Archive for September, 2009

Nightswimming

Frank wakes up to the muted chirp of his cell phone alarm at one in the morning on the Tuesday of the last week of summer school.* Follows Everyday Mysteries in the Summertime.

Officer Smith

Spencer is a cop and Brendon gets pulled over for speeding. Meow.*

Worth It

Bob’s always a little excited when he leaves home, even the times when he’s actually reluctant to go.* Follows Absence Does Make the Heart.

Get Your Jock Off My Radio

Spencer and Ryan host a late night radio show.*

Absense Sort of Does Make the Heart

When The Used finish their summer tour, finally, the first thing Bob does is pile some shit into his car.*

Close Enough For True

If you wanted to, if you were so inclined, you could place the blame squarely on William – in fact, William himself would be eager to accept it, if only because the story ended so well – but in the beginning, in the beginning, if you blamed William, you would not, actually, be correct.*

Adventures in Office Romance; or, His Rumpled Secretary

It’s a Harlequin romance novel, starring bandboys. Yes, that involves many of the clinchy, shmoopy cliches you’re thinking of. In which Brendon is Spencer’s secretary, and somehow Spencer has never really noticed him before.*

Don’t Test the Moment

“Wait, you’re the psychic?” isn’t the best first impression Gabe has ever made.* In the Behind the Sea verse.

Any Place You’ll Allow (Rogues and Queens)

It’s about three a.m. when the guy comes in, Frank guesses, because he’s just getting the itch for a cigarette but knows he doesn’t have another break coming for a while. The guy is young, although not that young, not a college kid on his first strip joint tour or hazing for a frat, and [...]

anon_lovefest: post #72

Mike answers on the second ring with “What the Hell?” and Kevin knows he’s getting off easy.*