Scarepairs Rowboat: Madlyn | Maddox x Ashlyn Caswell (HSMTMTS)
"What are the chances."
Ashlyn's eyes widen at the familiar voice and whips around to stare in disbelief at Maddox. Having not seen her since summer, it's safe to say there's a little thrill of excitement. Her disbelief only grows further at the sight of her costume.
Grinning breathlessly, she eyes Maddox's black and white striped coat, black pants and top, and most of all, her white face paint with a subtle skeleton makeup look. For the first time in her life, she is speechless.
Good thing Maddox is great at filling silence.
"And here I thought I was being original with the Nightmare Before Christmas," she jokes, nodding to Ashlyn with an appreciative glance down at her costume as well. "It almost looks like we coordinated!"
It does that, Ashlyn thinks, flustered panic lodging in her throat. For one, Maddox looks really great in a suit. For another, they probably look like a couple right now, and she's not sure how to feel about that!
Letting out a burst of nervous laughter to buy herself time to think, she then shrugs ever so slightly and says, "What can I say? I've always dreamed of being Sally since I was a little girl. I always wanted to wait until I had someone to be my Jack, but... well, I figured Sally wouldn't let a lack of a boy stop her!"
She's rambling. She's aware of it, Maddox is aware of it if her ever-raising eyebrows are anything to go by. A furrow of concern forms between them, her head tilting.
"Wait, what happened to your boyfriend? Big Red?"
And there it is; the question she was hoping she wasn't going to ask.
"We... kind of broke up. But it's okay!" she hurries to assure her at the sight of her about to become sympathetic expression. "Really, we're good. We're still friends, but we realized that we were better off that way right now."
Maddox offers her a small smile all the same. "Oh, okay. Well, I'm glad you're happy. And" --sweeping a hand out of her pocket-- "you look amazing, by the way. It's like you were born to be Sally."
Cheeks warm from the compliment and from simply having Maddox's attention on her for so long, Ashlyn casts a smile at the ground under the pretence of admiring her patchwork dress. She does do a little bit of that as well, pulling it out ever so slightly.
"Thanks! I, uh, made the dress myself," she says, and looks back up to find Maddox's shock and awe. It's a good feeling. "Yeah, like I said. Big love for Sally since I was a kid. I didn't wanna just buy a cheap costume when I knew I could probably make it myself. With some help from Kourtney, of course."
Maddox chuckles and nods. "Of course. I wish I could say the same, but" --she shrugs again as she lightly pulls at the lapel of her striped suit jacket and grins sheepishly at her-- "I just went searching in a thrift store with Jet when we got invited to this party. I should thank EJ for the invitation, by the way. Have you seen him?"
Ashlyn stares at her. "EJ invited you?"
Maddox nods, tucking some loose hair behind her ear as she glances around with no real intention of finding EJ. "Yeah. Well," she rolls her eyes, smiling somewhat secretively, "Ricky texted Jet to tell him that EJ asked us to come. Personally, I think that Ricky just wanted to see Jet again, but I'm not supposed to say anything about that because it's a bit of a touchy subject for Jet right now. You know how it is with secret feelings."
Ashlyn's mouth has gone super dry. She curls her lips beneath her teeth and nods, simply responding with an, "Mhm."
On the inside, she's cursing EJ so hard. Of course he told Ricky to invite Maddox. She knew she should never have confided in him about her mild, not at all major, tiny little crush on her. He can't help himself, he has to play matchmaker.
Not that she wouldn't have done the same.
"Hey!" Gina, dressed up as Wednesday Addams, pauses on her way past them, eyeing them both with a massive grin on her face and a particularly not-subtle eyebrow raise at Ashlyn. "Jack and Sally! You two make a great couple!"
She doesn't stop long enough for Ashlyn to curse her, too. Well, she had to confide in her best friend. Gina is basically her sister, how could she not tell her the moment she realized she had a crush, even such a totally insignificant, soon-to-be-gone one?
Glancing at Maddox, she finds her smiling happily. Probably just because she appreciates the compliment on the effort she put into the costume. That's definitely why it made Ashlyn feel so good as well.
"I, uh... excuse me."
Ashlyn hurries off, turning on her heel and making her way up the stairs to her bedroom without looking back. It's really the guest bedroom of EJ's parent's house, but it's basically her room.
As soon as she closes her door behind her, relief hits her from the lack of noise, now all muffled by a whole floor.
She takes a deep breath, steadies and composes herself, and moves to sit on her bed. Good thing she only painted her top half blue and went with tights for her legs.
"Damn you, EJ," she mutters, then groans.
Why did she have to do this to herself? Why couldn't Corpse Bride have been her favourite movie instead? Or even just gone with Kourtney's idea of all of them dressing up as Bridgerton girls! There's no way Maddox would have walked in as the Colin to her Penelope. That coincidence would have been far too high.
There's a light knock on her door. Praying that it's EJ so that she can strangle him, she speaks without thinking and says, "Come in."
Maddox appears through a crack in the door. That sheepish smile has followed her all the way up the stairs. Fantastic.
"You okay?" she asks gently, taking a tentative step into the room. When Ashlyn doesn't tell her to leave, she takes it as a good sign and walks in further, leaving the door only slightly ajar behind her. "You took off pretty quick back there. Did I... Was it something I said?"
"Oh, god no! No, it's not you. I'm just..." Taking a deep breath, she puts on her best, most convincing smile and finds the right way to bend the truth. "I'm just a bit overwhelmed, I think. My head hurts. Honestly, I wasn't really up for the whole party thing. I kinda wanted to just stay up here and watch Halloween movies but EJ insisted."
"Well..." Maddox swings innocently, hands behind her back, biting her bottom lip, and god, why does she have to be that cute? "If you wanted, we could just do that. Stay up here, watch Halloween movies. Nightmare Before Christmas?"
At Ashlyn's widening eyes, Maddox mirrors her expression, losing her sliver of confidence.
"Only a suggestion, in case you wanted some company. It's no problem, you have a headache, of course you don't want to be around other people. I'll go."
"No!"
She must really hate herself. Why else inflict such torture such as being in close quarters alone with Maddox on herself? Still, she doesn't double back. Rather, she doubles down upon seeing Maddox's hopeful expression.
"No," she says, softer now. With a sigh, she smiles, and nods, trying not to appear too eager. "Stay. I'd... I'd really like that."
Maddox grins, her shoulders dropping. They get more comfortable on the bed together, both kicking off their shoes and taking care to avoid getting any makeup on the pillows as they curl up under Ashlyn's favourite fleece blanket, patterned with little pumpkins.
She's expecting Maddox to tease her for it, but instead, she strokes one of the little pumpkins with a look of genuine joy.
Biting her bottom lip, Ashlyn tears her gaze away from her and sets up the Nightmare Before Christmas, hoping it'll be a good enough distraction. If not, she's leaving to make hot chocolate.
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Pick a prompt and a ship from down below and I’ll write a shot!!
1. "Close your eyes and shut up." 2. "You weren't the reason I was crying, you're not that important" 3. "Get over it, pussy." 4. "He yelled yeehaw and I'm not quite sure why." 5. "No playing video games together is not considered a date." 6. "Give me anime or give me death." 7. "Your mom texted to tell me you're pathetic." 8. "Not even your pet likes you." 9. "I'm just tired of you." 10. "I can't believe you woke me up crying over a TV show. Again." 11. "You're just naturally dumb." 12. "Why did you take a picture praying to an anime character?" 13. "On a scale of 1-10 how bad do you not wanna do this?" "I don't." 14. "I'm going to my bed." "That's the bathroom." 15. "I would have stayed if you asked." 16. "You know I'd do anything for you." 17. "Are you hurt?" 18. "Why do you have a duck in your bag?" 19. "Why are you listening to the ICarly soundtrack?" 20. "I don't care." 21. "Why can't we get matching clothes?" 22. "You were sick 5 minutes ago." "But I'm not sick now." 23. "I've lost my nose." 24. "Why would I have a problem with you facetiming your cat?" 25. "Is this your dream?" 26. "I don't understand why you'd think that." 27. "I'm living life to the fullest extent!" 28. "What do you mean you won't sleep in the empty bed?!" 29. "I'm part of the pathetic line." 30. "It's two a.m., why are you next to me?" 31. "Sex isn't the answer." 32. "No problem friend. I am meme share supreme." 33. "I can't go to Taco Bell for a while." 34. "At least let me make sure you're okay" 35. "You look like a bear who's been attacked by ducks. And not by the good ones." 36. "Why the fuck are you in my bed?" 37. "I can't find my pants." 38. "You know I didn't mean that." 39. "Who cares if they saw?" 40. "Please come with me." 41. "Let me shower first!" 42. "What is that?" 43. "I'm not the one doing it." 44. "I'm not him." 45. "It's a secret." 46. "Did you read it?" 47. "What if I prove you wrong?" 48. "How do we get in?" 49. "Is something wrong with me?" 50. "That's my theme song." 51. "Let me stay. Please." 52. "All I want is you and if I can't have that-" 53. "Ask for permission." 54. "Why did you cry in your sleep?" 55. "I put trust in you." 56. "Stay." 57. "You're a filthy squid." 58. "Do you really need those?" 59. "Would you be able to be happy with me?" 60. "Just come here." 61. "All I was doing was looking for you." 62. "I feel so fucking stupid." 63. "I can handle myself." 64. "It was your fault." 65. "How did it take me so long to realize?" 66. "It was always you." 67. "You bought my hip hop monster?" 68. "Don't start with that again." 69. "F-Fuck." 70. "Disgusting." 71. "We were just joking around, right? Please tell me you knew that." 72. "Why are you sleeping?" 73. "Why do you want taco bell now?" 74. "It’s just too much, I can’t act like I don’t feel it anymore, like I don’t love you" 75. "All great stories started off shitty. Just like you. Now, fix yourself." 76. "What's your favorite meme?" 77. "I left the house today." 78. "Does this make me some kind of hero?" 79. "You don't need to know." 80. "It's just not that impressive." 81. "I need some sugar." 82. "There were two so I figured one was mine-" 83. "Please don't go." 84. "Just a bit more-" 85. "Are you subconsciously doing the dance?" 86. "You promised you wouldn't fall asleep." 87. "You're not a bad problem, you're a good problem. Not a problem, problem." 88. "Don't pretend I didn't just see what you were doing." 89. "We just don't really talk anymore." 90. "Do you think other species have their own kind of drugs? Like something that gets them high?" 91. "Dad! He's doing it again!." 92. "Look, it's called Joppa!" 93. "You're just a little baby." 94. "Ow, my ass." 95. "Please just take a nap." 96. "But that was my best pickup line!" 97. "Would you still act the same knowing everyone's eyes were on you?" 98. "You're just a memory now." 99. "Go fuck yourself." 100. "It's never gonna happen.
SHIPS:
Icemav ————————- Top Gun
Hangster ——————— Top Gun
Gwainecelot —————— BBC Merlin
Merthur ———————— BBC Merlin
Harringrove ——————- Stranger Things
Steddie ————————- Stranger Things
Timkonbart ——————- DC
Kontim / Timkon ————- DC
Damijon ————————- DC
Bruhal / Batlantern ——— DC
SuperBatLantern ———— DC
Superbat ———————— DC
Supercorp ( Lena x Kara )- DC?
Keenker ————————- Marvel
Shuri x MJ ( Same age ) - Marvel
Free space!! Pick your fav ship and I’ll see whether or not I’m comfortable writing it!
• Not romantically I’ll write found family AF with mostly every tag!!! Just choose one :))
I WON’T WRITE: underage, rape ( non-con ), PWP, anything smutty probably
WRITTEN ON TUMBLR:
• 52. “All I want is you and if I can’t have that-“ - Damijon
• 36. “What the fuck are you doing in my bed?”- Steddie ( Eddie Munson/Steve Harrington )
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