A Tear to Shed…Or Not
A/N: At this point, I'm thinking maybe I should have called this 'Joke's on You, Tim'. Poor guy.
Emily is getting quite into 'A Tear to Shed'. But it's an intense song feels-wise, and performing it repeatedly is hard on her because she's already a very emotional person. It gets to the point where she's driven to tears in between takes, and the post-performance funk follows her after Tim's ready to practice less tragic numbers. Sometimes she has to fake smiles or stumble half-heartedly through funny lines in later scenes. She's not a complainer, but her friends are getting worried for her.
While a few of the technicians are adjusting the lights for a run-through of said song, and Emily is in her coffin bed bracing herself for the next take, Black Widow and Maggot peek over the edge of the bed. Widow slowly holds up a marshmallow, and Maggot curls his tail around it. He then flicks his tail. The marshmallow boops Emily on the nose and rolls down her cheek. She opens one eye, disoriented, and lifts her head, looking for the source of the disturbance. When the blue bride holds up the marshmallow, she looks pretty confused. Another marshmallow bounces off the rip in her forehead. Emily sees the two tittering creepy-crawlies and sighs.
"What're you up to?" "Broughtcha a little snack," Widow chirps. "We know they're your favorite." Maggot adds. Emily sighs and eats one. "Thank you- that's really very sweet of you. Still, you could've just handed-" A third donks her in the forehead. She rolls her eyes back to face the two invertebrates slowly. "I am supposed to be depressed right now." Without breaking eye contact or losing his innocent smile, Maggot flicks yet another marshmallow. Emily's teeth bare in a grin. "Oh, you asked for it."
Tim pokes his head in to tell the three that it's time to film. He finds Emily shrieking, giggles bubbling out of her as she writhes against Black Widow's tickling and wings marshmallows back at Maggot, laughing much too hard to aim with any real accuracy. She's hopped up on sugar, hyperactive, and can't keep a straight face for more than a few seconds, let alone squeeze out a single tear. Needless to say, they don't end up filming 'A Tear to Shed' that day.