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The Big Themes by gigantic (NC-17)
Fandom: BANDOM
Pairing: Travis McCoy/Matt McGinley
Length: 3k
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gigantic
Author Website: New Words
Why this must be read:
I have a confession to make: I am a glutton for rare pairs. The Big Themes is the first Travis/Matt story I ever read, and once I did I fell for this pairing hard.
Gym Class Heroes doesn't tend to get a whole lot of love in fandom outside of pairing Travis with the other members of the Cobra Starship supergroup--not that this is a bad thing! It's just surprising to me. Travis and GCH's drummer Matt have been friends since high school, when they met in gym class one day (presumably thanks to alphabetical order) and bonded over drums. Travis released a (kick ass) solo album a couple months ago and Matt is drumming (and occasionally filling in on guitar) for his tour. They also take great pictures.
But I digress.
This is about the comfort and familiarity that comes from two guys who've known each other for almost half their lives. It's about who they are in the present and a little bit about the ways they helped each other get there. It's about friendship and love, not necessarily just the romantic kind but the familiar kind. To me this story is like the fic equivalent of snuggling up with your favorite blanket.
And the sex is pretty hot and a lot of fun. Definite plus.
Not only has Travis learned that Matt is extremely tolerant of how tactile he can be, but Travis has also gotten acquainted with the way simple touches coax Matt into -- well. Travis really likes this part, is the point. So many years into what they have, Travis doesn't remember if it was something Matt became accustomed to or if he'd always been this way, responsive to Travis's subtle persuasion.
This is what Travis starts to want back while he's in LA, Miami, or Chicago. Vacations and other people's guest rooms are good, but there's something about getting held inside thanks to the chill in New York. He could feel more embarrassed about it -- the way he eventually always ends up telling people that he misses his city and his home and his bed, not clarifying for others that the second and the latter are generally in two very different locations. In LA, Pete likes to watch shit like He-Man and Johnny Quest if they can find it on cable, both of them sitting nearly this close under the pizza blanket. Travis appreciates it, but after too long it starts to make him a little anxious to touch down on the east coast. He doesn't want to get away from Los Angeles; he's trying to get closer to something else, and he and Matt tend to find one another even before the first day back ends.
They haven't spent particularly long periods of time apart since they met. They sort of started a band to prevent it, but Travis considers it the same way he considered the first day of school until graduation: you could hang out with the same group of friends all summer, but the first day back in September was still worth getting dressed up in the best threads you'd bought during those three months off.
Not that Matty really ever gave a shit if Travis dressed up for him. The feeling was mutual. They'd been all about the Come As You Are since day one.
The Big Themes
Pairing: Travis McCoy/Matt McGinley
Length: 3k
Author on LJ:
giganticAuthor Website: New Words
Why this must be read:
I have a confession to make: I am a glutton for rare pairs. The Big Themes is the first Travis/Matt story I ever read, and once I did I fell for this pairing hard.
Gym Class Heroes doesn't tend to get a whole lot of love in fandom outside of pairing Travis with the other members of the Cobra Starship supergroup--not that this is a bad thing! It's just surprising to me. Travis and GCH's drummer Matt have been friends since high school, when they met in gym class one day (presumably thanks to alphabetical order) and bonded over drums. Travis released a (kick ass) solo album a couple months ago and Matt is drumming (and occasionally filling in on guitar) for his tour. They also take great pictures.
But I digress.
This is about the comfort and familiarity that comes from two guys who've known each other for almost half their lives. It's about who they are in the present and a little bit about the ways they helped each other get there. It's about friendship and love, not necessarily just the romantic kind but the familiar kind. To me this story is like the fic equivalent of snuggling up with your favorite blanket.
And the sex is pretty hot and a lot of fun. Definite plus.
Not only has Travis learned that Matt is extremely tolerant of how tactile he can be, but Travis has also gotten acquainted with the way simple touches coax Matt into -- well. Travis really likes this part, is the point. So many years into what they have, Travis doesn't remember if it was something Matt became accustomed to or if he'd always been this way, responsive to Travis's subtle persuasion.
This is what Travis starts to want back while he's in LA, Miami, or Chicago. Vacations and other people's guest rooms are good, but there's something about getting held inside thanks to the chill in New York. He could feel more embarrassed about it -- the way he eventually always ends up telling people that he misses his city and his home and his bed, not clarifying for others that the second and the latter are generally in two very different locations. In LA, Pete likes to watch shit like He-Man and Johnny Quest if they can find it on cable, both of them sitting nearly this close under the pizza blanket. Travis appreciates it, but after too long it starts to make him a little anxious to touch down on the east coast. He doesn't want to get away from Los Angeles; he's trying to get closer to something else, and he and Matt tend to find one another even before the first day back ends.
They haven't spent particularly long periods of time apart since they met. They sort of started a band to prevent it, but Travis considers it the same way he considered the first day of school until graduation: you could hang out with the same group of friends all summer, but the first day back in September was still worth getting dressed up in the best threads you'd bought during those three months off.
Not that Matty really ever gave a shit if Travis dressed up for him. The feeling was mutual. They'd been all about the Come As You Are since day one.
The Big Themes
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So, thanks for the rec! But more importantly, oh, besties. *___________*