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Don't Cut Your Hair (Do You Think It's Gonna Make Him Change?) by Harriet_Vane (R)
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arsenicjade, and I will be driving the ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
crack_van for Bandom for the month. This is my first time driving, and I'm excited, like, have-been-planning-and-thinking-and-getting-all-revved-up-for-it-for-months excited!
Fandom: BANDOM
Pairing: Brendon/Spencer (background Ryan/Keltie, Jon/Cassie)
Length: 40k
Author on LJ:harriet_vane/passe_simple
Author Website: Story Index
Why this must be read: Spencer/Brendon is a pretty hot pairing right now in bandom, so that meant I had a lot of stories to pick from if I wanted to represent the pairing here. I chose this one because it's one of the most honest stories I feel like I've ever read. The story is essentially about that point in your mid-to-late-twenties where you have to figure out exactly what you want out of life and how to get that. And it acknowledges that most of the time, it isn't a pretty process and we aren't pretty people while going through it. The story is also an example of extremely strong characterization, particularly in the dynamics between each of the band members. This is the kind of story that's so completely human and fleshed out, that even if you've never been in a band, never been in love, never been in any of the situations these characters are in, there's something you'll recognize, and that will call to you.
Spencer arrived while Brendon was performing, which meant he got the world’s sweatiest hug when Brendon was done. "You actually came," said Brendon a couple of times. "Holy shit, how bored were you?"
"What, I have to be miserable to want to visit you?" Spencer joked.
Brendon waited just a second too long before he said, "Of course not. Hey, so, let me introduce you to everybody, this is Adam and that’s Joe and you know Dan and Dan from Pete’s last – remember? – and this is Virginia, don’t let her near your clothes, she’ll fuck them up."
"Dude," said Spencer, but Brendon wouldn’t be dissuaded from his mission to drag Spencer past every single person on the tour and introduce him. Spencer wasn’t going to remember anyone.
Eventually they ended up in the parking lot, where a bunch of roadies and techs were smoking. "Is this Pete’s underage tour?" asked Spencer. Everyone looked twelve years old.
Brendon laughed. "I feel old," he said. "This is my mid-life crisis, isn’t it."
"You’d better live to be more than forty-eight," said Spencer, rolling his eyes. "This is just you being… You."
Don't Cut Your Hair (Do You Think It's Gonna Make Him Change?)
arsenicjade, and I will be driving the crack_van for Bandom for the month. This is my first time driving, and I'm excited, like, have-been-planning-and-thinking-and-getting-all-revved-up-for-it-for-months excited!Fandom: BANDOM
Pairing: Brendon/Spencer (background Ryan/Keltie, Jon/Cassie)
Length: 40k
Author on LJ:
harriet_vane/passe_simpleAuthor Website: Story Index
Why this must be read: Spencer/Brendon is a pretty hot pairing right now in bandom, so that meant I had a lot of stories to pick from if I wanted to represent the pairing here. I chose this one because it's one of the most honest stories I feel like I've ever read. The story is essentially about that point in your mid-to-late-twenties where you have to figure out exactly what you want out of life and how to get that. And it acknowledges that most of the time, it isn't a pretty process and we aren't pretty people while going through it. The story is also an example of extremely strong characterization, particularly in the dynamics between each of the band members. This is the kind of story that's so completely human and fleshed out, that even if you've never been in a band, never been in love, never been in any of the situations these characters are in, there's something you'll recognize, and that will call to you.
Spencer arrived while Brendon was performing, which meant he got the world’s sweatiest hug when Brendon was done. "You actually came," said Brendon a couple of times. "Holy shit, how bored were you?"
"What, I have to be miserable to want to visit you?" Spencer joked.
Brendon waited just a second too long before he said, "Of course not. Hey, so, let me introduce you to everybody, this is Adam and that’s Joe and you know Dan and Dan from Pete’s last – remember? – and this is Virginia, don’t let her near your clothes, she’ll fuck them up."
"Dude," said Spencer, but Brendon wouldn’t be dissuaded from his mission to drag Spencer past every single person on the tour and introduce him. Spencer wasn’t going to remember anyone.
Eventually they ended up in the parking lot, where a bunch of roadies and techs were smoking. "Is this Pete’s underage tour?" asked Spencer. Everyone looked twelve years old.
Brendon laughed. "I feel old," he said. "This is my mid-life crisis, isn’t it."
"You’d better live to be more than forty-eight," said Spencer, rolling his eyes. "This is just you being… You."
Don't Cut Your Hair (Do You Think It's Gonna Make Him Change?)
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