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• Dead On Your Feet by asomedayman

  Fandoms: The Beatles (Band), Wings | Paul McCartney and Wings (Band)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • Gen, Other
  • Work in Progress

  13 Aug 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr
  • George Harrison & Paul McCartney
  • John Lennon & Paul McCartney
  • Paul McCartney & Jimmy McCulloch
  • I guess? Not for long rip
  • Not exactly slash but a slash reading becomes more valid as we go along
  • Linda McCartney/Paul McCartney
  • Paul McCartney
  • Linda McCartney
  • Ringo Starr
  • George Harrison (The Beatles)
  • John Lennon
  • Jimmy McCulloch
  • Other Character Tags to Be Added
  • Murder-Suicide
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Infant Death
  • Not a Fix-It
  • Like even a little its pretty sad
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Period Typical Attitudes
  • Paul is Dead but not like that
  • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
  • Gun Violence
  • Period-Typical Antisemitism

  Summary

  In 1977, Jimmy McCulloch kills Paul and Linda in their beds while they sleep. Their three children are parentless, the world is missing its music virtuoso, and the remaining Beatles must come to turns with losing someone they used to know better than themselves.

  Inspired by the anecdote about Jimmy McCulloch nearly shooting Paul and Linda in their sleep from Geoffrey Guiliano's Blackbird.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  16,652

  Chapters:

  4/?

  Comments:

  10

  Kudos:

  27

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  433

• A Beatle (Not John-Paul-George) by asomedayman

  Fandoms: The Beatles (Band)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  15 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • John Lennon & Paul McCartney
  • Pete Best & Paul McCartney
  • Pete Best & John Lennon
  • Pete Best
  • Paul McCartney
  • John Lennon
  • Mentioned George Harrison (The Beatles)
  • Mentioned Ringo Starr
  • POV Outsider I guess?
  • That John & Paul business if you squint
  • But only coz they were Like That
  • This is NOT a Ringo Never fic BUT consider
  • Pete didn't deserve all that

  Summary

  Pete just didn’t get it, is the thing. He never had, and he reached the conclusion that he wasn't going to. Only, he didn’t bloody think they’d fire him. Not even game to look him in the face and do it, either. Went through their new posh manager, Mr Epstein.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,879

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  11

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  73