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Sep. 2nd, 2017
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likefatherlikesonWho: Justin Campbell and everyone important in his life
What: "It might have appeared to go unnoticed, but I've got it all here in my heart"
Where: Shades of Violet Carers Benefit, New York City
When: Friday night
The benefit turned out to be an incredible night. Right up until the last minute, Justin wasn’t going to go. Sasha’s reaction to him performing so soon after he had been seriously sick in hospital had hung over his head, and Sasha himself had still been recovering from the shitty step-up in his migraines. But Sasha had gotten better each day and now even though he was still weak on the one side, it wasn’t as incapacitating as it had been. The nausea and headache had both gone also.
Justin still hadn’t been going to go. Even if it was his friends’ band’s debut performance. They had all been rehearsing hard and sounded absolutely fucking incredible. He was so proud of them, and this benefit for carers of young people with mental illness was their ideal first show. Justin considered all his friends his carers in some way because they had all supporting him through some of the worst times of his life. He only learned at the last minute that it wasn’t just his friends in the band and his family who were going to the benefit, but all his friends as well and it had been Sasha who surprisingly convinced him to go.
( The tough part for Justin was returning to the public eye after his very public collapse on stage at the end of the show that night. Thank fuck it hadn’t been directly related to a bipolar episode this time... )
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What: "It might have appeared to go unnoticed, but I've got it all here in my heart"
Where: Shades of Violet Carers Benefit, New York City
When: Friday night
The benefit turned out to be an incredible night. Right up until the last minute, Justin wasn’t going to go. Sasha’s reaction to him performing so soon after he had been seriously sick in hospital had hung over his head, and Sasha himself had still been recovering from the shitty step-up in his migraines. But Sasha had gotten better each day and now even though he was still weak on the one side, it wasn’t as incapacitating as it had been. The nausea and headache had both gone also.
Justin still hadn’t been going to go. Even if it was his friends’ band’s debut performance. They had all been rehearsing hard and sounded absolutely fucking incredible. He was so proud of them, and this benefit for carers of young people with mental illness was their ideal first show. Justin considered all his friends his carers in some way because they had all supporting him through some of the worst times of his life. He only learned at the last minute that it wasn’t just his friends in the band and his family who were going to the benefit, but all his friends as well and it had been Sasha who surprisingly convinced him to go.
( The tough part for Justin was returning to the public eye after his very public collapse on stage at the end of the show that night. Thank fuck it hadn’t been directly related to a bipolar episode this time... )
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beautifuldayWho: Sasha Stanford with Justin Campbell
What: "I'll be there, by your side, baby."
Where: Shades of Violet Carers Benefit, New York City
When: After this
Sasha was a complete mess. He had started being a complete mess oh, about three lines into Justin’s speech when he saw that Mark was getting teary. If he was honest, he had been welling up hearing Justin sing his first song because he hadn’t heard him sing a register like that before and it was breathtaking. Once again a sign of how talented Justin was, all wrapped up in a package of a broken and sick teenager. Sasha knew in his heart that whatever was going to come would be emotional. It was maybe about a third the way in that it hit Sasha hard exactly why Justin wanted to be here that night. Why he had pushed to get to this performance. It wasn’t just about performing or singing or keeping his booking. This one was personal. Personal beyond belief. He was pretty sure everyone in that room had tears the further and further Justin got. It was only times like this that people were reminded just exactly how much he had survived, and why he was the best person to be an ambassador for this charity.
But Sasha really did just think all this was for Mark and that was why it was so important to Justin. It was why he was a mess, because he knew how much Justin loved his dad and feared losing him. Justin talked about that a lot and had confided in Sasha about it many times. For awhile there, he even believed he was the cause of Mark and Gen’s marriage failing. That the reason Gen wasn’t still there was because he was too much to handle, but she wasn’t related to him biologically, so she wasn’t obligated like his dad was. Mark deserved the honour because his kids were his world and his pride for Justin was boundless. Sasha adored Mark. He had become such a fantastic friend to his parents and he already felt like a father-in-law to him.
( Truly, though, he just loved hearing Justin speak... )
COMPLETE
What: "I'll be there, by your side, baby."
Where: Shades of Violet Carers Benefit, New York City
When: After this
Sasha was a complete mess. He had started being a complete mess oh, about three lines into Justin’s speech when he saw that Mark was getting teary. If he was honest, he had been welling up hearing Justin sing his first song because he hadn’t heard him sing a register like that before and it was breathtaking. Once again a sign of how talented Justin was, all wrapped up in a package of a broken and sick teenager. Sasha knew in his heart that whatever was going to come would be emotional. It was maybe about a third the way in that it hit Sasha hard exactly why Justin wanted to be here that night. Why he had pushed to get to this performance. It wasn’t just about performing or singing or keeping his booking. This one was personal. Personal beyond belief. He was pretty sure everyone in that room had tears the further and further Justin got. It was only times like this that people were reminded just exactly how much he had survived, and why he was the best person to be an ambassador for this charity.
But Sasha really did just think all this was for Mark and that was why it was so important to Justin. It was why he was a mess, because he knew how much Justin loved his dad and feared losing him. Justin talked about that a lot and had confided in Sasha about it many times. For awhile there, he even believed he was the cause of Mark and Gen’s marriage failing. That the reason Gen wasn’t still there was because he was too much to handle, but she wasn’t related to him biologically, so she wasn’t obligated like his dad was. Mark deserved the honour because his kids were his world and his pride for Justin was boundless. Sasha adored Mark. He had become such a fantastic friend to his parents and he already felt like a father-in-law to him.
( Truly, though, he just loved hearing Justin speak... )
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Sep. 2nd, 2017 11:31 pmthosethreewordsJust for the record, I am not going to die happy until I see J lead you band tribe in this song. We can't get him drunk, so you're all going to have to get creative. Blackmail, maybe? Take Sash hostage until he does it? Ban him from watching Footloose until he caves?