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I'm slow. But the meme-related ficlets and drabbles will eventually get posted. Promise.

So. Here, the first one.

[livejournal.com profile] fleurdeliser requested Gerard/any Panic boy being domestic together, and the song number corresponded to The Messenger by Thrice.

I'm not sure this is quite the domesticity she was hoping for, but, well. Here. Entirely unbeta'd by anything but spell-check. 550 words. So fluffy and sweet, you could make a Fluff-N-Nutter with it. Also, totally fake.



I lean in closer and I close my eyes/Kiss the coals; breathe in smoke


If he wasn't utterly exhausted, Brendon would probably get a kick out of checking into The Palms under an alias. As it is, he's about ten seconds from face-planting at the registration desk, and it's all he can do to mumble, "Arthur Boyd," at the concierge.

The man doesn't even blink at Brendon's sunglasses (at 3am, no less) and the ID that clearly does not match the name he's just given, just hands over an envelope and keycard. He's paid for his discretion as well as his ability to handle whatever weird emergency needs the hotel's patrons might have, Brendon supposes.

Brendon takes them and hefts his carry-on back over his shoulder, waving the bell-boy off. He left the rest of his stuff on the bus; Spencer would make sure it got delivered to his and Shane's apartment.

He tries to be quiet when he gets to Gerard's room, because he knows that Gee has an early radio interview and he can be a pain in the ass when he's woken from a sound sleep. The bathroom light is on and the door's cracked; in the dimness, Brendon can see a lump under the blankets on one side of the bed. He doesn't even pause, just drops his bag and starts tugging off clothing as he moves across the room, so that he's naked by the time he gets to the side of the bed.

He lets himself fall onto the mattress and wriggles under the blankets, not caring that he's still gross and disgusting from tonight's show, from rushing from the stage to the end-of-tour afterparty to LAX for the red-eye home. Like Gerard would care. Or have room to criticize. He rolls until he's aligned with Gerard and throws an arm over his waist, pushes his face against Gerard's shoulder, and sighs. He breathes in, out, the smell of sweat and stale smoke, and lets sleep pull him under.


The room is bright when he wakes. There is a blueberry muffin and a Starbucks cup set on the bedside table, but no Gerard. Brendon drags himself up enough to snag the coffee, which is warm but no longer scald-every-tastebud hot. Gerard can't be far, then. When the caffeine has kicked in, he looks around and realizes: along with no Gerard, there's no ashtray in the room. He sees movement from the corner of his eye, and turns to see that Gerard is out on the balcony, a cigarette in one hand, coffee in the other, leaning against the railing. While Brendon watches, he takes another drag and taps the ash into the overturned cup-lid.

Gerard. Is standing in the sunshine, in the summer heat. Outside his hideously expensive hotel room. A non-smoking hotel room. Because he knows that Brendon doesn't smoke anymore, worries what it does to his voice and his lungs, to Gerard's voice and lungs.

Brendon has the balcony door open before he even realizes that he's moving. Gerard turns at the sound, exhaling a stream of smoke, moving to stub out the cigarette.

"No, don't."

Brendon pulls Gerard's back to his front, and rests his hand against the balcony railing so that they can stand comfortably and watch the mid-morning traffic below. He tucks his chin against Gerard's neck and breathes in the scent of home.

Date: 2008-05-07 06:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fleurdeliser.livejournal.com
No, no, that was basically perfect. It's the best kind of fluff. The kind that doesn't FEEL fluffy. And this totally counts as the kind of domestic I was thinking of. Just... being comfortable, at home, together.

I am literally grinning like a moron. And I may have actually flapped my hands in glee.

Also: Oh, Brendon. Arthur Boyd.
Edited Date: 2008-05-07 06:51 am (UTC)

Date: 2008-05-07 12:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asimplechord.livejournal.com
You can't pin the assumed name on Brendon. That was all Gerard's idea, originally. It's the name they always use now. Brian smirked the first time Gee requested it, but he just rolls his eyes and tells the tour manager to go along with it now. Spencer say they're going to be screwed when some enterprising fan figures it out, and doesn't want to be the PR rep involved in spinning that bit of gossip. Pete, on the other hand, is already planning a way to use it to both bands' advantage.

Date: 2008-05-07 02:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fleurdeliser.livejournal.com
Hee. I bet the first time, Brendon plopped himself in Jon's lap and said, "Jon Walker, it is official."

Jon raises an eyebrow and continues to play Halo. He's gotten really good at playing with large human-shaped objects in his lap.

"I have the most adorable boyfriend in the universe."

Jon rolls his eyes and keeps playing.

"Arthur Boyd, Jon Walker."

Jon pauses the game. "Um, isn't a little early to be planning the names of your future children?"

Brendon looks vaguely horrified for half a second and then tips his head back and laughs. "No, Jon Walker. That's our alias! What we're checking into the hotel with. Gerard picked it."

"Okay. You have to get up now so I can go tell Ryan that his idol is more ridiculous than Ryan himself will ever be, so he may as well just give up." Jon's kind of grinning, though. Brendon's significant others have left something to be desired, most of them more interested in Brendon Urie, rock star, than Brendon Urie actual living, breathing person. He kind of deserves the ridiculousness of Gerard Way after the douches he's been with.

Date: 2008-05-08 05:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrs-batman.livejournal.com
I did not realize the texts were the end of it! ♥

(Iris: crazy wossname here texted me her mini-fic while I was at work. I promise to stop spamming your journal now!)

Date: 2008-05-11 09:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asimplechord.livejournal.com
:) No worries.

Date: 2008-05-07 07:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrs-batman.livejournal.com
*flail* ADORABLE. But like wossname said, not in a supremely obvious way. It's subtly adorable.

Date: 2008-05-08 01:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fleurdeliser.livejournal.com
I've been reduced to wossname? WOSSNAME?

Date: 2008-05-08 05:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrs-batman.livejournal.com
*tacklehug*

Date: 2008-05-11 09:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asimplechord.livejournal.com
When I realized what song it was, I had to have the cigarette smoke in there somewhere. But I have a hard time imagine GWay being domestic with any sort of aptitude, so. :)

Date: 2009-06-04 06:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hime2emeh.livejournal.com
*random passerby*

found this via delicious bookmark ;)
and i ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!

p/s: there should me more :D

*mem'd*

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