#mel makes

BEGINNING (PINING AND FIRST LOVE)

Mostly sappy love songs with a bit of sadness to them.

I Never Planned on You/Don't Come a-Knocking - Jeremy Jordan (Newsies Original Broadway Cast)

Cynical boy gives in to all of his sappy feelings!! I'm here for this in general, and especially for Miyuki

So Close - Jon McLaughlin

Absolutely one of my favorite songs of all time. Terribly tender and terribly sad.

You Are In Love - Travis Atreo (Taylor Swift cover)

One of my favorite parts of crossfire is watching Miyuki slowly, slowly admit his feelings to himself!

Helpless - Phillipa Soo (Hamilton Original Broadway Cast)

Fallin' in love wheeeeeee

So This Is Love - Ilene Woods and Mike Douglas (Cinderella)

Can't Help Falling in Love  - Ingrid Michaelson

I also like the twentyonepilots version and of course the original :)

MIDDLE (SEPARATION)

Bite the Hand - boygenius

"I can't love you how you want me to"

Not This Day - Stick and Poke

Oh boy this song used to make me cry buckets after my first breakup. It revolves around a breakup that is terribly difficult, but is seen as the right thing to do.

Rivers and Roads - The Head and the Heart

Our Apartment - Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties

Sweater Song - Hedley

I Won't Give Up - Washington University Stereotypes (a cappella cover of Jason Mraz)

Warm warm warm voices!

Your Old Coat - Paperwork

The first song I ever saved to Spotify! In particular, the lines "such big plans we had," "so this is all I that have left, your old clothes and your old desk," and "this house is far too cold to be a home, there's a certain kind of silence that these walls have never known" really lined up with my experience of the period where Miyuki's alone in San Francisco

Dear Jamie…Sincerely Me - Hellogoodbye

Following the trend, one of my oldest and most treasured songs. All about trying to send someone your feelings over a long distance, like the boys do with their plants.

END (LOVE)

I See the Light - Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi (from Tangled)

The thing I love most about their relationship is how warm it is, and warm is my favorite word to describe this song. It's also, y'know, about someone/something you never thought you could or would have, and how it changes your life.

Finding Something to Do - Hellogoodbye

"as long as there's something to see, I'll see it with you"

SAWAMURA

Make You Feel My Love - Adele

Crossfire!Sawamura would do, and does do, absolutely anything to make Miyuki feel loved, and it's so lovely.

Hanshin Tigers no Uta - Yuuji Koseki and Meisterbrass Quartet

I couldn't find Rokko Oroshi in cheer-song format on Spotify, but I thought Sawamura might like this version too.

MIYUKI

I Don't Like Love Songs, But I Like You - Stick and Poke

Miyuki's not good at saying "I love you" in a normal way, and that's one of the things I love most about crossfire. You really get to feel his love and care, even through his insults and his poking and his prodding! I often get annoyed with Miyuki's personality when it feels like he's going to far, but crossfire!miyuki is like? Annoying and obnoxious in a really lovely way which I don't know how to describe

I Wanna Get Better - Bleachers

Sawamura is a catalyst for Miyuki to "get better" and make positive changes in so many areas of his life

BONUS

Here are all the songs that don't really fit in musically, but the lyrics relate in some way that I found amusing!

Legally Blonde - Legally Blonde OST

Feeling forced to leave because of a situation out of your control. Also, just Emmett singing "cuz you know that I'm so much in love" .

October - Eric Whitacre

To me, this song has always been about the changing of the seasons, both good and bad. Warm, beautiful, a little overwhelming.

Stronger than You - Estelle (from Steven Universe)

Miyuki! And! Eijun! Are stronger ! Together !