#also did not realize nathan lane also played the part denzel did in the chicago production. learn something new every day.

[elvisabutler]

I’m obsessed with your headcanons!!! thank you!!!!! If you ever have anymore to share I’ll be here :-)

tw: mention of papi, the general issues that surround disney/nick and their child stars, the normal stuff with priscilla actress and austin. so daddy kink, d/s, the usual. mention of death of a father. death of a character that austin played is also mentioned. also i kind of spoil part of iceman cometh.

so. consider. you live in new york. it is your home base when not filming and it's how you cut your teeth on acting. those tiny off off broadway plays where you had one line as a kid to where maybe as a teen you actually had a leading role in between bit parts of TV shows.

you and your mom and your dad before he died agreed to never put you into the disney/nick child actor factory because of the horror stories you heard.

in hindsight considering papi, maybe you should have just avoided big time tv/movie acting till you were 20.

but then that would have meant elvis was probably your first role of any intense caliber and. no, because there would be no austin and you. there would just be austin. and you.

point is, new york is your home. and you like theatre maybe. which means occasionally you go to see plays.

when you meet austin you've known of him but have never seen him in person from what you remember. you've never seen the man who will become your everything in person or as really anything more than that guy randomly on like every nick and disney show. cute but not your type.

"seriously, daddy, you look closer to my age than your real one half the time. it's a little weird." "does the facial hair help?" "a little."

so you occasionally go to plays and occasionally your mom comes with. honestly, your mom comes with a lot. yeah, you have friends you can go with and all but maybe it's a thing your mom and you started doing after your dad died. or maybe before it was a family affair now it's just a pair affair.

it's 2018 and you go to see iceman cometh. your mom once saw the 1999 revival and- well- maybe that's the date her father took you on and that's how she got you. or maybe it's just a play she doesn't mind seeing twice.

whatever the reason you're in the audience. and you find that while everyone in this play is phenomenal you can't help but look at austin half of the time he's on the stage. it's embarrassing in hindsight, but at the time you really just wanted to see this guy who you've never associated with the theatre looking like he deserves to be on a broadway stage 24/7.

and yes. a part of you actually does think he's cute and maybe your type. but only maybe in this makeup.

you know the ending of the play- specifically what happens to austin's character, but it doesn't stop you from audibly gasping "don't do it, no."

your mother thinks this is funny, because "sweetheart, you know it's not actually the guy doing it."

that isn't the point, it still makes your heart jump in your chest and worry about the person playing him.

but you enjoy yourself and so does your mother and maybe you wait at the stage door to see austin and get him to sign your playbill. maybe you don't.

you forget all about this by the time elvis rolls around. the maybe signed playbill is in your keepsake box with all your other ones and austin never goes in it after you threaten him if he tries when you move into his apartment during covid.

when he meets your mom after everything is said and done? in person? she brings the whole time back to the forefront of your mind.

"oh! you're the one who played don- y/n was beside herself at the ending. she knows it by heart but you'd wouldn't have known." she says when she pulls away from the bear hug he gives her.

"you saw me in iceman cometh?" "i don't- i guess? i always keep my playbills so i'll check? i really don't remember this."

your mom tells him all the sordid details you don't remember and you would like the earth to swallow you whole. because you know your embarrassment is written all over your expressions on your face.

you find the playbill and if it's signed you end up just letting out a pained groan of frustration and horror.

austin does not ever let you forget this.

"you thought i was hot back then." "no. no i didn't." "what happens to little doves who lie to their daddies?" "nothing. because i'm not lying." "try again, darling."

the joke is? you remembered as your mom started telling the story. you're just not willing to admit that to him. besides, the punishment for not admitting it is pretty nice.

and he was attractive back then. daddy is hot.

#so. the lead of the '99 revival is not a name i'm going to say. but would i have 1000 percent watched the denzel version vs his. yes. #austin butler x priscilla actress reader #also did not realize nathan lane also played the part denzel did in the chicago production. learn something new every day. #this might have been a little self indulgent but the idea bit me and i just went okay let us go down a iceman cometh rabbit hole. #austin butler x reader #i used one of the old asks for this. because trust me this idea came to me while on like lunch at work. so. no planning ahead. #idk i'm gonna just have those two austin butler tags.