#jeed

UPDATE: CHAPTER 4 - INTERLUDE

Summary:

Cyrus Goodman expected a lot of things from college. TJ Kippen wasn't one of them.

A tiny ficlet about a Wes Craven movie night(He's from Cleveland, so I gotta represent) TJ hates scary movies but its Halloween and Cyrus loves them.

Bonus notes that have no impact on the story but are true in the universe of the story.

TJ is Trans

So is Marty

Also Jeed rights

TJ hates scary movies. He hates the gore. He hates the jump scares. He hates the grotesque villains who lurk in the shadows of every scary movie. He hates the tense, unnerving, music signaling that one of the characters was about to meet their demise. He hates the blood splatters. He hates the ear-piercing scream let out by some terrified teenage girl. But most of all, he hates feeling scared. He doesn’t like that feeling of vulnerability. Unfortunately,  that is the exact reason he cannot admit to anyone that he does like them. He hasn’t even told Cyrus. He felt like a wimp. He doesn’t want anyone to know that tough, “lives on the edge”, TJ Kippen is terrified of horror films.

Cyrus on the other hand LOVES scary movies. He geeks out over the work and cinema magic that goes into them. Scary movies are a way to face fear without actually being in danger. Cyrus, who admittedly is always anxious about something bad happening, could take solace in the pretend horror in the films.  TJ, for his part, has managed to avoid watching them with Cyrus up until now. But it is October and he knew he didn’t have an option to avoid them anymore. Last Halloween he manage to avoid them but knew he could not pull that off again without anyone get suspicous. Cyrus had invited everyone over to his house for a classic slasher marathon that weekend. TJ had no good excuse to not come and he obviously did not want to tell Cyrus he was afraid.  So he resided himself to going and hoping that he could hide how scared he was.

The night of, TJ of course got there first to help Cyrus set up. He knows how particular his boyfriend is when it comes to parties, even if it was just a movie night with their friends. As they lined pillows on the floor in front of the couch and set out bowls of snacks, TJ asks "So Cy, what movies do you have planned?" He tries to keep his voice casual. In reality, he was just getting himself ready.

Cyrus smiles, "Well I thought we could do a Wes Craven themed night. We'll start with A Nightmare on Elm Street, obviously. Then I was thinking Scream, and finally The Hills Have Eyes."

"Oh, okay. " He tries to say cooly.

"I know they are kind of campy and outdated, not really the terror fest to write home about. But like I thought they would be fun." Cyrus defends thinking TJ wasn't impressed with the lineup.

In reality, he was so nervous because he has never seen any of these movies. Yea, of course he has heard of Freddy Kruger and Ghostface because who hasn't? But he has never sat down to watch them. He really hates being scared. But he just gives Cyrus a big smile and lies through his teeth. "Sounds good, Underdog."

After a while the rest of their friends show up and get settled in. Amber and Andi snuggle together on the oversized chair. Buffy and Marty are sitting on the floor already seeing who can catch the most popcorn in their mouths. Jonah and Reed join Buffy and Marty on the floor laughing at their friends' antics. That leaves Cyrus and TJ the couch. TJ sits down and after Cyrus turns off the lights and starts the first movie, he moves to cuddle next to his boyfriend, throwing a blanket over them, his head resting on TJ's shoulder.

TJ watches as his friends all indulge in the familiar plot. It seems like everyone has seen it before, no one flinching when Tina's bloody body is thrown across the room. But TJ hates it. He wants to cover his face but doesn't want to give away his secret. He hopes to God that no one noticed when he would jump or flinch whenever Freddy did something new.

But Cyrus notices. He whispers too quietly for anyone else to hear. "You okay, Teej?"

TJ gives a stiff nod, not removing his eyes from the gore on the screen in front of him, worried that Cyrus will know the truth if he looks at him.

But Cyrus already could tell the truth. TJ was not having a good time. He wasn't enjoying being terrified. But he could also tell that TJ was never going to admit it, being too "tough" for that. So he gets an idea.

He whispers his lie. "My neck is getting tired from laying like this. Can we switch positions, Teej?"

"Uh..." the blonde stutters. "Yea of course."

They quietly get up, careful not to disturb the other kids. Cyrus moved so he sat against the arm of the couch. TJ, instead of putting his head on Cyrus' shoulder, lays it on the brunette's lap.

So as the movie played on, Cyrus stroked TJ's hair, or would rest a hand on the jock's shoulder whenever he would feel him tense up at a scary part. Of course Cyrus never said out loud that he knew TJ was scared. It was more like an unspoken understanding.

When Tj told Reed he had started dating Cyrus, he hadn’t been surprised. When Cyrus had invited Reed to meet his friends, he was shocked. He knew that wasn’t his crowd. At all. They were nice kids who only went to jail for trying to be charitable.

Tbh this will probably be multi-chaptered. Anyway, first chapter should be up today or tomorrow! Tags are the ships this will have!

hey guys! so @tjthekippen and @cyrusthegoodman and @ramenbyler  and i have been working on this idea for a little while, and it’s finally time to introduce you guys to our idea! originally, it was only going to be a week, but we decided that two weeks would let us put more crack nonsense into the fandom. this is also in part to have an influx of content during the hiatus. here’s the schedule below for the days.

march 24: walibby (walker and libby) march 25: bamber (buffy and amber) march 26: cleo (cyrus and leo the locker boy) march 27: irilie (iris and natalie) march 28: jeed (jonah and reed) march 29: ambira (amber and kira) march 30: tonah (tj and jonah) march 31: any girl and kaitlin april 1: narty (natalie and marty) april 2: lira (libby and kira) april 3: tarty (tj and marty) april 4: kandi (kira and andi) april 5: andiris (andi and iris) april 6: creed (cyrus and reed)

this hiatus is messing with my head, i’ve lost all sense of time and space and i considered jEED AS A VALID SHIP.

we are starving, terri.