shaking out his hair, a lopsided grin on his face.

“Here.” he stepped closer and undid the straps for you, slowly pulling the helmet off of your head once he was finished. The scene around you went from a muted haze to full vibrancy, Vernon’s eyes holding you to the spot.

“So. How was it?”

“Huh?”

“The ride. How was it?”

You thought back to your heart beating as you pressed yourself against his back, his woodsy scent filling your nose and his warmth radiating through your body.

“Loud. I couldn’t even hear my own thoughts.”

Vernon laughed at that, his tongue sticking out from between his teeth in a cheeky smile.

“That’s why I like it,” he said in response.

“You like the loudness?”

“I can’t stand the quiet.”

As if on queue, a silence filled the space between you two.

“Were you scared?” Vernon finally asked, almost inaudibly. It felt like some sort of test, the way he said it.

“No,” you looked back up at him defiantly. After a few beats he smirked at you again.

“I wasn’t,” you insisted. “How would you know anyway?”

“Your heart.” Vernon looked down for a moment before gazing back up at you. “I could feel it racing.” The two of you locked eyes then and you felt yourself burn up inside. Something about those words and the way he looked at you while he said them felt strangely intimate.

You finally broke his gaze, looking down at your feet as your hand smoothened out your hair.

“So how long have you been riding anyways?”

“For years. The extra helmet I gave you was actually a gift…” Vernon trailed off, looking at some point in the distance.

“From a friend?”

“I don’t have any friends. It’s from someone who isn’t here anymore.”

“I’m sorry.”

You thought of some way to move on from the subject, choosing to comment on another part of his words.

“What about the band? Mingyu and Jay aren’t friends?”

Vernon didn’t respond to that, kicking at some dirt on the ground as he shoved his hands in his pockets.

Am I a friend? You wanted to ask, but you were too afraid of what you’d hear in response.

Right at that moment you got an alert on your phone. It was from Mingyu:

Mingyu: checking to make sure you got home safe.

As soon as you looked down at your phone, Vernon turned and began getting back on his bike. You looked back up immediately.

“Vernon, wait.” You followed after him, not sure what else to say but wanting him to stay, to keep talking to you.

“I should go,” he said bluntly, putting on his helmet and starting the motorcycle.

As soon as the engine roared to life it was as if a barrier had been put up between the two of you again, and you could no longer reach him.

He sped off, leaving you standing on the sidewalk of your apartment for a time before you finally turned around and went inside.

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crimsonandcloverwrites · 3 years

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bhah ch7 can’t stop won’t stop

lmao Dani being like ‘we should wait to discuss kids til after we’re married’ yes doesn’t seem like a giant thing u should make sure u agree on before u make a major commitment at all

Dani is so in love with Jamie sdjkhdfkjg driving to her house on instinct and just like...gazing at her in her old t-shirt and sweats like you’ve finally seen the light girl just kiss her already

god I can’t believe I have 2 more chapters of them as adults just being the absolute perfect match for each other to get through before they finally kiss in ch 11 (i’m maninfesting it no one say anything) I am literally going to scream. Dani will like... feel a little off and it’s all “i need to go to Jamie’s house and also tell Jamie everything and she will make me tea and let me be myself without all the expectations and I will feel better” I AM VERY HAPPY SHE CAN BE THAT FOR YOU BUT ALSO CAN YOU SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE MS CLAYTON (actually I think she kind of does but she must extract herself from her real life first I guess)

oh no the new chapter is almost here I still have so much to read

forget ‘there was only one bed’ this is now a ‘there was only one tent’ stan blog only

thirsty Dani truly is the funniest I am so sorry ur suffering is so entertaining. Dani: literally whacks her finger with a mallet bc horny for Jamie. Me: uncontrollable chortling

the idea of Dani wrangling 8 year olds that are probably just about as tall as her is too funny. tiny legend

aww the lil background Hannah and Owen moments. cute

Dani in a big ol’ straw hat pls that’s so cute

this Jackie and Jamie situation..... GIVE US THE DEETS

hmmmmnnnnnngggg Jamie just straight down on her knees in front of Dani to tie her shoe lace I will absolutely let u have this gay panic Dani u don’t deserve to be made fun of right now

Jamie “I have a story” absolutely NOT

Viola, emerging from the lake in this no ghosts childhood friends story: surprise bitch

these two drunk idiots are literally teenagers dsjkhdfkgjh just get in ur tent

Dani, drunk in a tiny tent w the love of her life: hope this doesn’t awaken anything in me

when we finally get a Jamie on her knees redemption moment-

Dani, drunk in a tiny tent w the love of her life currently taking her clothing off: oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck (y’all really wanted to torture her this chapt huh?)

“dawn was a saffron colored suggestion peeking through a pinhole gap in the tent’s zipper” god that’s a pretty sentence can i pls borrow some talent

Jamie and Dani w kids is sooooo cute they have such a nice balance between them

just thinking about if teenage Jamie desperately in love w her bestie could see things now Dani being all into her w all her lingering looks etc how the fuckin turn tables

“Dani kept a firm grip on her sanity” lol

oh my god they’re both drenched in the tent w the soft lamplight and only their own bodyheat to keep warm whatever will they do

oh wait they also have the heat of their burning attraction to each other they’ll be toasty as anything

hhhhngggg abs

that’s like 4 mentions of Jamie on her knees aklhfdkjgkdjh enough

lads is it gay to imagine running ur fingertips over the scar on your friends back before pressing ur lips to it or...?

Jamie taking the time to teach Dani car things aww

lol not the smutty book

eddie honking at her gets so under my skin like my dude... my guy... stop

Dani thinking so hard about rain damp Jamie and how much she wanted to jump her while she’s in the car w her boyf and MIL. girl

imagine if we had to sit through a dani and eddie wedding before she finally managed to call this off how cursed

ayoooo Carson’s show I cannot wait. omg we get it this chapter too gbless this really is the Dani suffering hours

Jamie just so casually like.... not even flirting w Dani it’s all just kinda observations but every other thing she says makes Dani stop breathing skdhfdkfjh this is so good

Dani has like... a lack of object permanence but with Jamie feelings ok

pleeease the Dani Carson road trip that’s so cute I can just imagine what fun they would have had

uuughhh i wanna go to a sweaty bar n listen to loud music again

also would like a Jamie to press their hand to my lower back n make me lose my mind in a sweaty bar to loud music

this lil jamie dani carson trio is my faaaave

“Girls must be all over you.” and Jamie choking on her drink dsfkjsdhkf oh Dani u beautiful naive angel. god that’s so funny

Robin instantly going for Jamie... same bro

Carson’s lil found family band pls my heart is so full

Carson calling them his sisters n Jamie freezing up bby when are u going to accept these people care abt u and love u like family

Robin is so brazenly just like ‘ur hot’. a voice of the people i love her

Dani being lowkey jealous as IF Ms Taylor has eyes for anyone else babe

Carson knoooowwwwws. When do we get the Carson O’Mara biopic please I want his takes on everything I know they’re excellent

oh my god Jamie knowing Dani’s fave kind of pizza pls I love that so much (I can’t remember if it’s been mentioned in the past few chapters but I remember her being mad that Eddie didn’t in CH1? i love this lil detail) (also I literally just ate vegge pizza I feel so immersed in this experience)

dfkgjhdfkjgh Jamie licking her finger and Dani completely combusting this is so entertaining

fuck n then it gets all soft and about how they’ve been in love their whole lives this is emotional whiplash

Jamie constantly in protector mode but in this really quiet comforting way is so sweet I love her so much

god I just feel so bad for Dani that this kind of insane electricity she has with Jamie has probably never been a thing in her relationship w Ed bby u deserve someone that makes u feel like this

awww Carsons bf

Dani’s soul leaving her body when she sees them kissing oh no

Jamie giving Dani her jacket pleeease I am dying here... the romance of it all

and shariing cigarettes and intense looks these two really are somethin else

lmao even Robin is picking up on their vibes you two could level a building with the amount of tension between u

Dani’s moment of Realisation abt Carson n Jamie just being like... well yeah

lmao Dani subtly trying to figure out if Jamie is gettin’ it sdkgdfhkjgh

when these do two finally get together both of them are gonna be like... taken out by all of this. Dani has only ever known Eddie who just does not get her (and the fact that she is a lesbian so she’s never had real feelings for him in that way) and it seems like Jamie has only ever had surface level relationships with people who never really got her either (while also being in love w her best friend who she never thought would love her back). there’s no way this is wont eventually make at least one person cry a bunch (probably me) with how right all of it is

god Dani is so horny for Jamie sdflkdfjgkfdj preemptive RIP for Ms Taylor when Dani finally does get to live out all these daydreams on her I just know someones gonna end up pulling somethin

Does Dani like.... get that she will never love Edmund that way like is she fully aware of the fact she loves him but she’s not in love with him and all these feelings for Jamie aren’t just because it’s Jamie but because she’s not straight??? have we gone on that journey yet

aw Ed waited up for her

the book the book the book

dsfkdhfgkj oh Dani

“Jamie on her knees, looking up at her” listen-

girl u are so fucked

SIX. SIX MENTIONS OF JAMIE ON HER KNEES pls

THE DREAM

who could this possibly be about hmmmm Dani

christ

THE MEASURES SHE TAKES TO DEAL WITH THE DREAM lordt

“baffled but excited” i think is how I almost always picture eddie lol

dang get it girl take control

aw dani u poor confused little duck. i just wanna give her a hug

Dani dressed as Dorothy is awfuly cute

heh Jamie as a wolf i love her fursona

lmao toto

of course Jamie is well aquainted with the bleachers. cheeky. oh no not the art room. Dani dying inside and then imagining herself there with Jamie girl has got it baaaad u poor lil repressed gayby

Dani is... so thirsty... goddamn

lmao Jamie blatantly checking her out are u trying to kill her she already wants to rip ur clothes off

“To the third floor art room?” dfksdhfgkjdfhgjdhf imagine if this was it they just banged it out in the art room right now n got things sorted

god they go from horny to soft so quick i love the ways they care about each other

Jamie saying the scarecrow costume is fitting for Eddie PLEASE

ooh the infamous hickey

What Dani deseves: snuggles. What Dani recieves: struggles

the MEMES. god bless the memes

this was an excellent companion for my Wednesday hopefully I can churn through the rest of em before we are blessed w ch11 amen

#bhah

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