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Title: Sharing is Caring
Fandom: Panic At The Disco, McFly, small appearance by Pete Wentz
Rating: PG
Pairing: Slight Brendon/Ryan and Dougie/Jon
Summary: Of course, the main difference between Warped and this…thing, is that they didn’t have an English pop/rock/whatever band staying on their bus back then.
(I have no idea. It's seven am, and I'm dosed up on cough medicine. Don't blame me. For mah BB, 'cause I love her and she deserves this.)
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They’re playing some festival thing. Only, it’s more like a mini-tour, really. It reminds Panic of the early days; Warped, and all the other crazy stuff they did. It has the same feel to it, too. Going for days without washing, meeting new people, new bands. Of course, the main difference between Warped and this…thing, is that they didn’t have an English pop/rock/whatever band staying on their bus back then.
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McFly’s bus breaks down four days into the mini-tour. The mini-tour -- which is what they’ve all been calling it in their heads -- lasts for nine days, and someone in management asks if Panic mind sharing, because it’s going to take a few days to get a replacement bus, and quite a few people have noticed similarities between the two bands, so they’re sure it’ll all work out fine in the end.
They agree, and their space is invaded within half an hour.
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The first night is a success. They get to know each other -- (“Oh my God, you like Disney too?! Marry me, Tom Fletcher!”) -- and, to Brendon at least, it’s like a giant sleepover.
When it comes to the sleeping arrangements, every single member of Panic is adamant that they get to keep their own bunks, although Brendon is very willing to share with any of them, as long as he gets cuddles. Danny very nearly takes him up on his offer, until Harry kicks him in the shins and shakes his head.
McFly stay in the back lounge.
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The next morning, however, isn’t much of a success. Spencer storms into the place they call a kitchen and speaks, not so much to Ryan as at Ryan. Ryan had been in the middle of a lovely conversation with Tom about their stupid-ass friends and a new melody Tom had been working on, but Spencer didn’t seem to care.
“Ryan! These guys have like, no concept of personal space,” he says. Like always, Ryan has to stop the smirk crossing his face when Spencer switches to ‘Valley Girl’ mode. Spencer sees, but continues anyway. “Curly jumped into my bunk, Ryan! It is before one pm, this is not acceptable!”
Harry looks up from the magazine he’s picked up from somewhere and grins. “I bet he thought you were Brendon. He does that a lot when he’s not sure who’s sleeping where.”
Spencer gives him a glare and is about to say something that he’ll probably regret when Jon wanders through.
“Uh, guys? Sorry to interrupt, but the bassist is down to his pants again.”
---
After a long conversation about the differences between the way the Americans and English use the language (“Dougie, put some trousers on,” Tom had called, only for Harry to roll his eyes at him and say “He means he’s only wearing his trousers, you dick.”), the two bands lay down some ground rules. Danny grabs his marker pens and a huge piece of paper, and he and Brendon lay on their stomachs and write them down as they go along.
Eventually, this responsibility is switched to Jon and Tom, because Ryan gets bored of saying “Did you get that last one?” and getting an embarrassed giggle and a drawing of a unicorn in reply.
Once the list is finished, it gets pinned on the back of the door, and Tom makes Danny and Brendon read it at least twice a day. It reads;
1. No Americanisms.
2. No Englishisms (“That’s not a word!” “Yes it is, don’t be so stupid!” “Stop arguing, or no more Disney.” “Fiiiiine. It’s a good job I love you, Ryan Ross.”)
3. Clothes are to stay on at all times. Wear a vest if you have to.
4. ‘Spencer is a stupid head.’ ‘Hahahaha, I know, right?’
(The rest of the list runs more smoothly, once Jon and Tom take over. Danny thinks it’s unfair that the unicorns stop decorating the rules. Spencer tells him to be quiet and Danny zips his mouth shut, sticking his tongue out at Spencer behind his hand. Brendon giggles for a whole five minutes.)
5. No more tea. Coffee is superior.
6. No more snogging making out SNOGGING in the lounge. Bunks only, Brendon and Ryan.
7. One Disney film a day.
8. Aladdin is exempt from rule seven; it will never be watched again.
9. No musicals, either.
The rules have only been in practice for five hours when Jon gets annoyed by the fact that there are only nine rules, and he squiggles “10. HAVE FUN!” in giant letters on the bottom, complete with a smiley face. Dougie thinks that he might have found his hero.
---
On the third night, McFly watch Panic’s set after they’ve performed. Everyone is a little in awe of Brendon, and slightly surprised by how lively Ryan is on stage. Jon is Jon, and Dougie maybe loves him more for that. Harry watches Spencer, mostly, and thinks about how his own drum-playing-sex-faces are nothing compared to Spencer’s. He makes a mental note to change that the next time they play.
Danny, meanwhile, is thinking up new ways to touch Tom onstage. The crowd certainly seem to like it, and he gets to touch Tom more often. It’s a win/win situation, as far as he’s concerned.
---
“Hello, Pete,” Ryan says, trying hard not to sigh when he looks at the clock. Ten am, really?
“Hi there, old chap!” Pete replies, his mock English accent too chirpy for any time of the day.
Ryan groans. “Oh God.”
“Shut up, you love it. How’re the boy band?”
“They’re not --” and then he stops, because when did he start jumping to their defence? Strange. “They’re fine. Why?”
“I’m just wondering,” Pete says. “I thought Spence might have killed one of them by now.”
“Other than the Dougie-In-His-Pants incident the other morning, he’s fine.”
“Ooh,” Pete says, suddenly far too interested. “Which one’s Dougie?”
Ryan looks over at Dougie; young, pretty and willing to follow anyone. He sighs “No, Pete,” and ends the call.
---
“So, what shall we do tonight, gentlemen?” Danny asks. They’re back on the bus, travelling to what will be the last venue, and they have no idea what to do.
Tom and Brendon immediately launch into ‘101 reasons why we should watch Pocahontas’, and Danny cuts them off immediately. Well, he cuts Tom off immediately. Harry has to translate for Brendon because he might be getting used to the accents slowly, but Danny’s takes extra care and concentration, and Brendon just doesn’t have that in him when he’s arguing for the right to watch Pocahontas.
They spend ten minutes arguing over what to do, and are no closer to making a decision until Dougie pops up from behind whomever he’s using as a shield that night and slips “I have Monopoly in my bag,” into the conversation.
No-one can come up with a feasible reason as to why they shouldn’t play the game, although when Spencer snorts “Rock band, my ass,” and Harry glares at him, Tom and Ryan realise how much of a competition they’ve let themselves in for. They roll their eyes at each other and begin the compulsory argument over who gets to play as the dog. Jon gets it eventually, because he just leans over and grabs it whilst everyone argues. He shrugs when they stare at him. Dougie beams from behind Tom.
They split into two teams -- the Bulldogs and the Eagles -- and Danny declares it to be a fight to the death; the team with the most money left overall after three hours, wins. The Bulldogs fight dirty, laughing whenever one of the Eagles lands themselves in jail. They hoard the Get Out Of Jail Free cards, and flash them when three quarters of the Eagles are stuck in there.
Spencer and Harry glare at each other the entire time.
---
The Bulldogs win it by three thousand pounds. Brendon argues that if they’d been playing on the Atlantic City version, the Eagles would’ve have kicked their scrawny English asses. Jon declares the game over and done, and sends his band to bed. He sneaks out an hour or so later and steals the dog playing piece from Dougie’s backpack. Dougie stirs from his sleep and watches him go, snuggling back into Harry’s chest with a smile on his face.
---
Eventually though, the mini-tour ends, and the bands have to say goodbye. To some of them, it feels like they need more time. Everyone that isn’t Brendon agrees that that would end in a murder, and they wouldn’t want that to happen. They’re too pretty for prison, to be honest.
Tom and Ryan exchange e-mail addresses, with a promise to get in touch next time there’s an opportunity to meet up for a while.
Brendon hugs everybody, including his own bandmates. He almost squeals in delight when Harry passes him to Spencer, because he catches the slight ‘hey, you’re not that bad’ look that passes between them. It isn’t that different from their usual glaring, but Brendon sees it.
When Brendon gets to Danny, he stays with him, refusing to let go until Jon pries him away. Dougie catches Jon’s eye then, and gives him a shy smile. Jon winks back, slips a hand into his pocket and brings out the silver dog. Dougie giggles, and nods at Brendon, who is doing a pretty good impression of a monkey climbing a tree. Jon makes a ‘what can you do?’ face, and continues being the tree.
---
Two weeks later, Ryan switches on the television in their hotel room. The reception is rubbish, and there’s a lot of static. Spencer wanders in and hits the top of the machine, and Danny’s voice fills the room.
“Yeah, we stayed with them for a few nights a while back,” he says. The interviewer asks if the two bands have any plans to meet up in the future, and Danny grins at the camera and replies with “We’d love to, if they’ll ‘ave us.”
Ryan grabs his sidekick and sends a message to Pete.
would doing a song with mcfly be the stupidest thing we could ever do?
Five minutes later, Brendon’s voice is shouting “Ryan, you have a message!” from the sidekick’s tinny speakers, and Ryan grins as he reads,
prbly. ill set smthin up x
Fandom: Panic At The Disco, McFly, small appearance by Pete Wentz
Rating: PG
Pairing: Slight Brendon/Ryan and Dougie/Jon
Summary: Of course, the main difference between Warped and this…thing, is that they didn’t have an English pop/rock/whatever band staying on their bus back then.
(I have no idea. It's seven am, and I'm dosed up on cough medicine. Don't blame me. For mah BB, 'cause I love her and she deserves this.)
---
They’re playing some festival thing. Only, it’s more like a mini-tour, really. It reminds Panic of the early days; Warped, and all the other crazy stuff they did. It has the same feel to it, too. Going for days without washing, meeting new people, new bands. Of course, the main difference between Warped and this…thing, is that they didn’t have an English pop/rock/whatever band staying on their bus back then.
---
McFly’s bus breaks down four days into the mini-tour. The mini-tour -- which is what they’ve all been calling it in their heads -- lasts for nine days, and someone in management asks if Panic mind sharing, because it’s going to take a few days to get a replacement bus, and quite a few people have noticed similarities between the two bands, so they’re sure it’ll all work out fine in the end.
They agree, and their space is invaded within half an hour.
---
The first night is a success. They get to know each other -- (“Oh my God, you like Disney too?! Marry me, Tom Fletcher!”) -- and, to Brendon at least, it’s like a giant sleepover.
When it comes to the sleeping arrangements, every single member of Panic is adamant that they get to keep their own bunks, although Brendon is very willing to share with any of them, as long as he gets cuddles. Danny very nearly takes him up on his offer, until Harry kicks him in the shins and shakes his head.
McFly stay in the back lounge.
---
The next morning, however, isn’t much of a success. Spencer storms into the place they call a kitchen and speaks, not so much to Ryan as at Ryan. Ryan had been in the middle of a lovely conversation with Tom about their stupid-ass friends and a new melody Tom had been working on, but Spencer didn’t seem to care.
“Ryan! These guys have like, no concept of personal space,” he says. Like always, Ryan has to stop the smirk crossing his face when Spencer switches to ‘Valley Girl’ mode. Spencer sees, but continues anyway. “Curly jumped into my bunk, Ryan! It is before one pm, this is not acceptable!”
Harry looks up from the magazine he’s picked up from somewhere and grins. “I bet he thought you were Brendon. He does that a lot when he’s not sure who’s sleeping where.”
Spencer gives him a glare and is about to say something that he’ll probably regret when Jon wanders through.
“Uh, guys? Sorry to interrupt, but the bassist is down to his pants again.”
---
After a long conversation about the differences between the way the Americans and English use the language (“Dougie, put some trousers on,” Tom had called, only for Harry to roll his eyes at him and say “He means he’s only wearing his trousers, you dick.”), the two bands lay down some ground rules. Danny grabs his marker pens and a huge piece of paper, and he and Brendon lay on their stomachs and write them down as they go along.
Eventually, this responsibility is switched to Jon and Tom, because Ryan gets bored of saying “Did you get that last one?” and getting an embarrassed giggle and a drawing of a unicorn in reply.
Once the list is finished, it gets pinned on the back of the door, and Tom makes Danny and Brendon read it at least twice a day. It reads;
1. No Americanisms.
2. No Englishisms (“That’s not a word!” “Yes it is, don’t be so stupid!” “Stop arguing, or no more Disney.” “Fiiiiine. It’s a good job I love you, Ryan Ross.”)
3. Clothes are to stay on at all times. Wear a vest if you have to.
4. ‘Spencer is a stupid head.’ ‘Hahahaha, I know, right?’
(The rest of the list runs more smoothly, once Jon and Tom take over. Danny thinks it’s unfair that the unicorns stop decorating the rules. Spencer tells him to be quiet and Danny zips his mouth shut, sticking his tongue out at Spencer behind his hand. Brendon giggles for a whole five minutes.)
5. No more tea. Coffee is superior.
6. No more snogging making out SNOGGING in the lounge. Bunks only, Brendon and Ryan.
7. One Disney film a day.
8. Aladdin is exempt from rule seven; it will never be watched again.
9. No musicals, either.
The rules have only been in practice for five hours when Jon gets annoyed by the fact that there are only nine rules, and he squiggles “10. HAVE FUN!” in giant letters on the bottom, complete with a smiley face. Dougie thinks that he might have found his hero.
---
On the third night, McFly watch Panic’s set after they’ve performed. Everyone is a little in awe of Brendon, and slightly surprised by how lively Ryan is on stage. Jon is Jon, and Dougie maybe loves him more for that. Harry watches Spencer, mostly, and thinks about how his own drum-playing-sex-faces are nothing compared to Spencer’s. He makes a mental note to change that the next time they play.
Danny, meanwhile, is thinking up new ways to touch Tom onstage. The crowd certainly seem to like it, and he gets to touch Tom more often. It’s a win/win situation, as far as he’s concerned.
---
“Hello, Pete,” Ryan says, trying hard not to sigh when he looks at the clock. Ten am, really?
“Hi there, old chap!” Pete replies, his mock English accent too chirpy for any time of the day.
Ryan groans. “Oh God.”
“Shut up, you love it. How’re the boy band?”
“They’re not --” and then he stops, because when did he start jumping to their defence? Strange. “They’re fine. Why?”
“I’m just wondering,” Pete says. “I thought Spence might have killed one of them by now.”
“Other than the Dougie-In-His-Pants incident the other morning, he’s fine.”
“Ooh,” Pete says, suddenly far too interested. “Which one’s Dougie?”
Ryan looks over at Dougie; young, pretty and willing to follow anyone. He sighs “No, Pete,” and ends the call.
---
“So, what shall we do tonight, gentlemen?” Danny asks. They’re back on the bus, travelling to what will be the last venue, and they have no idea what to do.
Tom and Brendon immediately launch into ‘101 reasons why we should watch Pocahontas’, and Danny cuts them off immediately. Well, he cuts Tom off immediately. Harry has to translate for Brendon because he might be getting used to the accents slowly, but Danny’s takes extra care and concentration, and Brendon just doesn’t have that in him when he’s arguing for the right to watch Pocahontas.
They spend ten minutes arguing over what to do, and are no closer to making a decision until Dougie pops up from behind whomever he’s using as a shield that night and slips “I have Monopoly in my bag,” into the conversation.
No-one can come up with a feasible reason as to why they shouldn’t play the game, although when Spencer snorts “Rock band, my ass,” and Harry glares at him, Tom and Ryan realise how much of a competition they’ve let themselves in for. They roll their eyes at each other and begin the compulsory argument over who gets to play as the dog. Jon gets it eventually, because he just leans over and grabs it whilst everyone argues. He shrugs when they stare at him. Dougie beams from behind Tom.
They split into two teams -- the Bulldogs and the Eagles -- and Danny declares it to be a fight to the death; the team with the most money left overall after three hours, wins. The Bulldogs fight dirty, laughing whenever one of the Eagles lands themselves in jail. They hoard the Get Out Of Jail Free cards, and flash them when three quarters of the Eagles are stuck in there.
Spencer and Harry glare at each other the entire time.
---
The Bulldogs win it by three thousand pounds. Brendon argues that if they’d been playing on the Atlantic City version, the Eagles would’ve have kicked their scrawny English asses. Jon declares the game over and done, and sends his band to bed. He sneaks out an hour or so later and steals the dog playing piece from Dougie’s backpack. Dougie stirs from his sleep and watches him go, snuggling back into Harry’s chest with a smile on his face.
---
Eventually though, the mini-tour ends, and the bands have to say goodbye. To some of them, it feels like they need more time. Everyone that isn’t Brendon agrees that that would end in a murder, and they wouldn’t want that to happen. They’re too pretty for prison, to be honest.
Tom and Ryan exchange e-mail addresses, with a promise to get in touch next time there’s an opportunity to meet up for a while.
Brendon hugs everybody, including his own bandmates. He almost squeals in delight when Harry passes him to Spencer, because he catches the slight ‘hey, you’re not that bad’ look that passes between them. It isn’t that different from their usual glaring, but Brendon sees it.
When Brendon gets to Danny, he stays with him, refusing to let go until Jon pries him away. Dougie catches Jon’s eye then, and gives him a shy smile. Jon winks back, slips a hand into his pocket and brings out the silver dog. Dougie giggles, and nods at Brendon, who is doing a pretty good impression of a monkey climbing a tree. Jon makes a ‘what can you do?’ face, and continues being the tree.
---
Two weeks later, Ryan switches on the television in their hotel room. The reception is rubbish, and there’s a lot of static. Spencer wanders in and hits the top of the machine, and Danny’s voice fills the room.
“Yeah, we stayed with them for a few nights a while back,” he says. The interviewer asks if the two bands have any plans to meet up in the future, and Danny grins at the camera and replies with “We’d love to, if they’ll ‘ave us.”
Ryan grabs his sidekick and sends a message to Pete.
would doing a song with mcfly be the stupidest thing we could ever do?
Five minutes later, Brendon’s voice is shouting “Ryan, you have a message!” from the sidekick’s tinny speakers, and Ryan grins as he reads,
prbly. ill set smthin up x