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"Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor" by thinkatory (Teen and Up)
Fandom: Musical Theater / Rent
Pairing: Mark/Maureen, Roger/April, Benny/Alison
Length: <4K words
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thinkatory
Author Website: At AO3
Why this must be read: Rent is an amazing show, and the world and characters it builds feel real, whole, and complete. But because of that, and because the show only documents a year in their lives, there are so many unanswered questions about what came before. How did they get here? In "Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor,"thinkatoryconcocts what's more or less my headcanon, starting with April's suicide and following our boho boys (and Maureen) as things start to unravel and set the stage for Mark's deciding, "From here on in, I shoot without a script." The characterizations are spot-on, from Maureen's larger-than-life presence, to Collins' role as the lone adult in the room, to Benny's fading out. And the Mark-Roger (though not Mark/Roger, in this story) relationship is every bit as unyielding and intact as it needs to be for Roger to muddle through the hell of addiction, withdrawal, and recovery. The story isn't always pretty, but it may as well be true.
They were just playing around, Roger kept saying, they were just born to be bad, rock and roll lifestyle.
"Born to be bad," Mark mutters in the back of the cab. "Bullshit."
They won't let him in the room. Collins stands outside the room with a grim look on his face, and Mark asks, "Is it bad?"
Collins is silent for a moment. "Yeah, it's bad."
"Of course it's bad, it's fucking heroin."
They drink a few cups of tea before they're finally let into the room, and Mark stares for only a few moments until he can't do anything but stare at the generic flowers beside him. "Christ."
"I'll cover it," Collins says quietly.
"Thanks."
Mark doesn't go home until the nurse kicks him out. He takes out all of the reels with April, packs them into another box, and tapes the box shut. He shoves it under his and Maureen's bed, and, ignoring her snore, he attempts to sleep.
Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor
Pairing: Mark/Maureen, Roger/April, Benny/Alison
Length: <4K words
Author on LJ:
thinkatoryAuthor Website: At AO3
Why this must be read: Rent is an amazing show, and the world and characters it builds feel real, whole, and complete. But because of that, and because the show only documents a year in their lives, there are so many unanswered questions about what came before. How did they get here? In "Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor,"
thinkatoryconcocts what's more or less my headcanon, starting with April's suicide and following our boho boys (and Maureen) as things start to unravel and set the stage for Mark's deciding, "From here on in, I shoot without a script." The characterizations are spot-on, from Maureen's larger-than-life presence, to Collins' role as the lone adult in the room, to Benny's fading out. And the Mark-Roger (though not Mark/Roger, in this story) relationship is every bit as unyielding and intact as it needs to be for Roger to muddle through the hell of addiction, withdrawal, and recovery. The story isn't always pretty, but it may as well be true.They were just playing around, Roger kept saying, they were just born to be bad, rock and roll lifestyle.
"Born to be bad," Mark mutters in the back of the cab. "Bullshit."
They won't let him in the room. Collins stands outside the room with a grim look on his face, and Mark asks, "Is it bad?"
Collins is silent for a moment. "Yeah, it's bad."
"Of course it's bad, it's fucking heroin."
They drink a few cups of tea before they're finally let into the room, and Mark stares for only a few moments until he can't do anything but stare at the generic flowers beside him. "Christ."
"I'll cover it," Collins says quietly.
"Thanks."
Mark doesn't go home until the nurse kicks him out. He takes out all of the reels with April, packs them into another box, and tapes the box shut. He shoves it under his and Maureen's bed, and, ignoring her snore, he attempts to sleep.
Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor