NRC listening to Mitski
I didn't mean for it to be this long and I apologize
Riddle:
• didn't like her at first. said she was overrated. a decision that would later bite him in the ass
• after a particularly rough day, he was sitting on his bed around midnight listening to a random spotify playlist trying not to cry
• i want you came on and he just fucking broke lmao
• trey had to knock on his door like 🗿 "you good???"
• now listens to her regularly
• avoids i want you at all costs because it reminds him of that night and he gets embarrassed smh 🙄
Trey:
• this man bakes
• this man wears glasses and a silly little hat
• this man probably has stinky feet
• he listens to whatever the fuck christian moms listen to
• anyways i'm done shitting on trey
• i don't see him enjoying mitski on an emotional level. probably just likes the beat of the songs. does a little dance in the kitchen listening to the only heartbreaker while stirring cake batter 😒
• he just doesn't fucking get it
Cater:
• probably only knows her from tiktok lmaooo
• "mitski? oh, you mean that washing machine girl?"
• what the fuck
• got in a fight in the tiktok comment section about being a fake fan
• proceeded to listen to all of her albums out of spite
Ace:
• pretends he doesn't listen to her but in reality she's 90% of his spotify wrapped
• he won't admit it
• it was a secret until deuce walked in on him dancing to should've been me 💀
Deuce:
• the first song he heard was old friend
• couldn't relate to trying to reconnect with an ex but he heard the pain in her voice and was like "this is emotion!!"
• bro ✨bonds✨ with ace over mitski (they're dating they're just idiots and don't realize it)
• except deuce is the one that cares about the deep lyrics and stories behind them
• favorite song is my body's made of crushed little stars
Leona:
• he likes some of her songs but doesn't know it's her specifically???
• like just "oh i know that song" and that's it
• doesn't pay attention to the lyrics and just falls asleep to the quieter ones
• but once he did pay attention to the lyrics he was like "oh..."
• ma'am what did you mean by "i always wanted to die clean and pretty but i'd be too busy on working days"
Ruggie:
• yes
• definitely
• absolutely
• the lyrics. the stories. the delivery. the instruments.
• he loves it all
• working for the knife is about being trapped in the cruel music industry. though ruggie is absolutely not in the music industry, he can relate to being stuck in a cruel world that's working him to death
Jack:
• probably doesn't listen to music at all
• not even when he's working out
• can he even wear headphones or earbuds??? with those ears???? would the headphones be uncomfy and squish the soft ear tissue??? would the earbuds fall in and get lost in the floof???
• either way, mitski isn't going in there 😭
Azul:
• isn't azul's whole thing literally "retired from sad, new career in business"???
• knows all her songs and goes to all her concerts
• screams with her at the end of drunk walk home
• cries like a fucking baby during the loud part of carry me out
• bro keep it up and you're gonna overblot again 😐
• plays mitski on the speakers in the mostro lounge
• people are getting tired of it
• he's losing customers
• jade might quit
Jade:
• actually started to hate her because of how often azul played her songs 💀
• "if i have to hear nobody one more time i'm leaving"
• no jade doesn't give a shit if the songs are good. no jade doesn't give a shit if the lyrics have a deeper meaning. he's sick and tired of it
• maybe if azul didn't have mitski on repeat at the lounge jade would've had a more positive opinion on her 🙄
Floyd:
• floyd does not need the rollercoaster of emotions that come with mitski
• he's already unstable enough as it is 💀
• good thing he doesn't pay attention to the lounge speakers
• pretends he likes her to annoy jade but in reality he has never actually paid attention to a single song
Kalim:
• loves her
• has met her at one of her concerts
• she's so sweet too!!
• his favorite album is laurel hell mostly because a majority of the songs are danceable 💀
• insists on trying to play her songs during the music club meetings
• some of the songs are sexual??
• "oh good for her"
• smh
Jamil:
• only knows her because he went to the concert with kalim
• otherwise he wouldn't know mitski even existed 💀
• but he does like her
• has his own choreography for geyser
• he loves that mitski's choreography is pretty meaningful in and if itself
• he doesn't really have the time to sit down and read the lyrics
• so he'd be listening to her while cooking or something and he'd be caught off guard by some of the lyrics 😭
• "so he laid me down and i felt happy come inside of me" huh???
Epel:
• i feel like he'd be more into like mcr, evanescence, ptv, etc
• either that or country music 💀
• he doesn't listen to mitski
• can you imagine epel sitting in a tractor
• "chugabeer chugabeer chugabeer hopped in my truck and i hit a deer"
• poor epel
Rook:
• listen
• this man writes poetry
• of course he could appreciate the beauty of mitski
• analyzes everything
• "this verse states, 'my body's made of crushed little stars and I'm not doing anything.' this refers to the scientific belief that almost every element in the human body was once stardust, and mitski feels useless because she thinks her existence means nothing if she isn't living up to the expectations of the stars."
• bro calm down
• probably has notebooks filled with his favorite lyrics
Vil:
• heard neige listening to mitski and swore to never listen to her out of spite
• unfortunately that cannot happen with rook adding her to vil's spotify playlists
• how the fuck did rook get into vil's account 🤨
• didn't even realize it was mitski until it was too late
• he was live doing whatever the fuck beauty influencers do when they're live. spotify was on in the background. mitski came on.
• the comments went wild
• "vil likes mitski vil likes mitski vil likes mitski"
• vil is confused because he didn't add mitski to his playlist???
• tried to explain himself but no one listened
• someone was screen recording it
• neige texted him like "i didn't know you liked mitski"
• "but if i gave up on being pretty i wouldn't know how to be alive; i should mive to a brand new city and teach myself how to die"
• he feels called out
Idia:
• exclusively listens to anime openings and vocaloid
Ortho:
• he was watching cocomelon on youtube and autoplay was on
• it was a lyric video for crack baby
• idia should be lucky it wasn't cupcakke or something why the hell isn't kids mode on
• at least ortho was watching cocomelon so the recommended videos weren't too wild
• anyways 🙄
• ortho doesn't really listen to mitski but he can appreciate that she's doing her own thing and making meaningful songs that a lot of people can connect to
Malleus:
• do me ti why not me 😔💔
• in shame, the "(gasp) ooooooooooh" as the violins build up sends chills down his spine
• in pearl diver, the very last chorus at the end of the song also gives him chills
• "dive dive doooooooowwwwwwwwnnn hohohooooohohohooooooooooh ahhhahahahooooooooohhhwhwhhoooooooo"
• yeah that
• he feels the loneliness in her songs and it doesn't make him feel like there's someone out there who understands him, it just makes him feel even more lonely 💀
Lilia:
• this man's music taste is everywhere
• his spotify has to the grave (a heavy metal band that i've never seen anyone else listen to irl) right next to taylor swift
• he probably has mitski somewhere but she's not very high on his playlist
Silver:
• "i've been trying to lay my head down but i'm writing this at three a.m." 🙄
• he tries to listen to her because kalim likes her but he ends up falling asleep
• can somebody take him to the doctor because he's either cursed or he's narcoleptic
Sebek:
• if waka-sama likes mitski then so does sebek. fucking stalker.
Crowley:
• nah
• i really don't see him listening to and/or appreciating mitski
• why would he 💀
• he probably listens to that funky pop shit that comes on the radio
• his favorite song is probably barbie girl goddamn 🤭
Crewel:
• you know what
• yeah i think he does
• he's probably sewed a dress for her
• he made sure it was extra flowy and moved gracefully when she danced
• mailed it to her and was ecstatic when she wore it aww
Trein:
• you cannot tell me he, as a professor, doesn't like mitski.
• he reads the lyrics and has fun analyzing them. fucking teacher.
• her: "you told me once you were happy to have me but I never gave me away"
• trein: *taking notes*
• probably plays her at very low volume during class 💀
Sam:
• his friends on the other side managed to get a ticket for a random show that was in town
• of course he went because how many shows come to sage island
• that place is like the point nemo of twisted wonderland
• it happened to be mitski
• he loved it
• he loved how loving her fans were, even if some of the crowd was dull
• was not prepared for the crowd to scream at the top of their fucking lungs with her during drunk walk home 😭
• live footage of sam during drunk walk home: 🧍🏿
• ends up playing her in his mystery shop
V*rgas 🤢:
• no he's too busy eating eggs and looking like a fucking predator
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(i am not immune to peer pressure so here's a continuation. part one here)
It’s so rare that Steve meets anyone nice anymore.
It’s just hard to find people. Dating apps suck, and ever since Robin and Nancy got together, they hardly ever want to go to bars together. And what’s he supposed to do, just drink alone and hope he stumbles across someone?
Well, that’s exactly what happened today, sans drinking. He was heading for the bus stop, a tiny bit lost but he had a map and was pretty sure he could figure it out. He realizes he’s a tiny bit directionally challenged, and he’s still relatively new in town, and Robin and Nancy just moved to a new place, so it all came together to mean that getting there would take some puzzling out. All the same, he was prepared to figure it out on his own right up until he saw the super hot guy sitting at the bus stop and figured a little help couldn’t hurt.
And that’s how Steve ended up with an unexpected date (sort of) to Robin and Nancy’s baby shower (not a real baby shower).
Robin answers the door and smiles, then does a double take when she sees Eddie. Whoops, Steve probably should have texted her that he was bringing someone. He’d gotten a little caught up in the moment.
“Hey, hope you don’t mind I brought a plus one,” Steve says, hugging her before walking inside. Eddie follows him.
“No, no, that’s fine,” Robin says, voice a little strange as they take their shoes off and she shuts the door. “We’re all in the living room.”
They follow her through the kitchen and into the living room where half a dozen calico kittens and several adults are on the floor.
“Oh my God, they’re adorable,” Eddie says, leaving Steve’s side to get down next to the kittens. Steve gets a huge smile watching him. Fuck, he’s super hot and he’s now holding a tiny kitten, cooing at it? Steve might just get on one knee right now. Or both knees. Honestly, either one works.
If he were paying more attention to literally anything other than Eddie, Steve would notice that nearly everyone else in the room is also staring at Eddie. The only exception to that is El, who’s sitting cross-legged on the floor with the mama cat in her lap, both watching the kittens with the same wide-eyed intensity.
There’s a tap on Steve’s shoulder, and he turns to look at Robin. “Can we talk for a sec?” she asks, voice still odd.
“Yeah,” he says and follows her back into the kitchen.
She crosses her arms and leans back against the counter. “So are you gonna tell me what Eddie Munson is doing in our living room?”
“Oh, have you already met him?” Steve asks.
Her eyes widen. “Are you being serious right now?”
“Uh. Yes?”
“Steve, that’s Eddie Munson,” she says, “From Corroded Coffin?”
“From what?” he asks, though as she says, it does sound a tiny bit familiar.
“Corroded Coffin?” she says, “It’s that band the kids love. Along with like half of America if they’re not completely scandalized by them.”
“So what, you’re trying to tell me Eddie’s famous?” Steve asks. Robin nods. “Hold on, this isn’t like Paul all over again, is it?” Paul was a guy Steve briefly dated a few years ago, and Robin had somehow convinced Steve that he was an Olympic athlete. In his defense, she had mocked up some seriously convincing news articles.
But Robin is shaking her head. “No, I’m serious this time,” she says. She reaches into her pocket and pulls out her phone. After a second she turns it around to show him the Google results for Eddie Munson. There are a lot of red carpets and pictures of him onstage. And damn, Eddie seriously is so hot.
“Alright, well, you definitely didn’t have time to photoshop these,” Steve mutters. Robin nods, patting him on the shoulder. How did he accidentally bring a famous guy over?
Just then, Eddie comes into the kitchen, a kitten in his hands.
“Stevie, look at her,” he says, holding the kitten up.
Stevie? Robin mouths. Steve kicks her as he reaches out to scratch under the kitten’s chin. It mews at him.
“I asked Nancy—she’s terrifying, by the way,” Eddie adds to Robin, “And she said I can keep her.” He lifts the kitten to his face and it purrs as it rubs its cheek against Eddie’s. Steve is actually going to combust.
“Alright, well, I’m heading back in,” Robin says, voice back to that strained quality as she escapes the kitchen. Eddie doesn’t seem to notice, too busy whispering praise to the kitten.
Steve scratches under its chin again and it purrs at him. “What’re you gonna name her?” he asks.
“Don’t know yet,” Eddie says, “Isn’t she per—oh, hold on.” His phone is ringing, so he moves the kitten to one hand as he reaches into his pocket and pulls it out. “Hey Gar….Yeah, ‘cause you abandoned me….No, I’m in Japantown getting a kitten….No, that’s not a euphemism….Listen, I’m kinda busy, I’ll call you later, alright?…Yeah, see you, man.”
While he was talking, the kitten clawed its way up Eddie’s shirt and into his hair. “What’re you doing in there, sweet girl?” he asks, tucking his phone back into his pocket and reaching for the kitten. It’s gotten very tangled in his curls, though, and apparently really likes being there.
“Lemme help you,” Steve says, stepping closer to Eddie and extricating the kitten. Eddie’s hair is very soft. Good to know. “Here you go,” he says, holding the kitten out for him.
“One sec,” Eddie says. He ties his hair up quickly (also hot, fuck) before taking the kitten back. He boops noses with it. “Such a mischievous little girl.”
“Well, can you blame her?” Steve asks. He brushes a loose curl behind Eddie’s ear. “Your hair seems like a nice place to be.”
Eddie smiles at him, a dimple appearing on his cheek. “I’ll be honest, Stevie,” he says, voice getting a little lower as he moves closer, boxing Steve against the counter. “At first I just came along because you’re gorgeous, but I think I’ve fallen in love.” He holds up the kitten in one hand.
“You think I’m gorgeous?” Steve asks, feeling his face heat.
“‘Course I do, big boy,” Eddie says, leaning closer and putting his free hand on the counter by Steve’s hip.
Maybe this is stupid and way too forward, but Eddie is so dreamy with his eyes and his dimple and his hair and the kitten in his hand, so Steve leans in and kisses him. It’s a little relieving when Eddie kisses him back, free hand lifting to his hair while Steve wraps his arms around his waist.
Steve doesn’t notice the front door opening or a new group of people that includes Dustin Henderson coming inside. He doesn’t notice them entering the kitchen and freezing as they take in the scene.
That is, not until Dustin shouts, “Holy shit, is that Eddie Munson?”
tagging a few people who asked for a continuation/asked to be tagged (sorry if i missed anyone!): @nburkhardt @stargyles @csinnamon-fox @manda-panda-monium @silly-jellyghoty @lifeisnotsobadonceyoustopcaring @starquirk
edit to add that this ficlet is complete and the last part is here
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