Master Post: We Used To Be Friends

[ladyfoxxx]

Fandom: Bandom
Bands: MCR, The Used (Panic, FOB)
Pairing(s): Frank/Mikey (Ray/Spencer)
Word Count: 50 500 words
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Canon fuckery - this is an AU which borrows heavily from canon, but it's still an AU.
Summary:
"You and me, right Mikes?"

"Yeah, fuck everybody else."

Best friends since high school, if Frank could've chosen a brother, he'd pick Mikey. Then Mikey became a rock star and Frank... didn't. After years of radio silence, Mikey steps onto a stage in Jersey and back into Frank's life.

(Or, the one where Frank is a school teacher and Mikey plays rhythm in The Used.)

A/N: This story owes a lot to a lot of people. To anoneknewmoose for stellar beta and making sure I knew it was worth posting. To mizubyte for straightening out my canon fuckups (she drew me a diagram of the Starland Ballroom, you guys!) and being generally brilliant. To jenepel and silly_cleo the most awesome Nano gurus without whom this story wouldn't even have been finished, and to turps33, kopperblaze, cee_m and my entire twitter feed for continually reassuring me that there were people out there who actually wanted to read this ridiculous story. Lastly, to the awesome bandombigbang mods for running the challenge beautifully and being super helpful and amazing.


The whole fic on AO3

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

Bonus Materials

Fanart:

One gorgeous piece by anna_luna (Spoilery for the fic)

Fanmix:

You're My Guitar Hero by almostblue

Comments

[ladyfoxxx.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you! Sorry about the angst. Wow I don't think I've considered futurefic for this scenario. It would probably be quite self indulgent - Frank and Mikey as an established couple, maybe Frank tagging along on another tour - oh or maybe Mikey comes home to Frank at the end of a tour! And he's moved his stuff into Frank's place because he lives there now. And Gerard comes over a lot and complains good-naturedly about how Mikey doesn't stay with him when he's off tour anymore. And they have end-of-tour BBQs on the back porch with the guys from The Used when they come through Jersey to tour. And eventually they get Frank and Ray's band to play the support slot on their Jersey shows. You know, that kind of thing. <3