Story Summary:Oneshot/arc book, Jack-centric. Conflicting ships included, most of the chapters are related unless stated.
I hope you like it and I hope it's different than the rest. Concrit is appreciated with open arms, but no flames. Please ask before taking my original ideas (I don't usually have a problem just ask and give inspiration credit). I have permission to use another oneshot as inspiration, don't freak/accuse me of stealing. Credit will be given where credit is due, and I'll ask if your story inspires me before writing anything if my muse strikes (she has the worst timing, I swear...).
This is my first oneshot book. No Guardian OCs, no yaoi, but yes OCs (for the Seasons etc). Characters can be OOC by request. From Family-like!Guardians to Human!Rainbow Snowcone.
Requests being taken, just review/PM.
R&R!
Where Do We Go From Here||Counting Love Is a Star
Chapter Summary:Human!Rainbow Snowcone, Adult!Guardians, they're all about 21, 22 years old. Jack is anxious about proposing to Tooth; it turns out the Man in the Moon was looking out for him.
ChapterRating: K, possibly K+ because of vague kissing
Disclaimer: I do not own RotG or OneRepublic or Frozen. I got the lyrics from azlyrics_com and metrolyrics_com. I've been meaning to do a songfic for a while now, so enjoy! Human,Adult!Rainbow Snowcone,Guardians. Don't like, don't read. My first RS fic, first songfic too, so no flames, just concrit.
Jack closed his eyes and breathed deeply, trying to steady his jangling nerves and calm his racing heart. It felt like the organ was working so hard it would fly out of his chest if he didn't do what he came to the park to do, and soon.
His best friend Aster clapped him on the shoulder and Jack nearly jumped out of his skin. "Just do it now, mate, or you'll never be able to."
Jack scoffed, though that was exactly what he was thinking. "Are you saying I'm a coward?"
"Yes. And next week, I won't be half as willing to help, so do it now before I push you out there."
"I'm going, I'm going! Don't get yer knickers in a twist," the young adult muttered in a lousy imitation of the other, earning him a shove forwards. He stumbled out from his hiding place among the trees and shot a nasty glare back as his wing-man, the one who was supposed to be helping him, not hindering.
"Jack!" his bubbly girlfriend called excitedly upon spotting him.
He froze in place for a second, then beamed nervously and waved as he made his way over to her. "Hey, Thia!" She jogged towards him and he copied her, the two meeting at a park bench. They hugged briefly, and Jack inhaled the smell of her tropical shampoo, hoping fervently this would go smoothly. "Um, I have something to ask you." He glanced over at the tree Aster was hiding behind, knowing he would be listening to every word. "But I want to show you something first." He gently took her hand and guided her down a rarely used path, not quite overgrown since Jack had recently pruned the path apart from the entrance, to keep it hidden, but nice for a walk. He didn't want to pull his girlfriend through a tangle of bushes and branches, after all; it was different than just him pushing through and getting scratched up.
In the light from the sinking sun, the small trail seemed to come alive with a kind of magic, one that made Jack smile quietly and Thia bounce around on her toes, looking on the verge of flight more than ever. "Wow, Jack, this is so, so," she couldn't find a word to describe it.
"Beautiful?" But Jack wasn't looking at the scenery like Thia was. He'd seen it before, and it paled in comparison with the look of complete wonder on her face, which was what he was looking at.
The woman beside him looked over and up slightly to find his eyes on her. She blushed, adding a rosy tint to her coffee-colored skin. "What? Is there something on my face?" She reached up to touch her face, but Jack grabbed both her hands in his before she could.
"No! Not at all. You look great. More than great, actually," he stopped himself before he could keep rambling from nerves. He reluctantly looked away from Thia and in front of them, delight and excitement painting themselves across his face as his eyes lit up. "We're here." He tugged her forward, eliciting a giggle at his childish behavior. He quickly spun her around so he was behind her and covered her violet eyes with his pale hands. "I gotcha, just keep walking." Jack steered her over to a smoothed out tree stump he'd spent hours sanding down so there would be no splinters and instructed her- not unkindly- to sit. He took another deep breath, almost shaking. "Open your eyes." He kept his arms around her as she gasped at the little grove he had brought her to. Jack had buried his face in her hair as he hugged her tightly from behind, afraid of her not liking it.
"Oh, Jack, this is absolutely beautiful! What is this place?" In front of her was a medium-sized waterfall, rushing into a small lake that swirled gently, not too fast but not at all stagnant. There were trees and a few small paper lanterns surrounding the clearing, the setting sun just visible over the tops of the foliage. Fireflies were starting to fly around and Thia caught one in her hands. It was even more enchanting than the trail.
"I used to come here with my sister," Jack mumbled into her neck, making her shiver. "We'd skate in the winter and swim in the summer." He pulled away from Thia and gathered his courage, fingering the small black box in his pocket. "But that's not why I asked you here."
"Jack-?" Thia almost turned at the note of uncertainty in his voice, but then he was in front of her, a guitar in his hands that he'd stashed in the undergrowth earlier. As he started strumming, the battery-operated lights all turned on, illuminating the hollow with a soft yellow glow.
But her greatest surprise came when Jack's lips parted and a soft note, quiet but certainly there, left him as he started singing.
"Lately I been, I been losing sleep Dreaming about the things that we could be But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard Said no more counting dollars We'll be counting stars Yeah, we'll be counting stars,"
The sun disappeared over the horizon and the first star became visible as he said the word 'stars'. Jack's voice was so smooth and gorgeous, but she tried to think of the meaning of the words, too.
"I see this life Like a swinging vine Swing my heart across the line In my face is flashing signs Seek it out and ye shall find
Old, but I'm not that old Young, but I'm not that bold And I don't think the world is sold,"
He didn't sing the next line, cluing Thia in that yes, the words did mean something coming from him. Then, he skipped a part of the (very popular) song! Thia was utterly surprised. Who knew her boyfriend could be so unpredictable?
"Lately I been, I been losing sleep Dreaming about the things that we could be But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard Said no more counting dollars We'll be counting stars Lately I been, I been losing sleep Dreaming about the things that we could be But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard Said no more counting dollars We'll be, we'll be counting stars
I feel the love And I feel it burn Down this river every turn Hope is our four letter word Make that money Watch it burn
Old, but I'm not that old Young, but I'm not that bold And I don't think the world is sold,"
And then the chords morphed into something familiar, a song from a movie they'd watched together a few weeks ago! Jack had adored that movie, Thia recalled fondly.
"There can be one explanation
You And I Were Just Meant To Be
Say goodbye Say goodbye
To the pain of the past We don't have to feel it any more Love is an open door Love is an open door Life can be so much more
With you With you With you With you Love is an open door
Can I say something crazy?"
Jack got down on one knee and opened his eyes, which he'd closed the moment he'd started playing, putting the guitar aside and taking something out of his pocket. His blue eyes collided with her purple ones as he all but whispered the last line, the black box open to expose a sparking diamond ring.
"Will you marry me?"
Thia's eyes widened and she gasped, bringing a hand up to cover her mouth. "Can I say something even crazier?" she said in the same tone. "Yes!" She launched herself off the seat he'd so carefully made for her and right into his arms, throwing her own around his neck. "Yes yes yes yes yes!"
Jack was stunned and didn't move for a second; he hd momentarily expected her to reject him. Then he melted- almost literally- and picked her up, twirling around in excitement. "I love you so much, Toothiana Marie Rashimi-Haroom, you have no idea."
Thia planted a kiss on his cheek as they stopped spinning. "I think you mean 'Toothiana Marie Rashimi-Haroom Frost.'" She smirked a tiny bit as his pallid cheeks went red, but then he smirked right back.
"And I think you missed." At her look of confusion, he set her down and bent his head slightly to accommodate for their height difference. He tapped his cheek and then his lips, the smirk never leaving.
Thia rolled her eyes. "You and your big head are impossible, you know that?" But she kissed him regardless. And when they broke apart, the smirk was a small smile.
"Having a fiancé might have added to that."
"Shut up and kiss me."
And he did, as, unbeknownst to the lovers, the innumerable stars spread out against the boundless navy backdrop of a sky like holes cut into another world, and the Moon smiled down at the couple brightly.
After all, the Man in the Moon knows a good couple when he sees one.
And if he convinced the Sun and Stars to help the prematurely-white-haired man with his performance, well, no one would know.
Everyone knows that the Moon keeps its secrets best.
A/N:
Counting Love Is a Star isn't the first thing written under Where Do We Go From Here, that was the Creations arc I'm writing. Should I write more for this oneshot or leave it? I think I could make it another chapter or two if people want it...
So, whaddya think? oh, btw, that was my first Rainbow Snowcone fic/shot EVER! And my first songfic, if it can be called that. AND this only took me 20-30 minutes to write *sniffles* I'm so proud of myself.
I think I did pretty good for my first RS.
But what's important is what you guys think, so R&R! I hope you enjoyed it!
Also, please leave suggestions! This has family-like!Guardians, human!AUs, Rainbow Snowcone, everything from fatherly!Pitch to Dark!Jack. Just no Blackice, Jackrabbit, Quicksand, Winter Wonderland, etc because I suck at writing boyxboy (not because I don't like the ships, I actually think some are adorable)
Cat Lunanoff, signing off *mock salute*
