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Ghostflower ballet AU

(aka I was in ballet for years and I barely remember a damn thing)

They go to and meet the same ballet boarding school thing whatever the hell it’s called. They bond quickly due to being outsiders (for various reasons)
Miles is so skinny that he’s used as a flyer
Gwen does this to him and he 1. has a heart attack and 2. falls in love
The first time she tries to pick him up, she overestimates how much he weighs and sends them both hurtling backwards
I GUESS Miles can face the rampant body shaming and colorism in the ballet world
Not to mention being treated weirdly due to being a male with a societally-considered unmasculine hobby
But it’s mostly just those two being dorks
Uncle Aaron has no genuine idea what Miles is talking about whenever he rambles to him about what he did at practice or the recital but he happily listens anyways
He almost ships Gwen and Miles harder than they do
Miles does the shoulder touch but in a tilt with his pointe shoe. Gwen flirts back and he immediately loses balance
Aaron laughs his ass off for ten consecutive minutes after hearing about it

adding more onto this a year late bc why not

Miles first wanted to be a ballerino when he was around 6. He passed by a small studio while on a walk with Aaron and saw some dancers practice and was entranced.
His parents were nervous about enrolling him even in the kiddie classes. Read up a lot about ballet injuries, how it messes up your feet/body, how difficult it is to be non-white and male…
But Miles was adamant even at that age, and frankly who’s going to argue with a six year old? As far as anyone knew, he might just get tired of it within a couple years and want out anyways…
And Then He Did Not.
George had a similar experience enrolling Gwen. Even before she knew she was a girl, she knew she’d have difficulties being (at the time) a male, a gnc male at that, in a female dominated hobby. Transitioning arguably did not help.
But both Miles and Gwen refused to let everyone’s expectations of them tear them down and even though at first they feel so alone in their experiences, they meet each other and realize they’ll be stronger together and have eachother to lean on instead of bottling up their inner turnmoil and

Oh also Peter B is a semi retired teacher that still hangs around and arguably does some choreography (aka annoys the actual teacher, Miguel) due to getting his back injured one day
He was initially hesitant to help Miles especially because he was sure he’d quit under the pressure. He’s seen much stronger students quit.
But despite it all, bullying, injuries, even possible sabotage by some bigoted teachers ~~(Miguel)~~ , he always
Got
Back
Up
Miguel is surprisingly not a total asshole. Yeah he was dickish towards Miles, but he was also convinced it was to make him stronger or see that being a ballerino isn’t for the weak. Somewhat good intention but not great execution.
Aka Miles got the Canon Event of being humiliated by a hard-ass ballet teacher in class for the most minor of things constantly
Adding on top of some bullying he got from other students too…
It did nearly burn Miles out. He’s been wanting this for so, so long, been his passion and lifelong dream since he was a little kid, but now it’s… ruined.
What if he doesn’t belong? What if he really doesn’t have what it takes?
BUT miggy gets his ass chewed out by Río so it’s okay 😤
it all culminates into Gwen ending up being cast as Claire in the Nutcracker opposite of Miles as the prince and onstage at the end is when they have their first kiss
Jefferson cried so goddamn hard