fic: First Tell Me Which Road You Will Take (PATD, Brendon/Ryan AU)

[welltimedsmiles]

First Tell Me Which Road You Will Take
maybe this is what it’s like when you fall out of love or the one where Ryan and Brendon chose to make it better. Brendon/Ryan. AU [10,000]

This is for marksykins in a holiday fic exchange.

Comments

[drunktuesdays]

Oh wow, this was so perfectly executed. Well DONE.

[welltimedsmiles]

Thank you so much ♥

[stealstheashes]

Ryan used to love to sit and watch Brendon practice. He would bring his homework and sit on the floor, his jacket spread out beneath him while Brendon spent hours preparing for piano recitals or working on material for composition classes. Ryan used to wish he could draw or was able to take the sort of photographs Jon does so he could capture everything about those moments that made something in Ryan's skin buzz just a little, that let him sit there and easily fall asleep in the middle of the room, his head on his book. Instead, he wrote pieces of poetry in the margins of his books about music and savage beasts, muscles that concentrate and bend everything and everyone. All of them scared Ryan later with how awkward and bare they were. Nothing about them hid what they meant.

I think this description is my very favorite part, and I'm so glad they chose to fix it because the sad parts were sad. Also lol that Brendon's students tried to buy pot from Ryan- clearly they have A+++ instincts.

[welltimedsmiles]

Brendon playing music is very pretty!

Thank you :)

[welltimedsmiles]

\o/!!!!!!

I'm so glad you liked it. I felt a little :/ about doing something that would be a little sad, so I'm super glad it worked for you.

even moreso than fics with the first flush of true love (even if it's like diamonds).

&RYAN ROSSY;

[erilyn]

I love this, it feels so real, and it's bittersweet and sad and hopeful in turns.

[welltimedsmiles]

Thanks! I'm glad all that came through. :)

[just_katarin]

This was just, really beautiful and sweet and HOPEFUL and I love it so much.

[welltimedsmiles]

Thank you! I'm happy the hopeful part came through and not just :( :( :(