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In The Back Of My Mind, On The Tip Of My Tongue by sleepingcities (NC-17)
Fandom: BANDOM
Pairing: girl!Gerard/Mikey
Length: 5,250 words
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sleepingcities
Author Website: Author's writing journal
Why this must be read: Stories that deal with incest walk a tricky line, in my opinion, where often they either play it off like there's nothing wrong with what they're doing at all (which is pretty unrealistic) or make it so wrong that it feels too uncomfortable to read. This story does an incredible job at exploring the messy space in between those extremes: Gee (an imperfect, strong, female version of Gerard that is characterized so well) and Mikey have a complicated relationship. They often struggle with how wrong what they're doing is, but they also have a familiarity and attraction that makes it so hard not to do it, even when they bicker or need their own space or sleep with other people. It's not simple, because it couldn't be.
The author is one of my absolute favourites. Her writing is poetic, painting these incredible visuals that stand out in vivid colour in my mind, while still clear and concise, not getting bogged down in description. She tackles a subject that would normally make me really uncomfortable - brother/sister incest, and the possibility of incest pregnancy - but it works. I'm amazed at how honestly and carefully she portrays what the struggle is like for Gee, how messy and complicated it is. Their lives aren't glamorous, the decisions they make aren't perfect, but this story makes something kind of beautiful out of this gritty and complex glimpse into their world, and I hope you'll give this story a chance too!
Excerpt:
Mikey rushes past her an hour later in a flash of skinny limbs, a smear of toothpaste-minty lips across Gee's cheek. "Hey, I think there's a party tonight, if you wanna go?"
There's a party every night. It's just a question of how long it takes Mikey to hear about it.
She hasn't been to a party with Mikey since fall break. Somewhere up in Bergen County, couple of weeks before Halloween. Everyone kept thinking Gee was Mikey's girlfriend, and Gee and Mikey kept letting them think it.
It wasn't the first time. It wasn't like they'd never kissed, either--or that that was any huge secret, really. Shit, there was that one time with Gabe, when they were all way too high. And that other time, with Frank, when they were all a little too sober. But it'd never gone further than that, never more than just kissing and the "accidental" brush of Mikey's fingers over the side of Gee's breast. Nothing with like, intent or anything.
In The Back Of My Mind, On The Tip Of My Tongue
Pairing: girl!Gerard/Mikey
Length: 5,250 words
Author on LJ:
sleepingcitiesAuthor Website: Author's writing journal
Why this must be read: Stories that deal with incest walk a tricky line, in my opinion, where often they either play it off like there's nothing wrong with what they're doing at all (which is pretty unrealistic) or make it so wrong that it feels too uncomfortable to read. This story does an incredible job at exploring the messy space in between those extremes: Gee (an imperfect, strong, female version of Gerard that is characterized so well) and Mikey have a complicated relationship. They often struggle with how wrong what they're doing is, but they also have a familiarity and attraction that makes it so hard not to do it, even when they bicker or need their own space or sleep with other people. It's not simple, because it couldn't be.
The author is one of my absolute favourites. Her writing is poetic, painting these incredible visuals that stand out in vivid colour in my mind, while still clear and concise, not getting bogged down in description. She tackles a subject that would normally make me really uncomfortable - brother/sister incest, and the possibility of incest pregnancy - but it works. I'm amazed at how honestly and carefully she portrays what the struggle is like for Gee, how messy and complicated it is. Their lives aren't glamorous, the decisions they make aren't perfect, but this story makes something kind of beautiful out of this gritty and complex glimpse into their world, and I hope you'll give this story a chance too!
Excerpt:
Mikey rushes past her an hour later in a flash of skinny limbs, a smear of toothpaste-minty lips across Gee's cheek. "Hey, I think there's a party tonight, if you wanna go?"
There's a party every night. It's just a question of how long it takes Mikey to hear about it.
She hasn't been to a party with Mikey since fall break. Somewhere up in Bergen County, couple of weeks before Halloween. Everyone kept thinking Gee was Mikey's girlfriend, and Gee and Mikey kept letting them think it.
It wasn't the first time. It wasn't like they'd never kissed, either--or that that was any huge secret, really. Shit, there was that one time with Gabe, when they were all way too high. And that other time, with Frank, when they were all a little too sober. But it'd never gone further than that, never more than just kissing and the "accidental" brush of Mikey's fingers over the side of Gee's breast. Nothing with like, intent or anything.
In The Back Of My Mind, On The Tip Of My Tongue