Fic Post: Where We Land

[harborshore]

Dear livejournal, right now I have a torakowalski and the weather is lovely and we saw X-men: First Class yesterday (lovely tragic gay romance, entertainingly wrong about other things). Tonight I go on holiday from work. It's a good week.

Oh, and there was a story that went up yesterday. I was out between 9 and midnight, so I didn't get a chance to do my own post (meaning my wonderful cowriter posted the whole thing, and you should all gasp in awe, because damn, is she ever amazing), but here it is. Same verse as Why Wait Any Longer, which was posted almost exactly a year ago.

Title: Where We Land
Authors: fictionalaspect and harborshore
Band(s): The Like, Panic! At the Disco, The Young Veins
Pairing(s):: Brendon/Z, Ryan/Spencer/Tennessee, Annie/Laena
Word Count: 55,306
Rating/Warnings: NC-17. One scene contains violent imagery and references to the threat of attempted non-con. Some scenes also contain homophobic language and sexualized insults directed at women. There is no actual dub-con or non-con in this fic.

Summary:Ryan and Z are the resident outcasts of their small Midwestern town, best friends who are fiercely protective of themselves and each other. As junior year starts, Z's trying to get her (struggling) band off the ground, and Ryan mostly just wants to be left alone--but everything changes when Brendon Urie transfers to their school.

master post, full summary, author's notes and wonderful extras are over here

This story, you guys. We've been writing it for over a year, and it's been such a process of falling in love with the characters, over and over again, of falling into the friendship of Ryan and Z, their you-and-me-against-the-world, of writing about learning trust and love and figuring out how to make it alright without glossing over the hard things. What started as an accidental commentfic (fictionalaspect said "Spencer/Ryan/Tennessee" when I asked for a rare pairing, and then we came up with Brendon/Z as a counterpart, and two weeks later we had 17K) grew into something I--it's hard to explain. I loved working with fictionalaspect (so much, holy shit), I love what we made, I'm so glad it's done but I'm also bewildered that this enormous project (for me, anyway--longest fic I ever posted) isn't--we finished it. Here it is.

Comments

[blindmouse.livejournal.com]

55k? I had no idea this was going to be so long, wow. Also exciting! I don't read a lot of bandom these days, but I've been wanting this fic for ages ♥

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

I didn't know either! It just, like, ended up epic. And then more epic. And then it was fifty-five thousand words long and I was still claiming it was 40K. *hands* I hope you like, dearest, and that it was worth the wait ♥

[almostblue.livejournal.com]

♥ ♥ ♥

LOL RIGHT? People are all "how long is it?" and I'm like "idk idk 39k I think?" :D:

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

FAVORITE.

Ps. *points down* We have a marriage proposal, we must be doing something right.

[sansets]

BB, I feel I must pause midway through part one to flail at you and tell you that THIS IS THE BEST THING IN THE HISTORY OF FUCKING EVER, OMG. Would it be too creepy to propose to you both? ♥

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

*beams* Not at all! In fact, she proposed to me yesterday so you're just in time to get in on a September wedding in a field on the East Coast somewhere. I will be barefoot and wearing green.

ps. I'm so glad you like, darling.

[roga.livejournal.com]

:D! Also hey, I know the fic's name now :D

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

&you;! Most awesome beta. And LOLOL yes. We had a different title for it, but then we realized that a line from that particular important song was really quite perfect.

[redbrickrose.livejournal.com]

♥

I need to set aside some time to read the finished version, but thank you guys for the chance at a sneak peak! :) I enjoyed it so much.