NAME: Let It Shine
RATING: PG-13
FANDOM: Star Trek Reboot
CHARACTERS/PAIRINGS: Montgomery Scotty, Pavel Chekov, Christopher Pike, the other boys of the crew: Leonard "Bones" McCoy, James T. Kirk, Hikaru Sulu, hinted presence of Spock, Olsen, and Cupcake | Chekov/Scotty, Sulu/Chekov friendship
GENRES: Humor/Drama/Romance
SUMMARY: Chekov is transferred to St Etoile's Academy, the most prestigious international private school in California (far away from his school in Moscow, Russia), in the middle of his freshman year. There he joins the Starstruck Crew, St Etoile's glee club, and meets the (Scottish) solo star: Montgomery "Scotty" Scott!
PROMPT: 82: Can You Hear Me?
WARNINGS: Chekov's accent, Scotty's accent, slash, swearing, Katy Perry's "Fireowrk," slight Glee rip-off-ness (kind of), fluff, & everyone can sing, apparently.
AU: Again, Scotty is 17-18 in this to Chekov's 14-15. If you see sections of an episode of Glee in this… that's the point. High school setting.

Note: Use of Katy Perry's 'Firework.' Or sections, at least. I so don't own any of this.

It was Pavel Andreyevich's first day at a new school. Come to think of it, he had gotten to his dorm room the night before and had unpacked everything. He had even met his roommate, Hikaru Sulu. They were all ready best of friends, having spent half the night talking about everything. It was only a quarter of the ways into the first semester, so Hikaru filled him in on everything.

Pavel had transferred here because his grades were outstanding, and though he couldn't afford to come here, he was offered a full scholarship, and so he accepted. He also accepted because it was a tolerant school (meaning no bullying or else!) and his last school didn't even care. For a gay teen in a mostly straight, mostly white school, he felt safer at St Etoile's all ready, because his last school had a 30% rate of teen pregnancy, as well as a population of noted teen bigots. You would think schools in Moscow wouldn't have that. But Pavel went to a school for poorer kids like himself.

The change was nice. He would be challenged here at St Etoile with harder classes, and he would be accepted here for who he was. His parents had even toured the campus on a rare vacation, and decided he would be better off here, even if they had to stay in Russia.

Pavel missed them like crazy, but they were saving up money for his visits at the Winter, Spring, and Summer holidays the boys had.

It was lunchtime, and something big was going down. Boys were rushing in one direction for something… well… very exciting. Pavel lost Hikaru in the crowd, and looked around fearfully. Finally, he grabbed the first person he could who was rushing in the same direction. "Excuse me," he said to an upperclassman. Since it was an international school, all the kids spoke in English, but Pavel's accent was still thick. "Vhat is going on here? I'm new here and… I still don't know my vay around…"

The boy looked him up and down and grinned, "St Etoile's very own Starstruck Crew. Sometimes they put on impromptu performances in the Senior Commons and the whole school kinda shuts down," the older boy had a thick Scottish accent, just as Hikaru had a thinning Japanese accent. It was nice to go to a school where everyone was from different parts of the world.

"Starstruck… crew?" Pavel asked.

"Our show choir. In America, it's called a glee club," the boy replied. "In most places, glee club isn't that popular, but here… we're the stars of the school… pun intended."

Pavel soaked this in, laughing a little at the older boy's pun.

"Cannae I get your name, New Kid?" the boy asked.

"Oh, it's Pavel," he said.

The other kid took his hand firmly, "Montgom'ry. But most kids 'ere just call me Scotty…"

"Nice to meet you," Pavel said, trying to free his hand. The other boy held firm, though.

"'ere, I'll show ya a shortcut. You'll want to see this performance, Pavel…"

Scotty took off in a run, and Pavel could do nothing but follow, being half-dragged through some empty halls. He wouldn't have missed the performance anyway. At his last school, he had been part of the church choir, even almost joining the ranks in the Men's Choir… except his voice was a little higher than they would have liked. But… a show choir? What exactly did that entail?

Pavel felt his hand drop and looked at his kidnapper, who was smiling as they entered the room. He high-fived a couple of guys, introducing them to Pavel as James Kirk and Leonard McCoy. Hikaru came up next and apologized for leaving him behind. Pavel forgave him quickly, eyes still glued to Scotty. I wonder if he's gay… came the random thought in Pavel's mind.

Jim and Len went back to the rest of the choir, which were beginning the song using no instruments. Each one, though, sounded like a different section. It was nothing like Pavel had ever heard. It was a pop song, actually, and Pavel had only heard a couple the night before in his room as he and Hikaru talked and got to know each other. "I love Utada Hikaru, but since coming here, I've fallen in love with Lady Gaga," Hikaru gushed.

"Are you… are you gay, Hikaru?" Pavel had asked.

"Bisexual. But I do get that question a lot. But you know, here it really doesn't matter what you are, you're just… accepted."

"I know. I vas just vondering…"

"Well… are you gay, Pavel?" Hikaru had asked.

"Da. Totally and completely," Pavel replied, then whistled, "Oh, zat felt good."

Pavel hadn't really told anyone outside his immediate family about himself. But everyone had assumed he was gayer than a fruit salad and always picked on him or shoved him into walls. Or something worse. Pavel had been used to it, but his parents feared for his life every single day. That's why he was here.

But listening to this song, he was convinced this was heaven. The boys used only their voices, and, it turned out, Scotty was their soloist:

"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind
Wanting to start again…"

Pavel liked the song. He had even asked Hikaru to give him some of his music last night after listening to a lot of it. He only had church songs and some old songs from the Beatles and other Russian artists his father had given him. Pavel took a lot of the church songs off, because he had become an atheist because God hadn't been helping him fight off his bullies, and instead he now had mostly American pop songs, as well as some J-Pop (Hikaru's influence) and the one band from Russia Hikaru happened to have: t.A.T.u. "Yes, they were faking they were lesbians, but it doesn't take away the fact that these two were revolutionaries for the GLBTQ celebrity. Especially in Russia, probably," Hikaru had said.

Maybe, Pavel had thought.

Pavel snapped out of his memory and back on the face of Scotty, who probably had a killer gay-dar and was flirting with a lot of guys (and making straight-guy gestures at others, which is why Pavel thought he had a killer gay-dar).

"… Do you know that there's still a chance for you
Cause there's a spark in you

You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July

Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y…"

It was the one song that had taken Pavel by the hand and had made him dance. He had listened to that song over and over since coming here, at any interval he could find at which to play his iPod. Other people seemed not to mind at the obsession with it. Apparently, there glee club soloist was a big fan as well, and everyone (even non-glee club members) were clapping and mouthing along to the words. Something bloomed in Pavel, a smile finally stretching across his lips.

Scotty beckoned him over, and Pavel walked stiffly up to the older boy his hands were taken in rough but gentle hands and he was spun around. (Killer gay-dar.)

He couldn't help himself as he started to sing the familiar words, louder than the other non-glee club members. He sang a bit higher than Scotty, in the range that the woman had sung it in, high notes and all: "… Baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gonna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through

Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gonna leave 'em goin "Oh, oh, oh!"

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon!"

When the song was over, Scotty was still hanging on to Pavel as they caught up with their breathing after dancing and singing the impromptu (very impromptu) performance. Pavel jumped when someone tapped his shoulder.

A taller man, a teacher, no doubt, was smiling down at the other boy. "Quick to sing, and a beautiful voice at that. Your dancing skills are well-to-do as well," he said in a deep voice, his blond hair slicked down.

"Pavel… this is Mr. Pike, the Starstruck Crew's advisor," Scotty said, grinning.

"Pavel… Chanko? Cherpov? You a Sophomore?"

"Freshman. Chekov, Pavel Andreyevich, sir," Pavel replied.

"Well, Chekov, Pavel Andreyevich. Consider that your audition into the ranks of the Starstruck Crew. We've been needing more freshman for a while, and you've shown the most promise so far. Your first rehearsal will be this afternoon at 4:30 until six…"

Mr. Pike walked off feeling very pleased with himself as Pavel turned to Scotty, who promptly hugged him. "And I'll take you for dinner afterwards, lad," he added.

Pavel turned to him, "Can I ask you a qvestion?"

"Did I rig anything for you so you'd get in? No," Scotty replied, laughing, "But that was brilliant. You're a wonderful performer…"

"Sank you, but zat vasn't my qvestion," Pavel replied, blushing lightly, "Are you… are you gay?"

"What gave it away? The fact that I flirted with all the gay and bisexual guys, but knew when to tone it down for the straight ones?" Scotty asked.

Pavel blushed and nodded, "So… you are?"

"Gayer than a fruit salad… only I work at a mechanics shop on the weekends for the fun of it… and $8.50 a day…" Scotty replied.

Pavel blushed but managed a small smile, "I'm more of a fruit salad zan you, zen. I'd razer spend my veekends studying zen fixing cars…"

"Then I might have Olsen's ghost come and scare you into not studying so much," Scotty said, winking.

"Zat old ghost story? Oh no," Pavel replied with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. He smiled though, causing Scotty's grin to widen.

"Well to hell with dinner, I'm goin' to get you a coffee now, Mr. Smart Mouth," Scotty replied, laughing.

"I vouldn't mind dinner too, Scotty," Pavel replied, his grin almost mirroring the older boy's.

"Then it's a date," Scotty replied, delightfully chuckling at Pavel's wild blush as he said it.

Things are all ready looking up here, Pavel thought as he followed Scotty to St Etoile's cafeteria, smiling at the grand architecture and the happy students.