#syngt

    “why? it’s not like we’re doin’ anything today.”

kissed ! / selectively accepting

dizzy kiss

they’ve been filming for hours, the track getting more and more tired every playback. ADVERTISEMENT X ARTEMIS is off to a good start - seeing as they’re dropping the video and song at the same time. now’s the scene where things get tough. and by tough, we mean naked and submerged in a ball pit.

the song’s about a threesome. right now she’s filming aaron’s side. then it’ll hard cut to her kissing monty opposite. it’s a career move, that’s for sure.

PLAYBACK!

the track starts. aaron’s the first to make a move. they both follow the direction of make it mean something. she gets lost in it for a moment. like the cameras aren’t there. like her voice isn’t blaring over the speakers. 

i could be your mystery / i could be your new years eve /your special fantasy / your one and two make three

CUT! 

monty is the one people ‘forget’ to invite to their parties. this isn’t the first time he and aaron have had this conversation.

         ‘ you think you’ll have more fun without me there? is that it? ’

DRUNK KISSES!

monty cobb, the secret sap, lives for nights like these. it’s not the lingering fear of alcohol poisoning or drug overdose that gets his blood pumping, but the fact that this is aaron uninhibited. beyond a certain point, it stops being show and starts into sincerity  ---  his partner laying across his lap and waxing poetic is no exception.

         ‘ you said that already. ’ a few times, if he’s being honest. he shifts and the room spins, so it takes him a few seconds to dive back into conversation. ‘ i know you love everyone at this party. ’

and then, the most beautiful and unexpected of things happens: aaron, who has just again been made aware of their company, takes the effort to hoist himself up and put them eye-to-eye. he sways with drunkenness. monty sets a hand on his shoulder to steady him.

they’re moving fast in the direction of a kiss.

         ‘ we’re too --- ’ we’re too far gone to be entertaining, is what he means to say. this is just for us. i hope you remember in the morning. ‘ we shouldn’t. ’

monty hasn’t given much thought to the idea that his and aaron’s setup could be seen as somewhat  ---  intimate. they’ve both had a long day, but monty is taking it particularly hard: tense instead of tired, quicker than usual to offer a biting remark.

they’re on their bus. aaron is laying down behind him, lazily working the knots out of his back with his fingers, the heel of his palm, his fingers ----

         ‘ mm. sorry. ’ he opens his eyes and locks ‘em with those of their interviewer. ‘ could you repeat the question? ’