#ambsos

pairing. luke hemmings x female reader

synopsis. Y/N is 5 Seconds of Summer’s new social media manager. Fresh out of college at 22 years old, you landed the job after a successful internship working for Olivia Rodrigo’s team during her junior year. You've been in love with 5SOS since you were 7 years old when the band debuted – so landing this job is a huge deal for you. You've always had the fattest crush on Luke, even trying to pierce your own lip at 11 to mimic him.

But you work for the band now. You can’t let trivial tween dreams get in the way of your current ones. But, honestly, you're a mess right now – this is your first time away from her home in Massachusetts, you're coming off a messy breakup with her toxic (and lowkey abusive) boyfriend of 5 years, and you still struggle with recurring panic attacks that you've had since freshman year of high school. You needs to lock in, though, as you're set to manage the band as they go on their sold out Everyone’s A Star tour.

Everything’s going good until one day in the dressing room where you accidentally walk in on Luke changing. You swear to professionalism, profusely apologizing and on the verge of crying, but Luke doesn’t seem flustered. He seems completely the opposite.

What will happen between the two of you? What will happen to your job? How will the two of you feign professionalism, hiding a budding romance from the rest of the band, the crew – and most importantly – the fans?

warnings. alcohol consumption to the point of heavy inebriation, smoking (cigarettes, vaping, and weed), drug use, profanity, angst, SMUT, self-destructive behavior, AGE GAP (7-8 years), power imbalance in relationship, mentions of body dysmorphia and sh, mentions of past emotional trauma, mentions of past abuse, bullying, panic attacks, mental health issues, prob more

inspired by. STOP, Say It Say, and Promise by Bella Kay

pairing. luke hemmings x michael clifford

synopsis. Michael Clifford has always been invisible.

As Silver Creek High's yearbook photographer, he spends his days behind a camera, documenting everyone else's victories while quietly fading into the background. He knows how to capture the perfect moment, but he's never believed he was meant to be part of one.

Luke Hemmings is the opposite — or at least that's what you would think. He's the school's golden-boy pitcher, destined for college baseball, admired by the fans who only see confidence when they look at him. But beneath the polished image is a boy who's spent years outrunning the rumors that started when he chose field hockey over football freshman year. The whispers turned into bullying. The bullying turned into violence. And ever since, Luke has become an expert at pretending he belongs.

Michael remembers everything.

He remembers the girls who pushed Luke from the bleachers. He remembers catching him before his head hit the metal. He remembers the blood after Luke was beaten with his own field hockey stick. Most of all, he remembers the look in Luke's eyes before he disappeared without another word.

Now, years later, the two seniors are forced back into each other's orbit when Michael is assigned to photograph Luke for the senior spread. As practices, games, and late nights behind the lens blur the distance between them, Michael begins to see the cracks beneath Luke's carefully crafted facade. And Luke discovers that the quiet boy behind the camera has been the only person who truly saw him all along.

But Silver Creek hasn't changed. Old bullies still walk the halls, rumors refuse to die, and both boys know how quickly being seen can become dangerous. As graduation approaches, Michael and Luke must decide whether staying invisible is worth losing the chance to be known — or if risking everything for each other is the only way to finally step out from behind the roles they've been forced to play.

warnings. alcohol consumption, vaping, profanity, ANGST, hazing/bullying, violence, mental health issues, internalized homophobia, hate crimes, panic attack, the Catholic church/religion , and probably more

inspired by. caramel by 5sos, cupid by ryan beatty, and take me to church by hozier