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I PRESENT TO YOU
JOHNNNYYY ❤❤
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A few moments before...
(Y/N)'s P.O.V
"You are amazing, Johnny," I smile, rubbing his back. "You got this, and I know you're gonna knock the crowd off their feet. And I'm not just saying that because you're my boyfriend."
He grins up at me with a sly look, "oh? I'm your boyfriend?"
"Well... Duh!" I snicker, placing a kiss on his forehead as he closes his eyes with a smile. "You like me, and I like you. And I suppose our outing at the park could count as a first date. Unless you don't want to be my boyfriend..."
I sigh teasingly, Johnny's eyes shining with amusement as he pulls me closer with a chuckle.
"Of course I do, you silly beautiful woman," he quietly speaks, making my heart melt as we embrace. "I'm so excited to sing the duet with you, love. You've the voice of an angel."
"Your reaction the first time I sang made me think I was terrible," I snort, remembering his wide eye'd, mouth open, dumbfounded look.
"Only because I didn't think it was possible for me to fall even more for you!" He defends with a laugh. "I swear, your voice was hypnotizing!"
I giggle and open my moth to reply when Buster calls his name.
"Johnny, you're up!"
"Knock them dead, Johnny," I place a kiss on his cheek, making him pout.
"Only the cheek?"
"You'll get your kiss after you perform! There's no time!" I laugh, shoving him towards the stage as Eddie pushes the piano.
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Third Person P.O.V
(Y/N) rushes to the other side of the stage and joins the others as Eddie sets up the mic, Johnny adjusting it and sitting in his seat.
He scoots it forward and nervously clears his throat, looking up and making eye contact with (Y/N). She smiles and blows him a playful kiss, making him chuckle and relax.
With a deep breath... He plays the first note, silencing the crowd as the lights dim.
He drags his fingers across the piano, finishing it with a firm note as music plays in the back, lights flashing and dazzling the stage on beat.
Johnny's foot taps to the beat as he doesn't miss a single note, the crowd slightly bouncing along.
"You can never know what it's like, your blood like a winter freezes just like ice... And there's a cold, lonely light that shines from you and you wind up like a wreck you hide behind that mask you use," Johnny sings, glancing down occasionally at his fingers before allowing his eyes to close.
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Marcus sighs heavily as music plays from the TV, not knowing it was Johnny.
"And did you think this fool could never win? Well look at me, I'm coming back again!"
"What is that? Turn it down, will ya?" He lowly demands, looking up from his spot at the others.
They dance along as he grunts in annoyance. Barry smiles as he sees Johnny, and Jack's eyes widen in surprise as he looks up from filing his nails.
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"I got a taste of love in a simple way," Johnny sends a wink towards (Y/N), making her grin with a fond chuckle.
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"Oy! Didn't you hear me?" Marcus darkly questions, rising and walking towards them. "I said turn it..."
"And if you need to know while I'm still standing, you just fade away!"
"... Johnny?"
Rick's eyes widen as the TV shows Johnny singing, smiling happily.
"And don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did? I'm looking like a true survivor!"
"Johnny..." Marcus repeats, his look of shock fading to a small smile as he blinks rapidly.
"I'm feeling like a little kid!"
Johnny grins at the camera, returning to playing the piano after a moment as he sings passionately.
"And I'm still standing after all this time!"
"It's Johnny!" Marcus laughs proudly, patting one of the inmates, "that's my son!"
"I'm picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind!" Johnny sings, making Marcus pause and gasp.
"My son..." Marcus quietly repeats and backs away from the TV, Jack looking after him in concern as he rushes to the bars of the window, staring towards the flashing theater lights in the distance.
"I'm still standing! Yeah, yeah, yeah!"
He breathes heavily, the fear of losing his son coming to light as he recalls how badly he treated him. He grips the bars so tight that his knuckles turn white, a newfound strength inside of him to get his son back.
"I'm still standing!"
Marcus' expression hardens as he yanks the bars, making them groan under his strength as they shift.
"Yeah!"
He yanks on them again.
"Yeah!"
And again.
"Yeah!"
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"What the?!" The policemen yell as the floor above them rumbles as Marcus pries the bars from their place.
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"Once I never could hope to win,"
Marcus shouts as he throws the wall at the policemen approaching, leaping down onto the fire escape before ducking and rolling onto a nearby roof, running before jumping onto another roof.
"You starting down the road, leaving me again! The threats you made were meant to cut me down, and if our love was just a circus then you'd be a clown by now!"
The policemen watch in disbelief while Jack and Barry cheer loudly while laughing, the two other inmates smiling.
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"And don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did!" Johnny swiftly stands and continues to play the piano, the chair rolling away. "I'm looking like a true survivor! I'm feeling like a little kid!"
He grins as he sees (Y/N) dancing and spinning around as the others laugh and dance along.
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"And I'm still standing after all this time!"
Ash gets ready in back, applying some eye shadow with glimmer and tying her boot, thankful (Y/N) had hemmed the dress and found a cool leather jacket for her.
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"I'm picking up the pieces of my life with someone else on my mind!" Johnny sings, thinking of (Y/N).
She pauses when she hears the new lyrics, making her smile and blush while Buster pokes fun and goes 'ooh~'.
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Marcus grunts as he leaps across a wide alley, rolling and landing on his feet as he pants while racing across the rooftops.
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"I'm still standing! Yeah, yeah, yeah!"
The crowd wave their arms and sing along with the chorus.
He plays the piano notes loud and proud, "I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah!"
Johnny's fingers move on the piano with grace as he hardly looks down anymore, "I'm still standing! Yeah, yeah, yeah!"
His fingers move across the piano one last time before he plays the final notes and staggers back from the keyboard, panting and sweating slightly.
The crowd all cheer and rise to their feet in a standing ovation, Johnny smiling and panting still. (Y/N) laughs and races to him on stage, making him grin and grab her waist, spinning her around and gasping lightly as she places a kiss on his lips.
The crowd all coo and cheer as he hugs her close, setting her down as Buster rushes on the stage. They pull away, but he keeps his hands on her waist as he smiles down at her.
"What about that, huh? Lovebirds, am I right? Give it up for Johnny, folks!"
Johnny nervously looks towards the crowd as (Y/N) moves from his grip and claps for him, and she gestures to the crowd with her eyes and motions for him to bow. He mimics her, making her laugh and pull him along to the backstage area as Eddie deals with the piano.
Ms. Crawly hands him a rag, making him smile sadly in thanks and take it as he slumps slightly, wishing his dad was there to cheer for him.
(Y/N) frowns, sighing lightly as she sees his face, knowing what he was sad about.
"What's with the face?" Rosita questions with a confused smile as the two walk past, and they set on a nearby crate. "You were great! They loved you!"
Johnny looks up, sighing and wiping some sweat from his forehead as he forces a smile.
"Yeah," he chuckles, "thanks, Rosita."
They look to (Y/N), who dismisses them by shaking her head. She looks back at Johnny, sighing and placing her hand on his.
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Marcus pants heavily as he hears a helicopter behind him, making him look back before facing forward as he leaps across another rooftop, ducking and rolling as indistinct talking from the helicopter could be heard from the megaphone.
The helicopter spotlight finds Marcus, making him grumble softly as he tries to lose it.
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Okay! Ash is next uwu!
Give it up for Johnny, folks! ❤❤
