Fandom: BANDOM - MCR & PATD
Pairing: Gen in the first part. Mikey/Ryan, Pete/Mikey in the second.
Length: 47,922 words over two stories
Author on LJ:
addandsubtractAuthor Website: None that I could find
Summary: “What? Oh, geez, kid.” Gerard laughs, and it’s not mean, but the kid half-flinches back, a repressed sort of reaction, mostly suppressed but still visible. Gerard notices for the first time the way the line of his hips is sharp enough to cut paper.
“Ryan,” he says, meeting Gerard’s eyes again. “My name is Ryan.”
Why this must be read: When I first got a whiff of this fic, I was pretty skeptical. For all that everyone in bandom seems to know everyone else, MCR and PATD always looked fairly removed from each other. So when someone wrote an AU where Ryan gives their demo to Gerard instead of to Pete, my face was pretty much :/. But I gave it a shot (and you should to) and I'm glad I did (and you'll be too).
For all that the summary makes it look like this is a PATD centric story, it's got equal amounts of MCR and Panic. It's got an excellent Gerard voice and an amazing Gerard/Brian dynamic. Plus, bb!PATD is equal parts determined and adorable, so much so that you'll find yourself wishing they'd come to give their demo to
you instead. Plus, there's a sequel.
( The first week of non-response is the worst for Ryan. )Note: This fic was originally posted on LJ, but the formatting there somewhat grates for me (the whole story is in italics), so I tracked it down on Dreamwith too. The linking on DW seems to have gone awry, though, so I'm linking to each seperate part. Up to you where you want to read it. :)
ON LJ:
anything please (except for defeat) and sequel
conjuring up our melancholyON DW
anything please (except for defeat)
part one |
part two |
part threeconjuring up our melancholy
part one |
part two |
part three