Slam Book
Title: Slam Book
Rating: PG
Pairings: Jon/Spencer, Ryan/Brendon, Tom/Greta, William/Gabe/Travis
Summary: High school slam book au! The more polished form of this.
Someone makes a slam book. Everyone take turns passing it around and writing things about each other. It starts off as fun and games then people start writing actual secrets and mean things. Someone writes that they’ve loved Spencer for months. Well, Spencer has to find out who! Unfortunately, he can’t go by handwriting because the person obviously thought of that and wrote with their left hand. At least, Spencer hopes that’s what happened because he cannot date a first grader.
Someone goes on a page long tangent about how annoying and hyperactive Brendon is and crushes his spirit! Brendon didn’t know people didn’t really think he was that funny. Now, he doesn’t crack anymore stupid jokes and he doesn’t bounce around as much. He walks around like a downhearted puppy and that cannot just stand! Bob Bryar (Oh BOB MOTHERFUCKING BRYAR) liked the old Brendon even when he was scrambling to make it up to Bob’s shoulders before Bob could pull him down (He let Frank get away with it once. ONCE! Not knowing that Brendon could see and now the monkey has made it his life mission to climb Mount Bob.)
Brendon isn’t sure what’s going on but Bob spends a lot of time now looming and breathing down Ryan’s neck. Ryan is like a skittish colt and clings to Spencer like a lifeline. Unfortunately, Spencer misses the old Brendon too and only ever gives Ryan eyebrow signals to fix it. Ryan starts getting huffy and just starts being mean to everyone. One day, Brendon is finally in a good mood and acting a little like himself when he makes the mistake of hanging around Ryan. Ryan is not having a good day. Bob has started showing up at his house with Spencer to walk him to and from school. Ryan is delicate okay? Bob could snap him like a twig. Brendon latches on to Ryan one too many times and the explosion hits. Ryan tells (screams, really) Brendon that he's the one that wrote all those awful things in the slam book and he stands behind them because Brendon is annoying and he does tell bad jokes and he does have more energy than an entire classroom of kindergarteners.
Ryan storms away and Brendon is officially sad. He shoots Ryan mopey looks whenever he sees him and, eventually, starts avoiding Ryan completely. Ryan feels like he should be off the hook. Bob is too busy trying to cheer Brendon up to kill him and Spencer is too busy trying to find the mystery love of his life to care anymore. Too bad a sad Brendon drives Ryan crazier than a happy one. Ryan starts following Brendon around and is horrified to see how happy Brendon is with everyone else. He smiles and jokes like he always did when he's not around Ryan.Spencer finally rolls his eyes and tells Ryan to get a clue and "just fucking apologize already, you tremendous pussy."
Ryan finally corners Brendon a couple days later (who knew he would be so good at evasion). Ryan apologizes and ends up accidently telling Brendon how much he loves him! Ryan didn't even know and now Brendon is convinced they are meant to be.
"It was writ in stone, Ryan!" Brendon has his stern face when he says this and Ryan thinks that's so cute (seriously, what is wrong with him lately?) that he holds back the, "What stone?" Also, he feels that if he mentioned this Brendon would put it in stone himself. Or, at least, get Bob to carve it for him.
Spencer is happy that Ryan gets his fairytale ending or whatever but this secret admirer thing is getting ridiculous. He finds it hard to believe that no one knows who it is and he's asked everyone. Sisky and Butcher just smiled and told him good luck (Spencer tried to get away fast because they were having a competition with Carden that involved daring each other to eat things and the smell was overwhelming.) Tom just smirked and dryly said, "However am I supposed to know that?" Jon, who was standing next to Tom, blushed fifteen shades of red before dragging his best friend (the traitor) away.
Spencer is just stumped and frustrated. He finds himself spilling his heart out to Greta. Greta is amazing. She's pretty and smart and she's the Sophomore class president. She's knows everyone and everything but she never gossips. Greta listens to Spencer with a sympathetic ear and smiles because, of course she knows who it is but she would never say."Spencer," She finally says, "never mind the admirer, who do you like?" Spencer blushes and mumbles but Greta nods because she knows and suggests he goes to talk to him.
Jon is in the darkroom, where he spends most of his free time. Jon jumps when Spencer walks in and frantically starts ripping drying pictures down off the line. Spencer sees his own face on several glossy surfaces and reaches toward the pile in Jon's hands. Jon bites his lip and hands the pictures over. Spencer is shocked (SHOCKED!) to see that every picture Jon has is of him. He kind of wants to jump up and down and scream like a little girl because he's pretty sure jon wrote the message but he has dignity.He sorts through the pictures just so he can cover the stupid, beaming smile on his face. Once he wrangles the joy back in, he looks up at Jon.
Jon is so so nervous. He knows it's creepy to take pictures of people (okay, so, one person) when they don't know it and he's sure Spencer's going to never want to talk to him again. It's not his fault! It's all Spencer and his stupid, beautiful, smiling face.
Spencer leans toward Jon and gently gives him a small kiss on the cheek. "Jon Walker, I want to take you out to dinner."
Jon gapes then smiles.
Greta is on a mission. Someone wrote in that stupid book, "Greta, you don't know everything." It was Tom. Okay, Greta knows it was Tom because he signed his name with flourish at the bottom of the message and left his phone number, e-mail, and address. Greta thinks there's probably something he wants to tell her. She's not avoiding him. She's not! It's just that Tom's a senior and kind of a badass and those types of things appeal to Greta. They have appealed to her since the moment she walked through the high school doors and caught sight of Tom's nose ring. So, she's not avoiding him; she's just waiting for the opportune moment. And if it's been a week and she still hasn't found time to call him, well, the timing is just not right.
"Oh, Little Greta, you've been avoiding me." Tom literally drops out of nowhere into library seat next the Greta. She jumps and looks around to see absolutely no one that can save her. "Don't you want to know my secret?"
Greta is wagering her chances of actually hearing the secret if she says yes because Tom is smirking and reaching over to grab her hand. If her whole body instantly goes warm and her cheeks flush from the contact, she doesn't notice. "Okay, what's your secret?"
Tom smiles then, real and big and so much more amazing than Greta was prepared for."You like me."
Greta flushes harder because, duh, of course she does. Tom pulls her hand to lips for a gentle press of a kiss against her fingers. And, wow, that should be creepy and old-fashioned and weird but Tom is looking straight into her eyes and whispering, "I like you, too."
William, Gabe, and Travis probably had the most fun with the book. The took turns writing about each other to see who would get the most pissed off. Gabe and Travis teamed up to write Miss William and Her Amazing Wonder Bra (complete with illistrations). An epic story of Miss William, a flat-chested teenager who gets picked on by all the other girls because she's a late bloomer. William is not amused. He knows he looks like a girl, okay? He's long and willowy and bendy in ways boys aren't supposed to be. This does not mean he wanted Gabe and Travis to notice that.
Gabe mostly gets comments about being a creepy motherfucker and a lot of people leave notes about hooking them up with drugs. Gabe actually gets the most phone numbers for this reason. Gabe never signs his name in the book, he just leaves a drawing of a snake, or a horse. It's kind of hard to tell.
Travis is really laid back about the whole book thing. He's been routinely hooking with William and Gabe all year (usually at the same time) so he doesn't find a lot to complain about. One day, someone makes a comment on his page calling him fat. Travis knows it's not true and Gabe and William actually seem to really enjoy the little pudge on his stomach, so he doesn't care. William, however, goes on a rampage. He's, apparently, fiercely protective of what he considers his. He turns into some sort of investigator, comparing handwriting and interviewing everyone who had the book on the day the comment was left. He actually has no idea what he's doing so he never finds out who the culprit is but he swears that he will avenge his boyfriend. Well, one of his boyfriends. They finally made it official and William is very happy with this turn of events so he mostly gives up his search in order to have more time to fool around and make out. He thinks this is a fair trade, he's repairing Travie's damaged ego!
Rating: PG
Pairings: Jon/Spencer, Ryan/Brendon, Tom/Greta, William/Gabe/Travis
Summary: High school slam book au! The more polished form of this.
Someone makes a slam book. Everyone take turns passing it around and writing things about each other. It starts off as fun and games then people start writing actual secrets and mean things. Someone writes that they’ve loved Spencer for months. Well, Spencer has to find out who! Unfortunately, he can’t go by handwriting because the person obviously thought of that and wrote with their left hand. At least, Spencer hopes that’s what happened because he cannot date a first grader.
Someone goes on a page long tangent about how annoying and hyperactive Brendon is and crushes his spirit! Brendon didn’t know people didn’t really think he was that funny. Now, he doesn’t crack anymore stupid jokes and he doesn’t bounce around as much. He walks around like a downhearted puppy and that cannot just stand! Bob Bryar (Oh BOB MOTHERFUCKING BRYAR) liked the old Brendon even when he was scrambling to make it up to Bob’s shoulders before Bob could pull him down (He let Frank get away with it once. ONCE! Not knowing that Brendon could see and now the monkey has made it his life mission to climb Mount Bob.)
Brendon isn’t sure what’s going on but Bob spends a lot of time now looming and breathing down Ryan’s neck. Ryan is like a skittish colt and clings to Spencer like a lifeline. Unfortunately, Spencer misses the old Brendon too and only ever gives Ryan eyebrow signals to fix it. Ryan starts getting huffy and just starts being mean to everyone. One day, Brendon is finally in a good mood and acting a little like himself when he makes the mistake of hanging around Ryan. Ryan is not having a good day. Bob has started showing up at his house with Spencer to walk him to and from school. Ryan is delicate okay? Bob could snap him like a twig. Brendon latches on to Ryan one too many times and the explosion hits. Ryan tells (screams, really) Brendon that he's the one that wrote all those awful things in the slam book and he stands behind them because Brendon is annoying and he does tell bad jokes and he does have more energy than an entire classroom of kindergarteners.
Ryan storms away and Brendon is officially sad. He shoots Ryan mopey looks whenever he sees him and, eventually, starts avoiding Ryan completely. Ryan feels like he should be off the hook. Bob is too busy trying to cheer Brendon up to kill him and Spencer is too busy trying to find the mystery love of his life to care anymore. Too bad a sad Brendon drives Ryan crazier than a happy one. Ryan starts following Brendon around and is horrified to see how happy Brendon is with everyone else. He smiles and jokes like he always did when he's not around Ryan.Spencer finally rolls his eyes and tells Ryan to get a clue and "just fucking apologize already, you tremendous pussy."
Ryan finally corners Brendon a couple days later (who knew he would be so good at evasion). Ryan apologizes and ends up accidently telling Brendon how much he loves him! Ryan didn't even know and now Brendon is convinced they are meant to be.
"It was writ in stone, Ryan!" Brendon has his stern face when he says this and Ryan thinks that's so cute (seriously, what is wrong with him lately?) that he holds back the, "What stone?" Also, he feels that if he mentioned this Brendon would put it in stone himself. Or, at least, get Bob to carve it for him.
Spencer is happy that Ryan gets his fairytale ending or whatever but this secret admirer thing is getting ridiculous. He finds it hard to believe that no one knows who it is and he's asked everyone. Sisky and Butcher just smiled and told him good luck (Spencer tried to get away fast because they were having a competition with Carden that involved daring each other to eat things and the smell was overwhelming.) Tom just smirked and dryly said, "However am I supposed to know that?" Jon, who was standing next to Tom, blushed fifteen shades of red before dragging his best friend (the traitor) away.
Spencer is just stumped and frustrated. He finds himself spilling his heart out to Greta. Greta is amazing. She's pretty and smart and she's the Sophomore class president. She's knows everyone and everything but she never gossips. Greta listens to Spencer with a sympathetic ear and smiles because, of course she knows who it is but she would never say."Spencer," She finally says, "never mind the admirer, who do you like?" Spencer blushes and mumbles but Greta nods because she knows and suggests he goes to talk to him.
Jon is in the darkroom, where he spends most of his free time. Jon jumps when Spencer walks in and frantically starts ripping drying pictures down off the line. Spencer sees his own face on several glossy surfaces and reaches toward the pile in Jon's hands. Jon bites his lip and hands the pictures over. Spencer is shocked (SHOCKED!) to see that every picture Jon has is of him. He kind of wants to jump up and down and scream like a little girl because he's pretty sure jon wrote the message but he has dignity.He sorts through the pictures just so he can cover the stupid, beaming smile on his face. Once he wrangles the joy back in, he looks up at Jon.
Jon is so so nervous. He knows it's creepy to take pictures of people (okay, so, one person) when they don't know it and he's sure Spencer's going to never want to talk to him again. It's not his fault! It's all Spencer and his stupid, beautiful, smiling face.
Spencer leans toward Jon and gently gives him a small kiss on the cheek. "Jon Walker, I want to take you out to dinner."
Jon gapes then smiles.
Greta is on a mission. Someone wrote in that stupid book, "Greta, you don't know everything." It was Tom. Okay, Greta knows it was Tom because he signed his name with flourish at the bottom of the message and left his phone number, e-mail, and address. Greta thinks there's probably something he wants to tell her. She's not avoiding him. She's not! It's just that Tom's a senior and kind of a badass and those types of things appeal to Greta. They have appealed to her since the moment she walked through the high school doors and caught sight of Tom's nose ring. So, she's not avoiding him; she's just waiting for the opportune moment. And if it's been a week and she still hasn't found time to call him, well, the timing is just not right.
"Oh, Little Greta, you've been avoiding me." Tom literally drops out of nowhere into library seat next the Greta. She jumps and looks around to see absolutely no one that can save her. "Don't you want to know my secret?"
Greta is wagering her chances of actually hearing the secret if she says yes because Tom is smirking and reaching over to grab her hand. If her whole body instantly goes warm and her cheeks flush from the contact, she doesn't notice. "Okay, what's your secret?"
Tom smiles then, real and big and so much more amazing than Greta was prepared for."You like me."
Greta flushes harder because, duh, of course she does. Tom pulls her hand to lips for a gentle press of a kiss against her fingers. And, wow, that should be creepy and old-fashioned and weird but Tom is looking straight into her eyes and whispering, "I like you, too."
William, Gabe, and Travis probably had the most fun with the book. The took turns writing about each other to see who would get the most pissed off. Gabe and Travis teamed up to write Miss William and Her Amazing Wonder Bra (complete with illistrations). An epic story of Miss William, a flat-chested teenager who gets picked on by all the other girls because she's a late bloomer. William is not amused. He knows he looks like a girl, okay? He's long and willowy and bendy in ways boys aren't supposed to be. This does not mean he wanted Gabe and Travis to notice that.
Gabe mostly gets comments about being a creepy motherfucker and a lot of people leave notes about hooking them up with drugs. Gabe actually gets the most phone numbers for this reason. Gabe never signs his name in the book, he just leaves a drawing of a snake, or a horse. It's kind of hard to tell.
Travis is really laid back about the whole book thing. He's been routinely hooking with William and Gabe all year (usually at the same time) so he doesn't find a lot to complain about. One day, someone makes a comment on his page calling him fat. Travis knows it's not true and Gabe and William actually seem to really enjoy the little pudge on his stomach, so he doesn't care. William, however, goes on a rampage. He's, apparently, fiercely protective of what he considers his. He turns into some sort of investigator, comparing handwriting and interviewing everyone who had the book on the day the comment was left. He actually has no idea what he's doing so he never finds out who the culprit is but he swears that he will avenge his boyfriend. Well, one of his boyfriends. They finally made it official and William is very happy with this turn of events so he mostly gives up his search in order to have more time to fool around and make out. He thinks this is a fair trade, he's repairing Travie's damaged ego!