Playing on my mind blurb where the band is out walking or getting coffee and they run into y/n. She’s in her regular clothes (maybe even just sweats?), no makeup and super chill. After you and Matty are done catching up (he introduces you to everyone) and she leaves, the boys all sit down and just listen to Matty talk about you for the rest of the time:
“So…?’
“She seems very cool, matty”
“And pretty too right? Just absolutely gorgeous…”
“Sigh… yes matty she is very pretty”
(I'm so sorry this took me so long. I promise I'm trying to work through my asks <33)
Oh, this is a sweet concept… you would be so mortified this is how you're meeting his friends but also so fucking excited to meet his friends. I'm gonna alter this slightly and just have you meet George, i have different ideas for the other two boys…
I think it's probably early on a Sunday, and George and Matty crashed at the studio last night, falling asleep at the mixing desk before trudging to the sofas at 3 am. So once it hits 8 a.m., and they wake up, they are in desperate need of a coffee.
You had a slightly less fun or productive night, just staying up late catching up on the newest episodes of the great British bake-off (yes this is me projecting <3). You don't think you'll run into anyone so you're dressed pretty comfy, in jogging bottoms and an oversized jumper.
You nearly wore your newly purchased 1975 hoodie, but it was in the wash after you spilt tea on it last night. Thank GOD. yes, you were embarrassed about buying it, but your yearning for Matty had reached new heights. This was a way to cope with those feelings that wouldn't get you fired…
You order your coffee and are waiting to hear your name be called, and it is - but not by a barista.
“y/n! Ohmygod, hi!” Matty says insinctively coming to hug you but catching himself at the last second and just waving awkwardly, with George standing behind him equally as awkward.
“MATTY! Oh wow - hi!!” You say moving your hands to fix your hair and pull at your clothes self-consciously.
Holy fuck WHY was he here??? When you looked like this?? Sometimes you show up looking very cute, prepared to work in the coffee shop and live your fantasy of being that cool girl in a cafe.
But OF COURSE, the one time he shows up, you look like this. In a snoopy hoodie, no makeup and your massive glasses on.
Matty is immediately enamoured by you, his brain going straight to domestic delusions. Seeing you dressed like that in his house whilst you're making tea, or when you are getting ready for a movie night.
He focuses on your freckles and your glasses, feeling his heart stutter at how beautiful you look when you're not even trying.
Matty thanked god George told him to fix his hair before he left.
Speaking of George, he was still there, but he might as well not have been. You two were standing in silence, grinning and drooling over each other, and it's then when it clicks to George exactly who you are.
Matty had been talking about you for MONTHS.
“y/n wore a red dress today”
“She waved goodbye to me this morning”
“I saw her at the Christmas disco and nearly gave her a drink”
“No, I don't like her!! Shut up, George. I'm not 15, I don't have crushes anymore”
Despite Matty's denial, he had heard all about you from Matty and from Adam, who watched you two interact recently and reported it back to George and Ross.
“he was basically drooling. Do you remember how he was with Julie Smith in year 10? Like that, but WORSE!”
“oh god, he's down bad huh”
George coughed lightly behind Matty, and suddenly he came back to life and introduced him, “Right! Yes! Sorry, y/n, this is George, my best friend and bandmate. George, this is Annie's teacher, y/n!”
You wave politely at George, and he waves back, cheekily saying, “Ah yes, y/n! I've heard SO MUCH about you” which earns him an elbow in the stomach from Matty.
You obsess over him saying this FOR MONTHSSSS. “But what did he mean??? So much?? From Matty or Annie??? Or adam?? Probably not from Matty… BUT WHAT IF IT WAS??" (your cat does not respond to this rant sadly)
Soon after, your name is called, and you couldn't run away quicker, internally dying at Matty seeing you like this. Matty and George sit down, and Matty is staring out the window, looking in the direction you walked off in wistfully and sighing.
George taps his nails against the cup to bring Matty back and is just about to start talking about the track they were working on but Matty starts talking before he can.
“So…?” Matty says with a lovesick look in his eyes.
George briefly considers not humouring Matty and ignoring what he said, but he plays along anyway, “Yeah she seems really cool Matty, just like you described.”
“I don't talk about her that much! … but yeah, she is really cool. And pretty too, right? Just absolutely gorgeous. But not in a weird way or an ‘I like her’ way just… objectively” he says unsurely, as if he is trying to convince himself as well as George.
With a heavy sigh, knowing no work will get done today, George agrees with Matty “Yes Matty she is very pretty.”
A few seconds of silence pass, and George can't help himself,
“You totally like her though”
“GEORGE NO I DON'T. LISTEN OKAY JUST BECAUSE-”
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