Volume II: Sam's Town
Chapter Seven, Part Two: You Have One Saved Message

“Okay,” Dave sighed before sitting down beside an answering machine, “let’s do this shit.”

“Wait,” Brandon started. “Will we still have the messages if you unplugged the phone?”

Dave stared at the singer blankly, “you sure are some kind of stupid, aren't you Brandon ( Read more... )

Volume II: Sam's Town
Chapter Seven, Part One: You Have One Saved Message

“Brandon, wake up,” Brandon heard a voice say as he felt a hand gently shaking his shoulder, “It’s your birthday, baby, wake up!”

Brandon groaned and buried his head further into the pillow, “It’s my birthday let me sleep.”

“I have your present ready,” Ronnie kissed ( Read more... )

Volume II: Sam's Town
Chapter Six, Part Two: It's Hard Enough To Live

“Brandon, you have to pack.” Ronnie sighed, hands on his hips. His boyfriend was currently face down on the bed, groaning. “We’re leaving in like… less than a week and you have yet to do anything except sadly wrap the wine glasses in packing paper.”

“I’ll get to it ( Read more... )

Volume II: Sam's Town
Chapter Six, Part One: It's Hard Enough To Live

“So then I said ‘maybe we should Tavian Go back to my place’.” Brandon furrowed his brows in confusion at the comment as he pushed his way through the tour bus’ door.

“Then what did you do?” Ronnie acknowledged Brandon’s presence with a smile and nod but continued talking to ( Read more... )

Volume II: Sam's Town
Chapter Five, Part Two: A Subtle Kiss That No One Sees

“Flight one-eleven, Las Vegas to San Francisco, will be boarding in thirty minutes.”

Brandon grimaced and shifted in his seat; the singer bounced his leg up and down impatiently. Ronnie noticed but decided not to say anything knowing that it was either due to nerves or ( Read more... )

Volume II: Sam's Town
Chapter Five, Part One: A Subtle Kiss That No One Sees

“It’s hard to get into the mood to write a Christmas song when it’s October and eighty-two degrees outside,” Brandon said from his usual spot on the floor.

“You’re going to throw out your back by doing that,” Ronnie spoke loud so Brandon could hear him from the kitchen. ( Read more... )

Volume II: Sam's Town
Chapter Four, Part Two: Let Me Show You How Much I Care

Their idea didn't go quite as planned. Rather than talking about naughty things, they spent the majority of the time lazily singing along to the radio. Their hands were intertwined with each other's on the console. At one point, Ronnie asked Brandon a question only to ( Read more... )

Volume II: Sam's Town
Chapter Four, Part One: Let Me Show You How Much I Care

It was nine o’clock on a Monday and Brandon was still in bed. He and Ronnie would be going to the Palms Casino in a few hours and he knew that he should probably get up but he decided against it. He was only a little nervous about the upcoming session with the band. Okay ( Read more... )

Volume II: Sam's Town
Chapter Three, Part Two: If You Can Keep a Secret, I Can Keep a Secret

The drummer decided not to tell Dave about the dream the next day. Nothing noteworthy happened and it felt like minutes took hours. Ronnie found himself waiting for Brandon to call again. The singer had been pretty persistent with his voicemails, usually ( Read more... )

Volume II: Sam's Town
Chapter Three, Part One: Don’t You Worry, It’ll All Work Out

Ronnie felt as if Brandon was growing distant. He had felt this way since after their anniversary and the feeling only strengthened after the night Mark had come to teach Brandon how to play bass. Ronnie wasn't holding it against the bassist, but there wasn't a ( Read more... )