Damage Report

Title: Hedonism
Summary: "People started to filter away, glancing back with looks of disbelief at the mess and the men in the midst of it all."
Author: icedmaple
Betas: shiny_starlight, shinko, likethepaint, satsuma_grove, omgimnaked and ashe_frost all did varying degrees of hand-holding for this fic. I can't thank them enough.
Rating: Pushing R. Possibly.
Pairing: Joe/Patrick, Pete/Patrick, implied Pete/Ashlee.
Words: c.27,300.
Author's notes: This is a fic set at the end of the European Spring Tour and heading into HCT, where it breaks off and becomes an AU timeline.

The title of this fic, and the quote, come from a track by Skunk Anansie. In a bizarre twist (this was not intentional at all), they have a track perfect for each of the boys in this fic's POV:

Secretly [Joe] | Hedonism [Patrick] | Brazen [Pete]

This is a LONG fic. Sit comfortably.


Disclaimer: I really hope this isn't even slightly real, for the sake of the people involved in it...

Prompt:
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
-Inigo Montoya [The Princess Bride]
NOTE: Don't go looking for this quote in the text. You won't find a literal interpretation.



( Hedonism. Just because you feel good, doesn't make you right. )

Title: The World's Not Waiting (For Joe Trohman to Stop Being a Pussy and Start Going For What He Wants) [5/?]
Summary: AU Timeline - Teenage angst and Crayola Rainbows. Or, Joe saw him first.
Author: alfirin_kirinki
Betas: fayemeadows, musictoyourlips & shiny_starlight.
Rating: R at absolute max (over all).
Pairing: Joe/Patrick
Words: c.4, 000 this chapter.
Author's notes: This fic is written in a slightly AU timeline, where Andy joins the band straight away. One or two formerly key players may also be conspicuous by their absence...

This is a bit of a conduit chapter, with less plot progression than development, so... connect the dots.

Disclaimer: Get me a Dolorean and I'll make it real; until then, sadly not true.


Previous Chapters:
Part One: Paperbacks and Sexuality
Part Two: My Heart is On My Sleeve
Part Three: Your Secret's Out
Part Four: No Less Defeated



( Part Five: Put Your Hand Between )

Title: The World's Not Waiting (For Joe Trohman to Stop Being a Pussy and Start Going For What He Wants) [3/?]
Summary: AU Timeline - Teenage angst and Crayola Rainbows. Or, Joe saw him first.
Author: alfirin_kirinki
Betas: fayemeadows, who has held my hand through a major re-plot and many re-writes, this chapter; musictoyourlips & shiny_starlight.
Rating: R at absolute max (over all).
Pairing: Joe/Patrick
Words: c.4, 500 this chapter.
Author's notes: This fic is written in a slightly AU timeline, where Andy joins the band straight away. One or two formerly key players may also be conspicuous by their absence...

I did try to find out as much as humanly possible about the Arma tour and the line up when Joe subbed for them, but it wasn't easy, so I went with what was most workable and what didn't freak me out for personal reasons. I've heard rumours that Joe played bass on that tour, but that was Chris's instrument and there's footage of them together on stage, so it makes no sense. I hope this holds it together despite any anachronisms.

Disclaimer: Get me a Dolorean and I'll make it real; until then, sadly not true.


Previous Chapters:
Part One: Paperbacks and Sexuality
Part Two: My Heart is On My Sleeve



( Part Three: Your Secret's Out )

Title: The World's Not Waiting (For Joe Trohman to Stop Being a Pussy and Start Going For What He Wants) [1/?]
Summary: AU Timeline - Teenage angst and Crayola Rainbows. Or, Joe saw him first.
Author: alfirin_kirinki
Betas: musictoyourlips, shiny_starlight & fayemeadows - honourable mentions to anniebean and hiddenmuse.
Rating: R at absolute max.
Pairing: Joe/Patrick
Words: c.4,000 this chapter.
Author's notes: This fic is written in a slightly AU timeline, where Andy joins the band straight away. One or two formerly key players may also be conspicuous by their absence...
Disclaimer: Get me a Dolorean and I'll make it real; until then, sadly not true. And I know nothing about Neurosis that could not be found on the interwebz.


( Part One: Paperbacks and Sexuality )