Context: Your life is an interesting balancing act. On one hand, you have your delinquent big brother, and his equally delinquent, rude best friend, Liam. On the other hand, you appear to have a secret admirer that leaves you beautiful love notes wherever you'll see them. Liam keeps insisting you'll get your heart broken but he's honestly been acting more jealous than worried. Why ever could that be?

Setting: Home/The bus terminal

Tags:[MM4F][Frenemies to Lovers][Big Brother Speaker][Big Brother's Delinquent Friend Speaker][Sassy Nerd Listener][Jealous][Long Time Friends][Flirting?][Secret Admirer][A little tsundere][Secret Love][Confession][Drunk Boi][Love Letters][CW: Drunken Behavior]

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[B] = Danny, your older brother

All unmarked text is from Liam

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[Scene opens at home]

[SFX: Papers shuffling and the front door opening]

[You hear your older brother walk in with his best friend, Liam]

“Hey, if it isn’t the dorkiest little sister to ever dork! Doing homework on a Saturday? Seriously? You should come out with your bro and me, get some drinks!”

[SFX: Paper shuffling hurriedly]

[Liam glances down at your hands and sneers]

“Aww, more letters from your widdle secret admirer?”

[Pause]

“Psshh, you know you’re just getting set up for a prank or something, right? The kind of guys who leave notes like that for dorks like you are usually just messing around. Don’t get your hopes up…”

[Pause!]

“Hey! I’m just trying to look out for you… Even if you’re an annoying nag of a little girl, you still don’t deserve to get played… C’mon, come out with us! It’ll be a nice way to unwind those tight pants of yours, hmhm.”

[...]

“C’moooon. We haven’t hung out in ages!”

[Pause]

“... What do you mean because of me?”

[Pause!]

“I am not always mean to you! I do not bully you, still, that was just when we were kids!”

[Your older brother pops his head into the living room with a frown]

[B] “Hey! Knock it off, you two, we’re not doing this old married couple bullshit tonight. Kid, get your coat, you’re coming with us or I’m going to dunk you in the pool, got it?”

[...]

[B] “Yeah, yeah, pout all you want, I’m going to grab my shoes. Liam? Ease off, alright?”

[SFX: Your brother walking off]

[...]

[You both stand in terse silence while you grab a hoodie]

“...You really don’t want to hang out with me anymore?”

[Pause]

[His sneer turns cold]

“Ohh, OK. You want whatever dumbass is writing you all those love letters. Dude, you know this is going to end poorly for you! This guy is probably some cruel, idiot dumbass who has no idea how to even approach someone smart, witty, and pretty like you!”

[...]

“Fine, fine! ‘I’ll take my chances’, they say! Eugh, whatever… You’re seriously going to wear that? It looks exactly like your brother’s hoodie.”

[Pause]

“Pfft, you’re the one being an asshole.”

[B] “C’MON, YOU TWO! GETTING SICK OF THIS TSUNDERE SHIT!”

[You and Liam grumble together but dutifully head out with your brother]

[SFX: Grumped footsteps]

[B] “Just try to remember you’re a lightweight, Liam. I don’t want to have to sit with you in the bus terminal again while you wait for the ‘barfies’ to stop.”

“Psh, fuck off! I’ll be fine. Let’s just go…”

[Scene transitions to the bus terminal/ Three hours later]

[SFX: Buses and city chatter]

[You and your brother stand over Liam who is, by all means, a drunken mess]

[B] “Ugh, idiot… Told him not to overdo the drinking. Hey, Liam? You alive down there?”

“Eughlelr…?”

[B] “Partially, got it… Fine. I’ll run to the grocery store a few blocks down and get him some emergency supplies so we can get him home without him barfing all over the bus. Can you stay with him, Kid?”

[...]

[B] “Yeah, yeah, I know. Just stay with him, alright?”

[Pause]

[SFX: Your brother jogging off and Liam groaning]

“...Danny? Danny, you can’t tell her…”

[Pause?]

“Dude, you can’t tell her, got it?”

[Pause?]

“You can’t tell her I’m in love with her! She’ll look at me behind those glasses, and be all, ‘What kind of immature loser has to resort to the bullying tactic?’, and then she’s gonna explain to me how she wants a MAN, not a little boy that can’t say how he feels!”

[...]

“Guhh, s-shurrup, Danny. You don’t get it… You don’t get how pretty she is when her nose wrinkles, and she leans forward a little bit to scold me… How she talks with her hands when she’s trying not to blow up at me for being stupid… Or annoying her…”

[...?]

“Do I think she likes that? Mghrl… I dunno… Maybe she likes the attention a little, but she does always look annoyed when she sees me…”

[Pause]

[He whines and hides his face in his hands]

“Noo… Rom-Coms have lied to me… I thought the letters… I dunno… I worked so hard on trying to put down my thoughts like you said, but words are so hard! It’d be better if we all just grunted or gestured at each other, hic, you know?”

[Pause]

“S-Show you one? Fine…”

[SFX: A backpack being unzipped and some papers rustling]

“Here, I’ll read it. A-Ahem. ‘To the girl that shines like a star in the hallway - I wish I knew how to talk to you, that I could draw closer to your glow, to the warmth it provides me. I wish I knew the words to pluck from all the books you hold so close, to find out how they drew you in, what secrets they hold, so I could know you without you knowing all I became to catch your eye. Your secret admirer. P.S., I really like how you sneeze, it’s cute’. How’s that?”

[...]

“Danny? Oy, Danny, don’t go getting sappy, c’mon. You aren’t drunk, that is allll me.”

[Pause]

“Huh…? You think she’d want to see it? No, no way, man, there’s no way!”

[Pause]

“DUDE! She’ll ream me out! Tell me I’m a bunch of big words that I won’t know what they mean but I know they won’t be good! L-Like… Like fool! Or dilettante! Or… or ASSBUTT!”

[Pause]

[He groans and whines for a moment]

“Nooo… she’ll never go for it…”

[Pause]

“Oho, really? You’d put money on her saying yes, huh? OK, hic, fine! Twenty bucks that she turns me down, that I ruin all of this, that… that I lose who may very well be the love of my life…”

[...]

“Yeah… I’m waiting here. S’ all I can do…”

[SFX: The Listener walking a bit away and taking their hoodie off before walking back]

[Liam is half asleep when you approach but stares as you move in front of him]

“Nnh! A-Ah… you… you’re holding my letter…”

[...?]

“...yes. I... I wrote all of them…”

[Pause?]

“Of course, I meant all of it. Every word… Can you just… turn me down and get it over with? I’m so tired of pretending…”

[...]

[He looks up at you drunkenly, very lost puppy-esque]

“Really…? You’ll… give me a chance?”

[Pause]

“...Can I hold you…? Please?”

[SFX: The Listener sitting and being engulfed by massive hoodie hugs]

“Mmh! Fuck… I finally feel like I can breathe… I can’t tell you how long I’ve been dreading this day, how many panic attacks…”

[Pause]

[He sniffles quietly, resting his forehead on your nape]

“I was scared! I’ve had crushes before, and they’ve faded… Not this. When I realized how much I wanted this, I… I don’t know… Mlrglrl, don’t ruffle my hair like that, it’s all wet from the rain!”

[Pause]

“...Fine, ruffle if you want… Geeze, I thought Danny would be back by now. He went to find you ages ago.”

[...]

“...No.”

[Pause]

“No, are you serious?! Oh my fucking GOD, I forgot you were wearing that stupid hoodie! You looked just like-!”

[~Pause~]

“...You’re an assbutt, you know that? There’s twenty bucks in my pocket, just take it. I don’t care, so long as you meant it when you said you’d give me a chance…?”

[Pause]

“Oh, thank God… I feel like I can finally breathe.”

[Pause?]

“No, I… I’m sobering up a little… but, is it OK if we stay here a little longer? Look at how beautiful the bus terminal lights look with it pouring rain outside.”

[SFX: Pouring rain]

[Pause…]

“...You really want me to be myself, huh? Even though that guy isn’t a tough badass? Even though that guy is… just a big goof?”

[Pause]

“...I’ll try.”

[SFX: The rain coming down while he holds you]

“...I love you. I have for years… and I’m sorry I was so mean, I…”

[Pause]

[He gives a shaky but relieved sigh]

“I love you…”

[<3]

[Together, you sit and watch the rain. You’re hoping your brother won’t start throwing hands when he finds out, but that’s a problem for another day]

[The End]

Note: This man has his demons :/