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Want to Kiss the Sky by romanticalgirl (Mature)
Fandom: BANDOM
Pairing: Gabe/Gerard
Length: 1,970 words
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Why this must be read: Gabe's been watching Gerard. This is such a wonderful and hot little story. I'm completely in love with this Gabe, he's such a douche but he isn't a bad guy, and his shameless interest in other people's psyches is both endearing and creepy.
Excerpt from the story:
Gabe’s been watching Gerard.
He watches all the bands, it’s sort of his thing, but when My Chem’s on stage, he watches Gerard. Which is pretty impressive considering Frank’s a fucking whirlwind of crazy and Ray shreds harder than anyone else in the universe as far as Gabe can tell, and Mikey’s a world unto himself. But Gabe watches Gerard, because Gerard has something. It’s not quite confidence because he definitely doesn’t have that. He’s got bravado and booze and bullshit that he uses as a shield, throwing out all the things he probably wishes he could have said back in high school. But it’s like, underneath the layer of baby fat and shyness and uncertainty, there’s this other Gerard.
And Gabe has to admit that, after studying philosophy and auditing a couple of psychology classes, that mixture of Gerard’s is potent. Who he is, who he wants to be, and who he pretends to be on the journey to get there strikes a chord with Gabe that makes him itch to see what’s underneath the surface. It’s a bad habit, because people don’t like relative strangers digging beneath their skin to find out who they are inside, but Gabe’s got charisma and confidence and just about everything Gerard lacks so people usually don’t notice he’s well past their point of no return until he’s already waded through their Rubicon and gone skinny dipping in their psyche.
Gerard watches Gabe too, only he’s blatant about it. At parties and after sets, between breaking down and hitting the road, he’s always got his eyes on Gabe over the rim of one plastic cup or another. Gabe tries to gauge what he’s drinking by the color of the cup and by the way Gerard gets drunk, if he’s friendly or angry or affectionate or horny or if he draws in on himself and someone has to figure out who Mikey’s hooked up with so they can find him and get him to get Gerard back where they need him to be.
Want to Kiss the Sky (AO3) or here (LJ) or here (DW)
Pairing: Gabe/Gerard
Length: 1,970 words
Author on LJ & DW:
romanticalgirl / romanticalAuthor on AO3:
Why this must be read: Gabe's been watching Gerard. This is such a wonderful and hot little story. I'm completely in love with this Gabe, he's such a douche but he isn't a bad guy, and his shameless interest in other people's psyches is both endearing and creepy.
Excerpt from the story:
Gabe’s been watching Gerard.
He watches all the bands, it’s sort of his thing, but when My Chem’s on stage, he watches Gerard. Which is pretty impressive considering Frank’s a fucking whirlwind of crazy and Ray shreds harder than anyone else in the universe as far as Gabe can tell, and Mikey’s a world unto himself. But Gabe watches Gerard, because Gerard has something. It’s not quite confidence because he definitely doesn’t have that. He’s got bravado and booze and bullshit that he uses as a shield, throwing out all the things he probably wishes he could have said back in high school. But it’s like, underneath the layer of baby fat and shyness and uncertainty, there’s this other Gerard.
And Gabe has to admit that, after studying philosophy and auditing a couple of psychology classes, that mixture of Gerard’s is potent. Who he is, who he wants to be, and who he pretends to be on the journey to get there strikes a chord with Gabe that makes him itch to see what’s underneath the surface. It’s a bad habit, because people don’t like relative strangers digging beneath their skin to find out who they are inside, but Gabe’s got charisma and confidence and just about everything Gerard lacks so people usually don’t notice he’s well past their point of no return until he’s already waded through their Rubicon and gone skinny dipping in their psyche.
Gerard watches Gabe too, only he’s blatant about it. At parties and after sets, between breaking down and hitting the road, he’s always got his eyes on Gabe over the rim of one plastic cup or another. Gabe tries to gauge what he’s drinking by the color of the cup and by the way Gerard gets drunk, if he’s friendly or angry or affectionate or horny or if he draws in on himself and someone has to figure out who Mikey’s hooked up with so they can find him and get him to get Gerard back where they need him to be.
Want to Kiss the Sky (AO3) or here (LJ) or here (DW)
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