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Food of Love (Play On) by inlovewithnight (R)
Fandom: BANDOM
Pairing: Alex Suarez/Ryland Blackinton
Length: 9700
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
inlovewithnight
Author Website: by tags on inlovewithnight's journal
Why this must be read:
It's a real-world AU -- everyone here is vividly recognisable, but spun ever so slightly differently. It has old friends reconnecting, obliviousness, getting by, and amazing food, not to mention a healthy dose of Gabe Saporta being just crazy enough you're not sure if he's just screwing with you. Banter, too -- there are too many fantastic, snappy lines to count.
The relationship is foregrounded, but there's a strong secondary theme of friendships and non-romantic connections. Even if the pairing doesn't grab you, I'm serious: she writes a fantastic Gabe.
Excerpt:
On Wednesdays, he does accents.
Wednesdays are slow, which means most of his fellow waitstaff hate them and try to pawn off the shifts if they can. Nobody is going to make rent off of Wednesday lunch-shift tips. Ryland has some other sources for rent money, though. He's diversified. Not wholly restaurant-dependent. And it's much easier to practice on the patrons when there are fewer of them and he's not likely to trip over a busboy and drop a plate of hot food in anyone's lap.
Therefore, Ryland scoops up weekday lunch shifts like precious jewels, or puppies. And as the days go by in a slideshow of puppies, he rolls out different skills he'll need for the auditions he has in the evenings.
Food of Love (Play On) at the bandomstuffsit comm, or on AO3
Pairing: Alex Suarez/Ryland Blackinton
Length: 9700
Author on LJ:
inlovewithnightAuthor Website: by tags on inlovewithnight's journal
Why this must be read:
It's a real-world AU -- everyone here is vividly recognisable, but spun ever so slightly differently. It has old friends reconnecting, obliviousness, getting by, and amazing food, not to mention a healthy dose of Gabe Saporta being just crazy enough you're not sure if he's just screwing with you. Banter, too -- there are too many fantastic, snappy lines to count.
The relationship is foregrounded, but there's a strong secondary theme of friendships and non-romantic connections. Even if the pairing doesn't grab you, I'm serious: she writes a fantastic Gabe.
Excerpt:
On Wednesdays, he does accents.
Wednesdays are slow, which means most of his fellow waitstaff hate them and try to pawn off the shifts if they can. Nobody is going to make rent off of Wednesday lunch-shift tips. Ryland has some other sources for rent money, though. He's diversified. Not wholly restaurant-dependent. And it's much easier to practice on the patrons when there are fewer of them and he's not likely to trip over a busboy and drop a plate of hot food in anyone's lap.
Therefore, Ryland scoops up weekday lunch shifts like precious jewels, or puppies. And as the days go by in a slideshow of puppies, he rolls out different skills he'll need for the auditions he has in the evenings.
Food of Love (Play On) at the bandomstuffsit comm, or on AO3