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New Steps by Mistresscurvy (PG)
Fandom: BANDOM (MCR)
Pairing: Frank Iero/Gerard Way
Length: ~4,500 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mistresscurvy
Author Website: Her Masterlist on LJ / Her Masterlist on DW / Her AO3 Page
Why this must be read:
This is a Strictly Ballroom AU with dancer!Gerard who needs to express himself in the very srs bizness world of competitive ballroom dancing. Eventually, Gerard begins a search for a new dance partner only to find said partner where he'd least expect it.
It's not!fic but SO FREAKING BRILLIANT that you'll cheer in between all the giggling. You don't need to know the canon source, as long as you're vaguely familiar with any movie about dancing, this fic will work (and how!)
Pining! Secret Dance Sessions! Mikeyway being supportive despite the crazy hairdo (courtesy of Mama Way)! Random cameos!
An excerpt
Okay, so Gerard is this champion ballroom dancer, right, and his mom and dad own this dance studio, but there’s no way that they actually earn enough from just running that, even though they have classes all the time and three couples who are actually competing, but it’s not like you really make any money from that, you know? And so downstairs is Mama Way’s hair salon, and Gerard is always trying to escape because she just wants to play with his hair and TRY things because he has such nice thick beautiful brown hair that would react SO WELL to hair dye and he can wear his hair in so many different ways.
But every time she almost gets him to sit in the chair for her he’s all MOM I HAVE TO DANCE. And it’s hard to argue with that. Besides, Mikey is always willing to let her do whatever the fuck she wants to with his hair, even when it means that sometimes he ends up with like a bird’s nest with rhinestones as a hairdo. Somehow he makes it work.
And so Gerard’s been dancing since forever, right, like he was a five-year-old with patent leather shoes and a miniature tux and a bowl cut (which he still hasn’t forgiven his mom for, this is why he’s still not letting her cut his hair anymore, GOD) with a huge gap-toothed grin. He really really really loves it, is the thing -- it’s like how he communicates with the WORLD and he doesn’t really like people looking at him all that much EXCEPT for when he gets out onto the floor with his partner Lindsey who he’s been dancing with since they were like seven and they have so much fun and he really really loves it, okay.
Really, go, go, go and read it now!
New Steps at AO3, at DW and at LJ. You can also get it in podfic form here (read by![[personal profile]](https://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
argentumlupine) and here (read by letsgofriday)
Remember: leaving feedback for a writer whose story you've enjoyed is awesome.
Pairing: Frank Iero/Gerard Way
Length: ~4,500 words
Author on LJ:
mistresscurvyAuthor Website: Her Masterlist on LJ / Her Masterlist on DW / Her AO3 Page
Why this must be read:
This is a Strictly Ballroom AU with dancer!Gerard who needs to express himself in the very srs bizness world of competitive ballroom dancing. Eventually, Gerard begins a search for a new dance partner only to find said partner where he'd least expect it.
It's not!fic but SO FREAKING BRILLIANT that you'll cheer in between all the giggling. You don't need to know the canon source, as long as you're vaguely familiar with any movie about dancing, this fic will work (and how!)
Pining! Secret Dance Sessions! Mikeyway being supportive despite the crazy hairdo (courtesy of Mama Way)! Random cameos!
An excerpt
Okay, so Gerard is this champion ballroom dancer, right, and his mom and dad own this dance studio, but there’s no way that they actually earn enough from just running that, even though they have classes all the time and three couples who are actually competing, but it’s not like you really make any money from that, you know? And so downstairs is Mama Way’s hair salon, and Gerard is always trying to escape because she just wants to play with his hair and TRY things because he has such nice thick beautiful brown hair that would react SO WELL to hair dye and he can wear his hair in so many different ways.
But every time she almost gets him to sit in the chair for her he’s all MOM I HAVE TO DANCE. And it’s hard to argue with that. Besides, Mikey is always willing to let her do whatever the fuck she wants to with his hair, even when it means that sometimes he ends up with like a bird’s nest with rhinestones as a hairdo. Somehow he makes it work.
And so Gerard’s been dancing since forever, right, like he was a five-year-old with patent leather shoes and a miniature tux and a bowl cut (which he still hasn’t forgiven his mom for, this is why he’s still not letting her cut his hair anymore, GOD) with a huge gap-toothed grin. He really really really loves it, is the thing -- it’s like how he communicates with the WORLD and he doesn’t really like people looking at him all that much EXCEPT for when he gets out onto the floor with his partner Lindsey who he’s been dancing with since they were like seven and they have so much fun and he really really loves it, okay.
Really, go, go, go and read it now!
New Steps at AO3, at DW and at LJ. You can also get it in podfic form here (read by
argentumlupine) and here (read by letsgofriday)Remember: leaving feedback for a writer whose story you've enjoyed is awesome.