#benbrian

"all of the american tourists are flirting with brian" yeah we know there's been a camera on you the entire time ben

i know i am very late to the game but ben and brian are so cute together. time to scroll on ao3 pls drop recs <3

i was trying to come up with a good band!au for jltg and then i saw this post and i really feel like it's the perfect dynamic for a band!au like okay. in this au i feel like sam starts with some sort of indie solo project (wendover) that gets relatively popular in its genre and becomes friends with brian who's also got a solo project in a similar genre (i feel like brian as a math rock guy makes sense to me but maybe he could be some doom metal-esque subgenre? but that doesn't really work for a solo act) and brian does attempt to flirt with sam on multiple occasions but sam is either Not Getting It or just thinks that brian's flirting with everyone. brian resigns himself to the fact that he and sam are not gonna be a thing but he still tries to shoot his shot for fun on occasion. flash forward to sam meeting ben & adam and starting jet lag the band and blowing up to a more mainstream audience (i feel like they're pop rock?) while meanwhile brian has become a pretty big name in his genre. jumpcut to them meeting at an awards shot and after failing to chat up sam, brian starts talking with ben and is so shocked that ben flirts back that they almost immediately hookup at the afterparty.

losing my MIND over ben revealing on the layover that he respected scotty's request not to put something embarrassing into the final cut, but will specifically CUT AROUND brian asking him not to include something so he can include it anyway

ben and brian are sitting so close their shoulders are overlapping. they are on an empty airplane.