coffee shop au part 2 (kinda luke's pov?)
leggie
julieflynn
willex
3144 words
~•~

luke had buried himself into reggie's shoulder. he was barely shorter than the boy, no matter how much julie insisted he had 5'4 vibes, but the height similarity was comforting.

slowly luke pulled away, face reddening, "sorry i uh... sorry."

reggie smiled softly at the boy in front of him, barely letting him go, and grabbed his shoulder. "it's ok. ok?"

luke nodded as the two pulled apart completely. he smiled brightly at the boy and shoved his hands in his back pockets. "do you want to uh," he paused and laughed, "well usually i'd say coffee but considering you work here i doubt that would be much of a..." luke stopped himself

"lucas patterson, are you asking me on a date?"

luke's eyes widened and he glanced from reggie back to the floor and then back up to his bandmate, "maybe i am... and if i was?"

"i'd probably say yes," reggie smirked at the guitarist, "depending on what the date is."

luke's lips twinged into a barely there smile, "how about i surprise you?" reggie raised his eyebrows at the boy and luke continued quickly, "i promise it'll be fun!"

reggie looked around the room, seemingly pondering his options before busting into laughter, "of course i'll go out with you, you nerd! i just said i really like you!"

this time both of the boys laughed, wheezing until they couldn't breathe, and found themselves nearly in each other's arms again. reggie stared at the guitarist and glanced towards the boys lips a few times before jumping back quickly.

luke scratched the back of his neck as he turned to look out at their friend group. hearing the clearing of a throat he turned back to reggie. reggie just smiled at him and grabbed the hot cocoa mix and walked out to the counter, luke following like a lovesick puppy.

~•~

"lex!" reggie rushed into the coffee shop two days later, "jules!"

alex and julie both turned to face him, alex a towel in hand wiping off the counters as julie dried a coffe mug.

"what's up reg?" alex shifted slightly as his smiled dropped and his eyebrow raised.

"you know how luke asked me out?"

"yeah?" his bandmates replied in unison.

"well he's picking me up in 2 hours and i really could use some style help... and you guys are the most stylish people i know, aside from willie of course."

alex turned to julie, whose face held her signature smirk, and nodded to her before they both turned back to reggie.

"reginald," julie continued smirking, "get your ass over here and help us clean up so we can get you ready."

10 minutes later they were closing up shop and getting into alex's car, speeding off to reggie's house. they pulled into the (thankfully) empty driveway and reggie hopped out of the car and ran to the front door.

alex and julie follow reggie into the house and upstairs. both of them had been to his house once before but at two different times. when they got to reggie's room and bassist opened his closet door both of his bandmates were pleasantly surprised with how much clothing was in there.

"reg, are you telling me you have more clothes than just black ripped skinny jeans, black and white shirts, that flannel, and that leather jacket?" alex teased. all three of them laughed as alex pulled out a few cute pieces.

"is that?" julie questioned as alex held out a black skirt. reggie seemed to shrink in on himself as his coworkers and bandmates looked at the item. "reg you gotta wear that skirt today!"

"wait... you're not gonna judge me for having it?"

julie and alex shared a look and then looked back at their friend.

"dude, willie wears skirts all the time and convinced me to wear one of course we're not gonna judge you. also you know seeing you in a skirt will make luke crazy."
reggie laughed and julie joined in. it was a completely correct statement.

as alex set out an outfit for reggie, julie did a bit of makeup for him. just a simple winged eyeliner with a little blush and a light pinkish-nude lipgloss. alex practically begged reggie to let the drummer paint his nails and reggie agreed to one nail on each hand, at least for now.

about an hour later reggie was fully dressed in essentially his normal outfit except the jeans were swapped for fishnets and a skirt. julie and alex were simultaneously a bit shocked reggie had those items and also not phased at all. if anything they were more shocked the bassist didn't wear them more.

"damn reg, you look good!" alex complimented as he did a little circle around reggie.

"luke is literally going to die when he sees this outfit," julie added with a bright smile.

"well i hope he doesn't actually die cos that would ruin our date." all three of them laughed and then sat around reggie's room until they heard a car horn outside the house, "shit he's here..."

julie and alex stared at reggie for moment before practically screaming "go!" at him. reggie tensed for a moment before nodding rapidly and grabbing his phone and shoving it into the pocket of his skirt. he stopped for a second and turned to julie and alex again doing a little swoosh to show off the skirt to julie once more.

"it. has. POCKETS?!?" julie squealed and reggie nodded excitedly as julie did an excited bounce. alex laughed and then gave julie a small look which ceased julie's bouncing slightly, "ok ok let's go!"

reggie nodded again and immediately started running down the stairs with alex and julie just behind him. reggie reached the front door and turned around to look at his friends again before receiving two excited thumbs up from julie and a massive smiley nod from alex.

reggie ran out the door, down the front steps, and to luke's car. the bassist knocked on the car window lightly and luke turned to reggie from looking at his phone and unlocked the door.

"hey, i was just about to call you!" luke set his phone down as reggie closed the car door behind him. luke saw alex and julie walk out of reggie's house and he let out a soft laugh. "they were helping you get ready?"

reggie's cheeks went a bit pink and he laughed it off, "yeah i wasn't sure what to wear so..."

"you could've worn anything really, i wouldn't have minded. and your makeup looks adorable."

at that reggie went a little more pink and looked down at his lap, immediately remembering he was wearing a skirt on his first date with luke patterson. his blush certainly got brighter as he turned back to luke with a small smile.

"you ready to go?" luke nodded to the road.

"yep," reggie replied popping the p just slightly.

"then let's go!" luke turned the key in the ignition and they were off to their date, whatever that would be.

they sat in silence for a while. luke's eyes were always on the road which gave reggie plenty of time to study the guitarist's choice of outfit. as usual, luke's shirt was sleeveless- which certainly wasn't distracting reggie at all- and it had something about "rock and roll" written explicitly on it. reggie couldnt tell exactly what it said from the angle he was sitting at, but he wasn't going to risk luke noticing the fact that he was checking the guitarist out. luke had plain old blue jeans on and his chain with that blue fuzzy thing (reggie made a mental note to ask about it later) and his wallet hanging from it.

eventually luke glanced at reggie for a second, "do you wanna like... play something on the aux?"

"oh uh... yeah sure. do you mind country?"

"what counts as country for you?"

"basically anything country but currently it's female country artists because julie could totally rock some of these songs."

luke let out an exasperated sigh and rolled his eyes which reggie lightly punched his shoulder for. "ok ok fine, but only if you play need you now by lady a."

"only if you'll sing it with me," reggie replied with a cheeky smile. luke faked a gasp and glanced at reggie again with a smile in his eyes.

"you say that like i wasn't going to already."both of them laugh and reggie queues up the song.

the first few notes start playing and the two start nodding along to the beat as they slowly get into the music.

picture perfect memories
scattered all around the floor
reggie starts, well aware that luke did not intend to sing the girl's part. it fit reggie's voice better either way.

reaching for the phone 'cause, i can't fight it anymore
the bassist started actually getting into singing the song and preparing for luke's voice to join his own, mostly to keep from short circuiting when it happened.

and i wonder if i ever cross your mind
as luke's voice joined his own reggie still short circuited. they matched on the harmonies surprisingly well.

for me, it happens all the time
it's a quarter after one, i'm all alone and i need you now
said i wouldn't call, but i lost all control and i need you now
and i don't know how i can do without, i just need you now
reggie was completely enthralled in the music as he sang his chorus. god did he love this song. he almost completely forgot he was singing in the car with luke.

another shot of whiskey, can't stop looking at the door
wishing you'd come sweeping in the way you did before
that's when reggie remembered he was, in fact, in a car with luke singing one of his favorite songs.

and i wonder if i ever cross your mind
reggie rejoined for his vocals and luke felt himself melt a bit at the sound of the bassist's voice. although reggie scarcely would admit it he had a beautiful voice.

for me, it happens all the time
then luke was on solo vocals again and reggie had genuine chills from the final note of luke's solo line.

it's a quarter after one, i'm a little drunk and i need you now
said i wouldn't call, but i lost all control and i need you now
and i don't know how i can do without, i just need you now
the two sang together, completely on the same level of performance and fun and letting their own twist of the melodies and harmonies slip in.

guess i'd rather hurt than feel nothing at all
that line always got to reggie, no matter who he was around and suddenly he was far to into the song, giving every line his all.

it's a quarter after one, i'm all alone and i need you now
luke was barely paying attention to the road as reggie put in far more emotion than luke was expecting him too.

and i said i wouldn't call, but i'm a little drunk and i need you now
of course luke proceeded to match that emotion with his next line and he glanced at reggie again.

and i don't know how i can do without, i just need you now
i just need you now
oh baby, i need you now
both boys harmonized through the rest of the final chorus and as the song came to a close and the next of the playlist began the two teens started giggling.

"oh my god we got way too into that huh?" reggie laughed.

"oh absolutely, but it was fun." the two laughed more until luke finally calmed down enough to talk, "i really should give you more vocals in the band. like i knew you had a good voice i just didn't realize how pretty it is."

and suddenly reggie was bright pink yet again. no one ever really complimented his voice and luke being the one to do so made him so happy. "uh thanks... your voice is amazing though, obviously you knew that though."

reggie didn't catch the flare of color on luke's cheeks as the boy laughed and agreed with reggie quietly.

a few more songs played, including a few of which reggie sang along to, only to receive a small string of praise for immediately after. then "before he cheats" started playing and both boys sang with far too much passion during the last chorus and burst into laughter immediately after.

surprisingly the last song of the playlist ended just as luke pulled into the parking lot of somewhere reggie didn't recognize in the slightest.

"where are we, exactly?" reggie asked as luke parked the car.

"it's a surprise," luke whispered before getting out of the car.

reggie did the same and walked around the front of the car to stand next to luke. apparently that was the first time luke actually looked at reggie's outfit.

luke's voice got caught in his throat as he took in the sight of the adorable boy in front of him in a skirt and fishnets. he was certain his jaw was on the ground and he looked crazy but holy hot damn did reggie look good.

luke was so distracted he genuinely didn't realize reggie had taken a photo of his reaction or the fact that reggie was giggling. after a beat luke came back to the land of the living.

"you look uh-" his words got caught in his throat again as he struggled out a, "wow. just wow."

"thank you," reggie smiled innocently and grabbed luke's hand, standing right beside him. "you look very pretty too," he whispered causing luke to go bright pink.

luke cleared his throat slightly before smiling at reggie again, "you ready?"

reggie just raised an eyebrow slightly and before he could ask luke let go of his hand and shouted "go!" and was sprinting up the grassy hill just by where they parked the car. reggie just stared for a second before running full speed after the guitarist, catching up to him just before the top of the hill and tackling him.

"you jerk! you didn't even explain the rules or anything you just ran!" reggie half shouted as he slapped luke's arm, his other hand by luke's side keeping reggie from laying completely on top of him.
luke just smirked and reggie rolled his eyes and sighed, flopping to luke's side. it was nice outside and surprisingly warm considering the sun seemed to be hiding behind clouds.

the two laid there for a while and watched the clouds until luke turned on his side to face reggie, propping his head up with one had. "can you actually see any shapes in the clouds? cause all i can see is blobs."

reggie stifled a giggle and pushed luke lightly so he'd lay down again. "see that one?" he pointed to a small cloud that luke could only recognize as a blob, "it looks like a chicken."

luke squinted at the small blob for a few seconds before he smiled, "i can see it! oh my god i can see the chicken!" he giggled excitedly and looked at reggie, "show me another one!"

reggie beamed and pointed at a bigger cloud, "ok that one? do you see how it's bigger at the bottom and then gets thinner and turns into a head and snout and then smoke?"

"holy crap, thats a dragon dude!" luke was absolutely giddy as his eyes frantically searched for another cloud. reggie couldn't keep a smile off his face at the sight as the usually very "rocker" type beside him turned into a small child recognizing cloud shapes. it's cute.

"huh?" luke turned to reggie again.

reggie went pink when he realized his last thought had actually left his mouth. "oh... uh..."

"did you just say that i'm cute?" when reggie didn't respond luke sat up completely and started laughing, "you totally did!"

reggie hid his face in his hands as he blushed. slowly he felt his own hands being moved from his face. "you don't have to hide from me regs. i think it's very cute that you think i'm cute."

reggie held onto luke's hands and moved forward to lean his forehead against luke's. they sat there for a while a reggie fiddled with luke's finger tips before he whispered, "luke?"

"yeah?" luke hummed.

"i meant what i said the other day about really liking you," reggie paused for a second and brought a hand up to caress luke's cheek softly, "would it be ok if i kissed you?"

luke pulled back slightly so he could actually see reggie's face, "that would be better than ok." luke smiled and cupped reggie's cheek softly before softly bumping noses. reggie continued tracing luke's cheek bones with the pads of his thumbs and he gently caught luke's lips in his own. it was a short and sweet kiss.

when the two pulled apart they both laughed and leaned into one another, completely unable to keep their smiles of their faces.

"hey regs?" luke whispered and reggie lifted his head to look at the boy, "do you wanna be boyfriends?"

reggie's eyes widened a bit before he laughed out a yes and lunged forward, hugging luke and kissing the guitarist's cheek.

~•~

the next day the band, plus willie and flynn, met up in julie's garage. the garage had become the band's studio more recently considering the band was tired of running up and down stairs multiple times before gigs to get all their instruments and disturbing the patternsons.
no matter how much emily and mitch denied that it bothered them, the band knew the garage would make a better studio either way.

reggie was the last to arrive at the studio and immediately plopped on the couch beside luke (who had previously claimed the couch "his" no matter how much julie protested).

"ok now that reg is here, the band meeting is in session!" luke called. everyone sat there for a second and he remembered that he had been the one who called the meeting so he'd have to explain himself. "ok well... here's goes nothing i guess-"

reggie butted in almost immediately and grabbed luke's hand, "luke and i are dating."

it was less than 3 seconds later that the entire group was cheering and flynn started chanting "kiss!" eventually joined by willie, followed by julie, and then eventually alex.

luke and reggie laughed and luke leaned forwards smirking, "should we give the people what they want?"

"absolutely." reggie closed the distance between himself and his boyfriend while the two other couples in the studios whooped for the guitarist and bassist.

"i totally called it taking until the end of the week!" alex cheered for himself as flynn rolled her eyes and handed over $20.

~•~

(A/N: it only took me like 2 months but i finished this sequel oneshot! i also made this drawing of reggie in a skirt a week ish ago and then decided to put reggie in this outfit for the date, so enjoy.)