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The Beat That My Heart Skipped & Where the Heart Is by dancinbutterfly (NC-17)
Fandom: BANDOM
Pairing: Gerard/Brian, Frank/Jamia
Length: 17,740 & 2,950 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dancinbutterfly
Author Website: Fic Master Post
Why this must be read:
The Ace of Cake AU in which Gerard's a genius with cakes but not so much when it comes to personal relationships.
This is an absolutely fabulous story. It's funny and cute and bittersweet and totally lovely. The setting is vivid and sharply realised and all the characterisations but particularly Gerard's are wonderfully nuanced and very believable.
Excerpt from the story:
"You don't have to take this one. We've got more than enough on our schedule." Brian's hand flattens, curling around Gerard's leg, and it's kind of nice. Heavy. Solid. Like a string tied to a balloon so that it doesn't just float away. It also reminds Gerard of the way he used to chase after this, back when he was drunk and desperate and hurting all the time. Brian used to feel like the only thing that could keep him from spinning off the planet and into the void.
But he's better now. He doesn't have to drag Brian down anymore. He can handle it. Just like he used to have to handle being around Brian all the time. He can handle anything. He's a fucking success, and he can deal with the object of his obsession getting married to a woman. He's that big a person now.
"It's their wedding." Gerard says like that explains everything, and Brian nods because it does.
"If you're sure."
"You don't have to worry about me, Brian."
"Yeah, I do. It's my job."
"Well, consider this a paid vacation."
Brian rolls his eyes. Yeah, Gerard didn't think that one would work, either.
"Thanks for the coffee."
"You'd've stolen it anyway," Brian says with a smile. It's his first smile of the morning and it's only a little annoyed which means that, Jamia aside, it's probably going to be a pretty awesome day.
"Yeah, but still, thanks."
Brian doesn't answer. He gives Gerard's leg a quick squeeze and then moves both to the floor so he can stand up. He gets all the way to the door of Gerard's office before he turns from Brian the awesome human being back into Brian the competent-bordering-on-genius office manager. "Someone has to leave here with Godzilla before eleven. So get out there as soon as you can, or Cortez'll get here and try to reattach the tail on his own."
The Beat That My Heart Skipped & Where the Heart Is
Pairing: Gerard/Brian, Frank/Jamia
Length: 17,740 & 2,950 words
Author on LJ:
dancinbutterflyAuthor Website: Fic Master Post
Why this must be read:
The Ace of Cake AU in which Gerard's a genius with cakes but not so much when it comes to personal relationships.
This is an absolutely fabulous story. It's funny and cute and bittersweet and totally lovely. The setting is vivid and sharply realised and all the characterisations but particularly Gerard's are wonderfully nuanced and very believable.
Excerpt from the story:
"You don't have to take this one. We've got more than enough on our schedule." Brian's hand flattens, curling around Gerard's leg, and it's kind of nice. Heavy. Solid. Like a string tied to a balloon so that it doesn't just float away. It also reminds Gerard of the way he used to chase after this, back when he was drunk and desperate and hurting all the time. Brian used to feel like the only thing that could keep him from spinning off the planet and into the void.
But he's better now. He doesn't have to drag Brian down anymore. He can handle it. Just like he used to have to handle being around Brian all the time. He can handle anything. He's a fucking success, and he can deal with the object of his obsession getting married to a woman. He's that big a person now.
"It's their wedding." Gerard says like that explains everything, and Brian nods because it does.
"If you're sure."
"You don't have to worry about me, Brian."
"Yeah, I do. It's my job."
"Well, consider this a paid vacation."
Brian rolls his eyes. Yeah, Gerard didn't think that one would work, either.
"Thanks for the coffee."
"You'd've stolen it anyway," Brian says with a smile. It's his first smile of the morning and it's only a little annoyed which means that, Jamia aside, it's probably going to be a pretty awesome day.
"Yeah, but still, thanks."
Brian doesn't answer. He gives Gerard's leg a quick squeeze and then moves both to the floor so he can stand up. He gets all the way to the door of Gerard's office before he turns from Brian the awesome human being back into Brian the competent-bordering-on-genius office manager. "Someone has to leave here with Godzilla before eleven. So get out there as soon as you can, or Cortez'll get here and try to reattach the tail on his own."
The Beat That My Heart Skipped & Where the Heart Is