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Before and After by desfinado (NC-17)
Fandom: BANDOM
Pairing: Mikey/Gerard
Length: 10,360 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
desfinado
Author Website: Writing Masterlist
Why this must be read:
Mikey is fascinated by Gerard's new hair. A story about bleach jobs and frottage.
Well-written Waycest is far too rare but this story is truely excellent. The brother dynamics are wonderful and so is the Mikey characterisation. The way he's fascinated and attracted by Gerard and his new hair while at the same time being completely weirded-out - both by the way Gerard is reacting and by his own feelings - feels very plausible. As do the way their relationship is slowly being redefined. And the shower scene at the end is awesome. Its atmosphere is like a concentrate of the whole story, a mix of strong attraction and stomach-churning discomfort. It's intense and a bit awkward and very, very hot.
Excerpt from the story:
"And it's just fucking weird, okay? You've had long black hair for as long as I can remember. I'm used to my brother being a basement nerd, not a blond, like, twink."
Mikey squeezes his eyes shut as Gerard barks out a laugh, hears the heel of his boot hit the slushy pavement.
"Did you seriously just call me something from gay porn?"
"That's not the only place people use it. God," Mikey huffs out but can't help smiling as he does so.
He feels like explaining: 'it's the way you swing your hips', or 'your eyes look brighter and your face looks like angles and lines', or 'it's the way you pout your lips without realizing every time you fix your hair'. But he knows it would dig him deeper. Sometimes Mikey likes to dig himself deeper because it makes everyone else laugh, but something about these words feels like they might be awkward.
Mikey doesn't meet Gerard's eyes as he turns to the door, but he props it open with his now-damp canvas shoes and does a little bow, one hand extended to the side.
Gerard laughs under his breath, flicking his cigarette out past Mikey's peripheral vision, and passes by him, skipping and swinging his arms back and forth. Mikey coughs away a startled laugh and follows, letting the heavy door bang shut behind them.
"Yeah, well, I don't take it back," he says.
He thinks, 'this is what my brother's confidence looks like'.
Before and After
Pairing: Mikey/Gerard
Length: 10,360 words
Author on LJ:
desfinadoAuthor Website: Writing Masterlist
Why this must be read:
Mikey is fascinated by Gerard's new hair. A story about bleach jobs and frottage.
Well-written Waycest is far too rare but this story is truely excellent. The brother dynamics are wonderful and so is the Mikey characterisation. The way he's fascinated and attracted by Gerard and his new hair while at the same time being completely weirded-out - both by the way Gerard is reacting and by his own feelings - feels very plausible. As do the way their relationship is slowly being redefined. And the shower scene at the end is awesome. Its atmosphere is like a concentrate of the whole story, a mix of strong attraction and stomach-churning discomfort. It's intense and a bit awkward and very, very hot.
Excerpt from the story:
"And it's just fucking weird, okay? You've had long black hair for as long as I can remember. I'm used to my brother being a basement nerd, not a blond, like, twink."
Mikey squeezes his eyes shut as Gerard barks out a laugh, hears the heel of his boot hit the slushy pavement.
"Did you seriously just call me something from gay porn?"
"That's not the only place people use it. God," Mikey huffs out but can't help smiling as he does so.
He feels like explaining: 'it's the way you swing your hips', or 'your eyes look brighter and your face looks like angles and lines', or 'it's the way you pout your lips without realizing every time you fix your hair'. But he knows it would dig him deeper. Sometimes Mikey likes to dig himself deeper because it makes everyone else laugh, but something about these words feels like they might be awkward.
Mikey doesn't meet Gerard's eyes as he turns to the door, but he props it open with his now-damp canvas shoes and does a little bow, one hand extended to the side.
Gerard laughs under his breath, flicking his cigarette out past Mikey's peripheral vision, and passes by him, skipping and swinging his arms back and forth. Mikey coughs away a startled laugh and follows, letting the heavy door bang shut behind them.
"Yeah, well, I don't take it back," he says.
He thinks, 'this is what my brother's confidence looks like'.
Before and After