Bittersweet - Bubbline AU

Chapter Twelve - When I Don't Remember You

Hey, guys! I'm back with a new chapter. Y'all are seeing the title and the music on the chapter's cover, so consider yourself warned :)

Good read! xoxo
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Lee 💜💜
im serious
i can send u a audio if ya want

Peebles ♥️❤️
shut up u trolling me lol

Lee 💜💜
peebles im real!!
hol up ill send a vid

Marshall positioned himself at the kitchen door, where his sister couldn't see him, and started recording the scene.

Still in pajamas, Marceline was making a natural red fruits juice in the kitchen, the table set with bread, a chocolate cake and an empty mug of the coffee she had drunk. She ate a slice of the cake, singing along with the music* playing through the speaker they left in the kitchen.

(*The song is Sudden Desire, by Hayley Williams. As there's other one on the chapter's cover, I recommend you to listen to this one while reading this part. And yes, Marceline is changing genders here.)

I wanted her to kiss me how
With open mouth, and open mouth
We keep our distance now
I wanna feel her hands go down

I try not to think about
What happened last night outside her house
Too far to go back now
Just wanna feel her hands go down

Marshall recorded just a few seconds to prove to Priscilla that yes, Marceline was not only eating at eight o'clock on a Saturday morning, but was singing and cooking as if life was beautiful. Very few days ago, he had to take her home in the middle of the day, as she had passed out from not having eaten anything. Sometimes, he didn't understand his sister and her sudden mood swings.

But he knew very well which were the deepest reasons behind them, he just refused at all costs to think about it.  Remembering that. The image of his sister... in that situation. That image still plagued his nightmares, and the truth was: he didn't have much more stomach than she had to deal with any of it.

For now, he decided to sit there on the floor, near the door, and listen to his favorite voice in the whole world singing.

Sudden, sudden desire
Sudden, sudden desire
A sudden desire

Take The Elephant by the hand and hold it
It's cruel to tame a thing that don't know its strength
But better to walk beside it
Hmmm, than underneath

My kind companion
Soft stone
My gentle giant
Painful reminder

Marceline seemed to be in another dimension. Her voice sounded sweet and raspy, dragging the words as if laden with desire  Marshall paid attention to that and got kinda confused.

Marceline could have many affairs, but she didn't dedicate music to any of them.

(Don't), don't look in my eyes, (sudden)
I feel a sudden desire, (sudden desire)
Don't know if I can deny, (sudden)
A sudden desire, (sudden desire)
Your fingerprints on my skin
A painful reminder
Don't look in my eyes, (sudden)
I feel a sudden desire, (sudden desire)
A sudden desire

Marceline whirled around the kitchen, making a spoon as an microphone. Her brother tried to see the situation in a rational way: the happiness could be explained by the success in confronting the principal, and it was normal for Marceline to take a few days to process the good things that happened to her. The singing, it could just be a fangirl attack: Paramore was her favorite band and Hayley Williams was her biggest inspiration in the musical industry. The singer's solo project, Petals for Armor, has been her obsession lately. Sudden Desire was one of her favorite tracks and the whole band knew it.