hmmmm how to explain without over or underexplaining XD

I had the idea of like a Juke situation with step up, only the whole dance thing doesn't really apply to them, so then my brain was like, well Carrie dances, and we like Reggie with Carrie sometimes so I think the whole "my partner dropped me" "oh maybe i can help with that" thing is going to be part their story - even though this was going to just be a Juke fic originally

Luke is the Tyler, only instead of damaging the art school and having to do community hours there to make up for it, everyone is aged up in college or possibly even grad school? @onlygenxhere helped me brainstorm some thoughts on why Luke is there but not in school (we think he maybe emancipated himself from his parents at a young age and couldn't get enough scholarships to get in, but he lives near his dream school and is going to give music lessons to students as a way to support himself)(/ conveniently gets him on campus to meet everyone)

Reggie is a music production major, and his capstone project is producing an entire album. Nick was supposed to help as a tradesies for Reggie working on his album, but N droos them at the last minute for his own self serving needs (like Nora's asshole boyfriend in the movie), and when Reg finds Luke putting up tutoring lesson posters, he swipes him to help out with his project, a super experimental session album.

(I am actually really excited about the project - kind of based on something I saw on instagram; each person is given a key, a time signature, and a genre/theme/general idea and they record their parts individually and then put them all together to see if it works and obviously this is how they're going to realize they've really got something good together ;))

Julie (Nora) is dating Nick - and like the movie/as stated above, he's a royal asshole who only thinks of himself. Nick the Dick strikes again. (Sorry, Sacha.) There's more to her story that I haven't fully figured out yet

There is also some background Willex as of now but I want to pull their story more to the forefront - I just have no idea what this looks like yet either

There will be lots of shenanigans that move everyone closer together - looootsss of moving pieces I'm still working through. No idea when this story will ever be done but that's half the fun, no?

Somehow I feel I both overexplained and underexplained lol

i saw a screenshot of this post and decided tree girl would absolutely be reggie -- and what started out as a silly little thing has turned into a ROSE pov of all things

Rose and the family are on a roadtrip to NYC (Rose and Ray grew up/met there:)) and the boys just also so happen to be there for a gig. While Rose and Ray are reminiscing and having a grand old time showing their kids around their old stomping grounds, the boys are having a trip from hell, including their van dying for good. Here's a little tidbit:)

Luke pulls the boys into a group huddle, unaware that he could still be heard by the adults right next to them. "We could…sell the instruments and hitch hike home?" Reggie's voice is hesitant and even Rose could have told him that was not going to happen. "Oh HELL no. That is NOT an option," Luke yells, clutching his guitar case closer to his chest. "Weeeee'll…we'll get another clunker with the money we make scrapping Regina and then we'll busk our way home. Reggie was a Boyscout. We can camp and fish and live the Huckleberry Finn life of our dreams! We got this." She can practically feel Ray doing the mental calculations beside her. They might have to do some camping on the way home themselves based on the deep sigh he just let out. He turns to her as the boys continue to strategize and speaks softly to her. "Let's spend some time with these young men, get to know them a little better before we invite them into the car with our children, yes? I assume they're ours now?" It wouldn't be the first time Rose had brought home strays, human or otherwise.