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Glam Kink Meme Post #1

Aug 11, 2010 20:25

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Adam-centric angst anonymous October 19 2010, 22:57:26 UTC

Because of an accident/illness/whatever, Adam loses his voice. Possibly permanently. How does he deal with the loss?

Everything else is up to the author, even though I'm an Adam/Tommy shipper who loves happy endings.

Re: Adam-centric angst anonymous June 26 2011, 17:54:33 UTC

Considering writing something for this... how do you feel about Brad, though? I don't really connect with Tommy as a character.

FILLED: Giving Voice (1/10) Adam/Brad Friendship choose2live July 12 2011, 04:08:39 UTC

It starts when Brad gets Adam on the phone after his second sold-out international tour. “You sound beat,” Brad says, taking in the scratchy quality of Adam’s normally smooth voice. Brad’s heard Adam after seven-times-a-week-for-months performances of Wicked, and while a worldwide tour is physically demanding, Brad knows Adam’s limits ( ... )

Re: FILLED: Giving Voice (2a/10) Adam/Brad Friendship choose2live July 12 2011, 04:18:18 UTC

It’s really closer to forty-five minutes before he arrives, and Alisan meets him on Adam’s front porch, giving him a kiss in thanks before hurrying off to her car. Brad gives a perfunctory knock before letting himself in, calling out, “Adam! Your drug dealer’s here ( ... )

Re: FILLED: Giving Voice (2b/10) Adam/Brad Friendship choose2live July 12 2011, 04:20:06 UTC

Brad makes quick work of the kitchen and puts the leftovers in the fridge, then goes to look for Adam. He finds him in the great room, and Brad leans against the doorframe, watching. Adam’s standing in front of the floor-length window, silhouetted against a view of Los Angeles at dusk. The scene is striking, and Brad finds himself distracted for a moment: the last of the light refracting off the haze, causing the city to glow pink, laid out at Adam’s feet. He allows himself a smile, finding it apropos - with all that has happened in the past year, it seems the whole world is Adam’s ( ... )

Re: FILLED: Giving Voice (3/10) Adam/Brad Friendship choose2live July 12 2011, 04:25:19 UTC

Brad carries on, daily life its normal inundation of random and interesting things, but he finds Adam in his thoughts time and again. He pulls out his iPhone and texts: ‘How you feeling today, baby? Are the meds kicking the ass of the Cold of Doom?’

The reply isn’t immediate, and Brad’s immersed in YouTube when his phone vibrates. ‘Haha, working on it. Catching up on my DVR.’

Brad smirks and shoots off, ‘You aren’t still wanking to my ep of Torchwood, are you?’

‘In ur dreams, smartass’

Grinning, Brad turns off the screen, feeling better.

*

The next day, Brad texts again: ‘What are you up to today?’ He’s not wanting to be overbearing, but still feels the need to check up. Along with Alisan, and Leila, and God knows how many other people… He rolls his eyes at himself. Adam’s going to see right through him ( ... )

Re: FILLED: Giving Voice (4/10) Adam/Brad Friendship choose2live July 12 2011, 04:31:26 UTC

Adam’s house is predictably quiet when Brad lets himself in, and he only does a perfunctory check of the den before heading straight to the master bedroom. When he pushes the door open, it’s dark, the only light filtering in through the still-drawn curtains. “Adam?” Brad says softly, not wanting to startle him, but there’s no response from the lump tucked up under the bedcovers.

He must be asleep, Brad thinks, and pads quietly to the side of the bed ( ... )

Re: FILLED: Giving Voice (5/10) Adam/Brad Friendship choose2live July 12 2011, 05:36:29 UTC

Once they arrive at Cedars-Sinai, Brad’s forced to wait while Adam is treated; he busies himself by calling Alisan and convincing her she doesn’t have to leave work early, and poking around in the hospital gift shop. He debates calling Leila, feeling strongly as though he ought to, but concludes that it isn’t his right to make that decision for Adam ( ... )

Re: FILLED: Giving Voice (6/10) Adam/Brad Friendship choose2live July 12 2011, 05:38:32 UTC

Adam is released from the hospital a couple of days later, his illness finally brought under control by the latest medication, though Brad wonders if perhaps the sickness has just run its course. According to Adam’s texts, they still weren’t sure what it was, concluding that it must have been something he picked up on his international travels.

Leila had returned home abruptly after hearing about her oldest’s decline in health; Brad wasn’t sure how Adam had told her, but he knew he was glad to have not been around for that conversation ( ... )

Re: FILLED: Giving Voice (6b/10) Adam/Brad Friendship choose2live July 12 2011, 05:40:07 UTC

Brad squeezes his eyes shut, pressing his face against Adam’s temple, barely able to restrain his own fear and keep his focus on Adam. This was nothing short of devastating; from the time Brad had met him, Adam’s sense of self had been irrevocably tied up in his voice, nearly every dream and goal orbiting around the talent he had cultivated since childhood. Brad’s own memories were infused with it - mornings of Adam singing in the shower; cheering Adam on at so many tiny clubs; the one time he’d tried to make Adam sing in bed, which only resulted in them laughing until they cried. And over the past several years, seeing Adam finally achieving the success he’d striven for, that voice celebrated and honored like it deserved, Adam’s goals of headlining tours, a house in the Hills, and providing for his mother all materializing around him ( ... )

Re: FILLED: Giving Voice (7/10) Adam/Brad Friendship choose2live July 12 2011, 05:41:10 UTC

A few days later Adam holds what he terms the “Still-not-fit-to-be-seen-in-public-but-want-to-see-my-friends” dinner party, where the people who Brad privately thinks of as the “inner circle” all descend upon Adam’s house with the singular focus of celebrating their friendship. Everyone present, aside from a couple of significant others, have known Adam since before he was famous, and the level of comfort and familiarity amongst them all is unsurpassed ( ... )

Re: FILLED: Giving Voice (8a/10) Adam/Brad Friendship choose2live July 18 2011, 01:03:18 UTC

SO SORRY I failed on my "tomorrow" promise! I just started a new job, at which I put in 75+ hours this week, and by the time I get home my brain just switched *off*. My apologies for the wait, and here's all the rest ( ... )

Re: FILLED: Giving Voice (8b/10) Adam/Brad Friendship choose2live July 18 2011, 01:16:42 UTC

Made stupid by the adrenaline flowing through him, Brad’s on the verge of asking What won’t? before he realizes what Adam’s talking about. He blinks and stares, mouth opening on a question he doesn’t know how to ask, when Adam stalks over to him, huge and furious and Brad can’t help the step back he takes.

“Did you hear me that time? IT WON’T HELP!” Adam’s voice cracks and gives out on his shout, the words felt in his breath more than heard. “You know what they said about your stupid fucking therapy? That it’s worthless. That I’ll be lucky if I can ever sing again at all.”

The words hit Brad with a dull thud, and he can do nothing for a moment but stare at Adam, whose face is terrible and twisted with rage. When he can’t muster a response, Adam snarls and stalks away, kicking viciously at the mess on the floor.

Brad stands for a long minute, absorbing this new reality, sorting through the shock of what Adam has just said. It won’t help It won’t help It won’t help. It pricks at him, Adam’s words feeling all wrong, Adam’s ( ... )

Re: FILLED: Giving Voice (9a/10) Adam/Brad Friendship choose2live July 18 2011, 01:20:44 UTC

It doesn’t take him long to start feeling like shit. His anger fades, and as he thinks back on the things he said, he wonders if that may not have been what Adam needed at the time. Brad doesn’t regret the truth so much as the timing and the manner - he’s the one person who knows what Adam is going through, and he feels exceptionally cruel for alienating himself at a time when Adam clearly needs support.

And yet, he knows he can’t apologize for what he said; if his words spur Adam into action, they’re worth whatever harm was inflicted. He wants to reach out, but he doesn’t want to get caught in Adam’s anger again.

*

Brad’s checking his Twitter feed a couple of days later when one @reply catches his eye: ‘Did u see ur ex getting wasted last night?’ with a link attached. Mentally flipping off the sender, Brad almost doesn’t click it; wouldn’t have if he hadn’t been surprised that Adam was out at all.

He must be feeling better, Brad thinks as the pictures load on JustJared. When they come up, however, his heart sinks. He’s ( ... )

Re: FILLED: Giving Voice (9b/10) Adam/Brad Friendship choose2live July 18 2011, 01:24:18 UTC

Adam gives a jerky nod, his throat working as he swallows hard. He fidgets with a hole in his jeans, eyes focused on the loose threads as he says, “19 found someone - a vocal coach - who works with damaged voices. She’s supposed to be really good.”

Brad’s eyes widen. “That’s great,” he says, feeling hope surge in him again, but something in Adam’s manner makes him refrain from asking all the questions that spring up in his mind.

Adam picks more violently at his jeans. “What if…” His hand curls into a tight fist. “What if it doesn’t work?”

The words are whispered, barely audible, but Brad hears them. Reaching out, he puts his hand on top of Adam’s fist and squeezes. “What if it does?”

Adam’s breath hitches, and he raises his other hand to his mouth, pressing his fingers to his lips. “I just-“ He hesitates, and Brad can hear his throat closing around the words. “If I try… and want it… and what if it doesn’t work?” His lips tremble and he presses them together, eyes wide and unblinking to try and keep the moisture in them ( ... )

Re: FILLED: Giving Voice (10/10) END Adam/Brad Friendship choose2live July 18 2011, 01:25:53 UTC

Adam spends most of the next four days at Brad’s apartment, absorbed in his own thoughts while Brad goes about his daily business. Brad doesn’t ask, just makes sure he gets fed and held, and offers distractions in the form of cool internet discoveries and True Blood episodes when Adam gets too lost in his own head.

On the fourth day, Brad hangs up from a phone call that he’s taken to the bedroom, and as he walks back to the living room he stops short to listen. Adam is… singing, the chorus of Whataya Want From Me thin and off-key, the high notes breaking, before Adam’s voice dies out altogether.

Brad holds his breath as he steps into the room, not sure what he will find. Adam is sitting on the couch, staring off towards the window, a couple of wet trails down his face.

“I can’t do this,” Adam says into the empty space, and Brad’s breath catches before Adam continues. “I can’t… not sing. I can’t.” There’s a note of desperation under his words. “Even if I try and it doesn’t come back-“ Adam stops, then takes a deep breath ( ... )

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