crack_van | Moving Pictures by Tangerine (R)

Fandom: THE DEAD ZONE
Pairing: Johnny Smith/Bruce Lewis
Author on LJ:

tangeriner
Author Website: Experiment X
Why this must be read:

Johnny can try to use the visions to change the future--to find the just the right amount of time to microwave his popcorn, for example--but all too often it's the visions that change him, carrying him helplessly towards his destination no matter how much he fights it. Sometimes, though, that destination isn't so bad. Sometimes it's just what he needs, as long as he's got a friend to help him get there.

“Do you ever think it’s sad that this is the pinnacle of our social lives?”

“Speak for yourself,” Bruce said dismissively, picking through the popcorn, humming admiringly at each new piece he popped into his mouth. Johnny thought about revealing the secret, but decided to keep two minutes, thirty-five seconds to himself, especially when Bruce nonchalantly continued with, “I’m not a hermit, and I sometimes get laid.”

“Hello, psychic.”

“Hello, pussy.”

Johnny valiantly resisted pulling a JJ and sticking his tongue out at him. He was a grown man, after all, and it wasn’t like Bruce wasn’t right. So maybe he didn’t get out a lot, and maybe sex was insanely complicated, but he did have dinner with Sarah and Walt and JJ a couple times a week. Okay, once a week, during what he liked to call Thursday Night Dinner With The Bannermans. Depending on his mood, he squeezed the word ‘pity’ in there.

Five minutes into the movie, and Johnny already knew that the next two hours were going to be agony. So many terrible things had happened while he was in a coma, and this was just the icing on the cake. He took another swig of beer and reached for some popcorn.

Moving Pictures