Dylan smiled when the guys finished their song, having been watching the soundcheck from the sidelines. He preferred not to be on stage with them for the bigger gigs, especially when it was a day like today. His parents had found out that he was gay and while his mother just ignored him like she always did, his father freaked. It wasn't exactly unusual… Lately, everything Dylan did caused his father to flip and take it out on him. He wrapped an arm around his stomach and grimaced at the thought of last night. The boys didn't know about his family and while he was sure that they at least suspected something was up, they never really asked him about it.
Luke jumped down from the stage and made a beeline for Dylan, pulling him into a sweaty hug "What did you think?" he asked, a huge grin on his face.
"You were awesome," Dylan told him, letting his head rest on Luke's shoulder for a moment before he caught sight of the other guys "You all were."
Reggie bounced on the balls of his feet, hugging Dylan from behind "We would be nothing without you and Luke. This song is awesome."
Luke nodded "One of our best," he whispered, leaning forward to press a kiss to Dylan's lips "Are you sure you don't want to play with us tonight?"
"Really sure," Dylan nodded.
Bobby tilted his head. While Dylan had always been closer to the other three members of Sunset Curve, the two had a silent understanding and Bobby even showed Dylan how to play the guitar whenever the younger of the two needed a place to stay "You know that we would love to have you on stage with us, right?"
"I know," Dylan smiled, linking his hand with Luke's "But you know that I prefer to stay out of the limelight. Smaller gigs are alright but this… this is huge."
"Isn't it?" Reggie exclaimed before he frowned "So… What about food, I'm starving."
Alex snorted "You're always starving, Reggie."
Bobby rolled his eyes at them before catching sight of the girl who had cheered them on, making his way over to her "You guys go ahead." The others exchanged an amused look and followed him.
"You guys are really good," the girl told them as soon as they reached her.
Luke squeezed Dylan's hand and nudged him "Thank you," he told her honestly.
"I see a lot of bands. Been in a couple myself. I was really feeling it," she smiled.
"That's what we do this for," Luke shrugged "I'm Luke, by the way. That's Dylan."
"Hi, I'm Reggie."
Alex shook his head at Reggie "Alex."
"Bobby." He groaned when Luke stuck his finger into his ear, glaring at the lead singer.
The girl's lips twitched as she inclined her head "Nice meeting you guys. I'm Rose."
"Oh, uh…" Reggie fumbled around, trying to pull their demo out of his pocket and failing quite spectacularly "Here's our demo. And a T-Shirt. Size beautiful."
Rose took it from him "Thanks. I'll… Make sure not to wipe the tables down with this one."
Alex nodded frantically "Oh, good call. Whenever they get wet, they just kinda fall apart in your hands."
Bobby sighed to himself "Don't you guys have to go get hot dogs?"
"Right. Dyl, you coming?" Luke asked.
Dylan grimaced "Thanks, but I'm really not hungry."
Luke let go of Dylan's hand and leaned forward "Yeah." He winked at Rose before nodding to Bobby "He had a hamburger for lunch." With that, he turned and walked away, Reggie and Alex following.
Once they were gone, Dylan looked from Bobby to Rose "I'll just be…" He gestured over his shoulder to the stage "Do you mind if I use your guitar, Bobby? I had an idea earlier."
"No, go ahead," Bobby waved at him before turning his attention back to Rose.