Title: Brutal Love [24]
Author: Molly
Pairing: Billie/Mike
Summary: “You, Michael Pritchard, need a fucking bath, did you know that?”
Previous parts: located here

( It ended up only being six days in the hospital for one Mike Dirnt, and the way Billie Joe saw it, Mike was goddamn lucky that was the case because he had been about fifteen minutes away from stuffing Mike's mouth with a sock to keep him and his bitching quiet. )

Title: Brutal Love [23]
Author: Molly
Pairing: Billie/Mike
Summary: Tre also wasn't foolish enough to believe any pretty little lies he could spin for Billie Joe would make him feel better; all of the “it's going to be ok”s in the world were not going to take away Mike's cancer.
Previous parts: located here

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Title: Brutal Love [22]
Author: Molly
Pairing: Billie/Mike
Summary: Billie Joe had known this conversation was coming, about the press and the public and all that speculation the media liked doing, but he'd been hoping to put it off as long as possible.
Previous parts: located here

( “You know. . . it really would've been nice to go to the hospital back home.” )

Title: Brutal Love [21]
Author: Molly
Pairing: Billie/Mike
Summary: “I wanna fuck you,” Billie said, and his tone held no negotiation.
Previous parts: located here

( The house was quiet. )

Title: Brutal Love [20]
Author: Molly
Pairing: Billie/Mike
Summary: "Mom, it's Billie, you here?"
Previous parts: located here
Note: Long chapter ahead! This one got away from me.

( Billie Joe coasted down the familiar streets of Rodeo, California that he'd had memorized for years. )

Title: Brutal Love [19]
Author: Molly
Pairing: Billie/Mike
Summary: Hands hanging loosely at his sides, extensions of sagged shoulders, Mike said, quietly, “I'm gonna fight, Billie.”
Previous parts: located here
Notes: Dedicating this to strychninetwist and the_wondering_1. Appreciation and love to you both xx

( “Now that-that is a beautiful picture, Liv.” )

Title: Brutal Love [18]
Author: Molly
Pairing: Billie/Mike
Summary: “So, tell Uncle Tré what's the matter.”
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( Tré was sprawled out on his couch, one hand wrapped around a tall cup of coffee and another buried in the depths of a cereal box. )

My Quintissential Albums

15. Lungs -- Florence + the Machine
I have this breath, and I hold it tight
And I keep it in my chest with all my might
I pray to God this breath will last
As it pushes past my lips, as I gasp

14. Sleeping With Ghosts - Placebo
What good's religion, when it's each other we despise ( Read more... )

Title: Brutal Love [17]
Author: Molly
Pairing: Billie/Mike
Summary: What could the universe possibly expect of Billie, at a time like this?
Previous parts: located here

( Sometime between three and four in the morning, Billie jerked awake from a very unreliable state of sleep. )

Title: Brutal Love [16]
Author: Molly
Pairing: Billie/Mike
Summary: "Stop saying my fucking name."
Previous parts: located here

( Billie Joe sat on the abused leather couch that followed the band to every arena across the United States, bent over a scuffed coffee table, scratching furiously in a composition notebook. )