I’ve never thought about this pairing before. but this was a very fun dynamic to write!
Tags: Yearning, Crushes, Patrick Stump Is Extremely Awkward But That’s Okay
Summary: From the first time Fall Out Boy is introduced to Panic! At The Disco, there’s one particular member he can’t seem to take his eyes off of. If only he was bold enough to make the first move…
Word Count: 440
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Patrick Stump hadn’t been able to keep his eyes off the guitarist since the first time Pete Wentz introduced Panic! At The Disco to their band. His gentle features and soothing voice that often contradicted his sarcastic words had drawn the singer in, and no matter what he tried, he couldn’t seem to stop his feelings from spiraling.
Especially when he first saw them perform.
Dear fucking god.
The way Ryan played that guitar, fingers dancing across the strings like that instrument was his entire world, enraptured him entirely.
Patrick Stump had been hooked ever since.
Yet, when he finally found himself alone in a room with Ryan, he clammed up. He couldn’t say a word. If he did, he would screw up. He would screw everything up. Screw up the relationship they didn’t even have because Patrick was too much of a coward to make the first move.
“Hey,” Ryan said suddenly, his voice slightly hesitant. “Patrick, right? Feels like we haven’t talked much. How are you?”
Patrick, right?
The world pierced a hole straight through Patrick’s soul. Right. Right. Because the singer was the one who couldn’t stop thinking about the guitarist, not the other way around. Right.
“Yeah, I’m Patrick. And I’m doing good, how about you?” He wanted to say more, wanted to say so much more, but he managed to contain himself to those two singular sentences. Never enough, but it had to do.
“I’m good, I’m good,” Ryan replied. A silence began to stretch between them. Patrick wanted to say something, wanted to fill the awkwardness, but he wasn’t sure what to say.
“Hey, your singing is amazing, you know that?” the guitarist said suddenly, and Patrick’s heart stopped. “I mean, Jesus Christ, man. You take lessons or something?”
It was all Patrick could do to not stand there with his mouth hanging open. “No, not really. Fall Out Boy is my first real thing I’ve done to get experience with my voice.” He felt a blush creeping across his cheeks. He felt so weird talking about himself.
Ryan looked impressed, and the singer’s heart swelled. “Fuckin’ awesome, man. Hey, I got to go, but we should hang out sometime, if you want. Don’t see why we don’t talk more, with our bands being so close and all that.” He left quickly, but his words remained. They echoed loudly through Patrick’s head, sending a giddiness flowing through his veins that he hadn’t ever experienced before.
No way. No fucking way. Ryan Ross wanted to talk to him more. Ryan Ross found him interesting.
Maybe his original crush hadn’t been as outlandish as he thought.