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Pairing: Joe Trohman/Patrick Stump

The World's Not Waiting - (R, max) - c. 4,000 per chapter. Work In Progress.
Plot Summary: Sixteen-year-old Joe Trohman has spent months trying to work up the courage to talk to the kid who works at his local bookstore, and after a chance meeting almost ruins everything, Patrick is recruited for Joe's new band. As an awkward friendship grows into something more, the boys are beset with obstacles; including Pete. (AU Timeline - Andy as founder member.)
Themes: first love, coming out, family, friendships, jealousy, angst, homophobia, music career.
Era: Duration of FOB's career.


Hedonism - (R) - c. 27,300 words; three parts. Complete.
Plot summary: "People started to filter away, glancing back with looks of disbelief at the mess and the men in the midst of it all."
For years, Pete and Patrick have hidden their private relationship with public girlfriends - but people change, and as things begin to fall apart, Joe finds himself stuck with a choice between settling for real life, or risking all of it for a second chance on a teenage crush.
Themes: angst, relationships, adultery, tour life.
Era: Honda Civic Tour.


The Cure to Growing Older - (PG-13) - c. 26,000 words; three parts. Complete.
Plot summary: AU. The Trohman family never moved to Ohio, and a five-year-old Joe first meets Patrick in kindergarten. Not everyone is too happy with the way their friendship develops and the inevitable awkwardness it creates - least of all the boys themselves.
Themes: growing up, angst, childhood, self-discovery, minor homophobia.
Era: Kindergarten to late teens.


Capture the Phrases - (PG-13) - c. 10,000 words. Complete.
Plot summary: Patrick is baffled when a mystery admirer begins leaving him notes; but as he begins to respond and he starts to fall for the anonymous benefactor, he remains oblivious to the motives of the people around him.
Themes: stalking, humour, crushes, friendships, angst.
Era: Early FOB/Note Wars.


There Goes My Hero - (PG) - c. 1,000 words. Complete
Plot summary: A short character study, from Patrick's POV.
Themes: friendships, bullying, heroes.
Era: Early FOB/pre-TTTYG.


Thnks fr th Knckrs - (R) - c. 12,000 words.Complete
Plot summary: Inspired by a genuine prank by me fans. A private exercise in curiosity results in a battle of wills, snark and somewhat limited machismo.
Themes: friendships, kink, self-discovery, humour.
Era: IOH/pre-HCT


Fairytale of New York - (PG) - c. 11,300 words.Complete
Plot summary: Stuck in New York over the holidays, there's nowhere Joe can go to escape Pete's attempts at matchmaking.
Themes: friendships, magic, Christmas, taking chances, chocolate.
Era: AU-2009, Post-FAD


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Pairing: Pete/Patrick

In Between Arms- (PG-13) - c. 9,100 words. Complete.
Plot summary: WWII AU. In retrospect, Peter could see that the beginning of their quirky, out-of-balance friendship was already the beginning of the end. Long after the war has ended, Pete remembers the past he is hiding from - and the people who brought him to where he is now; alone in New York in the early 50s.
Themes: war, history, forbidden love, death?, poetry.
Era: WWII/1950s.