Context: Your fiance was once your very stern, very intense boss. After many encounters, the two of you wound up getting together, even engaged! Over the last year or so, he's been seeming to grow more and more distant, so you decided to go all out for your fifth anniversary tonight. It seems like the only gift he thought to bring home was heartbreak.

Setting: The Surly Thorn

Tags:[MMM4A][Lovers to Exes][Distant Fiance Speaker][Concerned Friend Speaker][Incubus Speaker/Narrator][Heartbroken Siren Listener][Forgotten Anniversary][Enough][Heartbreak][Supernatural Twist][Break-up][Freedom][Hard Angst][CW: Break-up/Heartbreak]

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[N] = The narrator, same person as [I]

[A] = Andy, your fiance

[T] = Tom, Andy’s friend and relationship counselor

[I] = The mysterious performer/the narrator

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[Scene opens in a dive bar]

[SFX: Bar ambiance/drinks clinking about and general chatter]

[N] You’re sitting in a booth, all by your lonesome, nursing a drink. Not an hour ago, you’d surprised your fiance with a feast and a gift. It is your anniversary, after all… but he took one look around, sighed, and asked for some space to go to Blue’s Bar, right across the street… You, well, you’re just glad you can hurt in private.

[SFX: Approaching footsteps]

[T] “How’s about this booth?”

[A familiar, exasperated voice sighs]

[A] “Yeah, fine… I can’t believe Blue’s is closed for the week.”

[T] “I’m telling you, the rat I saw in there was the size of a poodle. It needs doing. Now, will you please tell me why you called me at eight PM on a Thursday night?”

[SFX: Them sitting]

[You tense as your fiance and his friend, Tom, sit down in the booth right next to you. He hasn’t noticed you]

[A] “Ah, hi. Two whiskeys on the rocks, please. Thanks.”

[He sighs again]

[A] “...I fucked up… and I’m worried about how little I care that I fucked up.”

[T] “Oh?”

[N] Poor little secretary, still sitting there in that nice lingerie, just wanting to catch his eye again like you did so many years ago… Oh, well you know what they say about men! Fickle as the letter ‘F’!

[Pause…]

[A] “I came home and Minx had this massive feast prepared, a big old gift in arm, and wearing this illegally sexy lingerie… It’s our anniversary tonight.”

[T] “Whoa… What on Earth are you doing at a dive bar then?”

[You hear him sigh]

[A] “...I don’t know…”

[Pause…]

[T] “...Andy, if you’ve fallen out of love-”.

[SFX: A single, strained heartbeat]

[A] “I do love them!… And God knows they love me… They had a whole spread set up, a big old gift… They went all out and I just completely forgot. How I reacted to remembering just… I don’t even know how to gauge it. How to feel…”

[Pause…]

[T] “I guess… try and describe it?”

[A] “...Exasperation. Like, I was horrified, but then I just let out a sigh on the inside and went, ‘Great. Another chance for me to be an asshole to a person who has done nothing wrong’... Deep down, I wonder if the passionate part of our relationship is still there… Or we’re both just wasting our time waiting for a spark that just isn’t lit anymore…”

[Pause…]

[While your heart is breaking, an old piano is being tuned on the nearby stage]

[SFX: An old piano being tuned]

[T] “...Look, I’m not a relationship counselor-”.

[A] “What? Yes, you literally are.”

[T, with a sigh] “Yes but conflict of interest here. Morals. Ethics. My job?”

[A] “Can you give me *something* to go off of?”

[Pause]

[T] “Honestly… Sometimes, it’s best to just let something, or one, go. Even if the idea of being alone is scary. You’re doing them a disservice with this kind of detachment and the relationship already started out on questionable foundations. You were their boss, Andy.”

[A, gruff] “I’m well aware.”

[SFX: Music kicking up (VA discretion)]

[N] And while your heart was breaking that night, you heard a bombastic voice call out to the crowd:

[I] “Welcome, welcome, to the 7 PM show! Tonight we’re changing up the act a little bit folks! Don’t worry, my boss is glaring daggers at me because this was in no way rehearsed - that’s how you know it’s going to be good!”

[SFX: Laughter/some applause]

[Pause]

[I] “How’s about a volunteer for the crowd, huh? You!”

[He points right at you]

[Pause?]

[I] “Yes, the cutie with the broken heart! You look like a singer, so come on up!”

[SFX: Applause]

[He still hasn’t even noticed that you’re there]

[...]

[SFX: The Listener stepping onto the stage]

[The man extends a hand to you and takes your own, bowing to the crowd as the music winds up]

[I] “Welcome, welcome, my beloved audience! Let’s hit the club with a classic, shall we? C’mon, sweetheart, keep up with me!”

[He leads you in an energetic dance. You expect to fall but it all seems so natural, even as he begins to snap his fingers and sing]

[Note: How VA handles the song is up to them]

[N] Up there on the stage, you’re wild. Everything that he tried to pry out of you before you were ready… Show it to him, in front of all these other men.

[...]

[SFX: The crowd clapping rhythm]

[N] Hit ‘em with everything you have! You got your fucking heart broken on your anniversary, so why not break every heart within earshot?!

[SFX: The club falling silent for a brief moment]

[You’r dancing. The mic is in your hand now, and you don’t remember when you got it]

[...]

[N] You’re surrounded by fire in the ninth circle of Hell, a frozen lake, the devil himself watching you dance and sing. Set it all on fire!

[...]

[You suck in as much air as you can manage, step forward and sing like you haven’t since you were little]

[Pause!]

[N] The moment you sing that first note, the entire club falls silent, eyes on you. You feel it - the power that the man singing with you mentioned.

[Pause]

[SFX: Fill in with music, if desired. VA can use full discretion]

[You sing, fully in command of your voice. Of the men watching you. Of the entire room. You finally glance toward your fiance]

[N] For the first time in years, you see that passion ignite in his eyes. He’s noticed you, at long last. He’s startled to see you, at first… Oh, and look at the guilt in his eyes turning to relief. Like everything else, you think you’re here to solve the problem for him… To put in all the effort. The expensive whiskey spills across his engagement ring as his hands shake in anticipation… What could he be anticipating?

[SFX: The cheering/applause distorting]

[Pause]

[N] He looks so hungry… and smug. It seems like he thinks he owns you. Your beauty. This wild, untamed spirit…

[Pause?]

[N] …You noticed that I changed how I am speaking… From past to present tense. Huh… I sensed something in you but I didn’t realize you were so powerful…

[Pause…]

[The man dancing with you, singing with you, flashes a fanged smile]

[N] Why are you even with him…?

[Pause]

[N] Ooh, he was your boss… You two fell in love, got together, yadda yadda. Hehe… Untrained doms never know what treasures they’re sleeping on. Mmh, but look at him salivating over you… Finally remembering his place. Are you going to forgive him…?

[SFX: The applause starting to focus back in]

[The strange man dips you down and the crowd applauds you both wildly]

[I] “Give it up for our brave volunteer while they help me take the stage once more!”

[SFX: Wild cheering]

[N] For a gentlemen’s club… it seems rather lacking in gentlemen. No, these men are transfixed in awe though a ravenous hunger lingers in their eyes. Why, if you didn’t know better, you’d say everyone in the club was giving you that same look.

[Pause]

[You meet his gaze and tug off your engagement ring. He blinks, taken aback as you walk toward him]

[SFX: The Listener hopping down and walking to their fiance’s table]

[A] “...Baby… You were incredible…”

[SFX: The ring plopping onto the table]

[You drop the ring on the table as he looks on in stunned silence]

[T] “Oh shit…”

[I] “A toast! To freedom!”

[SFX: The club, mostly, cheering and toasting]

[A] “Your ring…? Baby, why…?!”

[Pause]

[His eyes widen as you repeat his words back to him, calmly and coldly]

[A, breathless] “You heard what I said…”

[Pause.]

[T] “Oh no…”

[Your fiance… ex-fiance… utters one quiet, desperate:]

[A] “W-Wait-!”

[SFX: The club doors opening and slamming shut]

[N] And just like that, the most interesting person in the world walked out of his life… perhaps the Incubus will find them again for a bit more fun, hmm?

[You ignore him. The ‘incubus’, if he’s telling the truth, your fiance trying to chase after you. Hell, the entire world is just a blur at this point]

[SFX: City traffic/ambiance]

[...It’s not so bad. At least, while you’re numb, it’s not]

[To be continued]

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Note: I cannot even begin to describe how difficult this piece was to write, JFC-

Second note: The script was written while listening to “Addict” by Silva Hound.

Third note: If anyone gets the reference in the title, you earn the cool dude badge from me <3