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onthehill ([personal profile] onthehill) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2011-11-12 04:17 pm
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The Sky-High City by Sevenfists (PG-13)

Fandom: BANDOM
Pairing: Frank/Jamia, Frank/Gerard
Length: 7,300 words or 40 minutes
Author on LJ: Reader: [livejournal.com profile] inkjunket Author: [livejournal.com profile] sevenfists
Author Website: Inkjunket on Dreamwidth
Why this must be read: One of the first podfics I listened to, and I keep going back to. Author says "This is a story about something that could maybe happen to Frank Iero after his band breaks up." It's sad and sweet and gentle and just lovely! Inkjunket did an awesome job with it. Also bonus Patrick Stump \o/

Gerard's first book is called Leonard's Purple Balloon, and it's about how it's okay to like purple balloons instead of red balloons or green balloons, even though your friends might make fun of you. Frank buys a copy at the Borders near his house at midnight, and he sits in his car while he reads it, the crisp pages illuminated by the parking lot's sodium lights. Gerard's drawings are careful and brightly-colored. It makes Frank cry a little, sitting there in his family-friendly hybrid, imagining Gerard working on the book, maybe hunched over the kitchen table in his house in LA, his fingers stained with ink.

He drives home. Jamia's asleep, but she rolls toward him when he climbs into bed, presses her warm face against his neck.

The Sky-High City
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