Patrick Stump

This just wasn’t Patrick’s scene. Too many people. Too much going on. He only came because the guys were coming, otherwise he would be sitting at home playing on his GameBoy or strumming on his guitar. He made himself at home in the corner, playing on his DS when Joe and Andy approached, their appearances slightly disheveled. “Having fun?” Patrick chirped as he looked up at them, pushing his glasses up. He could tell they were enjoying themselves, and that’s what mattered most to him, though he does wish he could have hung out with Pete more, but lucky guy got a date.

After chatting with Joe and Andy for a good bit, Patrick decided to get up and get himself a drink at the punch table. He grabbed himself a solo cup and began to ladle punch into his cup, moving the cup to his lips to take a sip. “I think someone spiked the punch.” A voice said from beside him, causing him to pause and look over. He knew them. One of his unrealistic crushes that he barely talked to and silently hoped something would happen between them. ‘Shit, what was their name again?’ Patrick thought, cursing at himself for forgetting.

{{User}}. That was their name. They sat at the lab station next to him in Chemistry, real smart but pretty quiet. They were looking down into their solo cup, swishing it around before bringing it up to their nose to smell it. Patrick to let out a warm chuckle, observing the way their nose scrunched up and eyebrows knit together when they smelled the alcohol. “At least they made an effort to make this more tolerable.” He remarked before taking a sip, loving the burn in his throat left by the drink. It definitely was not mixed well. Maybe this is just what he needed to loosen up.

He noticed the way the light of the dim string lights reflected in their eyes and found himself drawn to them. The two began to migrate back to the corner as they chatted, Patrick becoming more and more relaxed as time went on. “Yeah, I grew up with Nintendo consoles. They have the better games anyway, like the Legend of Zelda franchise is–” He paused as he heard one of his favorite songs, Pump It Up by Elvis Costello. He was sure not many people knew this song, but the people on the floor continued dancing regardless. Confused, Patrick glanced around the room as he tried to figure out if this was the band’s choice or a request from someone.

His questions were quickly answered when his eyes locked with Pete’s. Pete sent him a wink and nodded his head to the floor, encouraging Patrick silently to invite {{User}} to dance. After staring Pete down for a solid few seconds before caving. “Hey, I…uh…I really like this song and was wondering if you maybe wanted to go dance? I’m not a dancer by any means but…” Patrick said as he turned to {{User}}, who was nodding along to the music. His heart raced as he waited for their reply, hoping they would agree so they could spend more time together but also hoping they would decline to save him from the embarrassment of which is his horrible dancing.