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we've gotta come up ('cause there's no further for us to fall) by starrydrowse
Fandoms: Queen (Band)
18 Oct 2020
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John can’t remember when the darkness first took root inside his chest.
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Or, John is depressed. Roger tries his best to help.
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- Part 10 of rocktober 2020
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“Rog?” John says finally.
“Hm?”
“Can we…” he swallows, steeling himself. “I… I’m not sure if I’m ready for everything just yet.”
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Or, John needs to take things slow. Roger doesn't mind.
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- Part 5 of rocktober 2020
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John’s face is tipped up towards the sun, basking in the warmth of it against his skin, and when he finally opens his eyes to look over he finds Roger already looking back at him, a dopey sort of grin on his face and his blue eyes sparkling in the light.
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Or, John and Roger manage to find an afternoon to themselves at Ridge Farm.
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- Part 8 of rocktober 2020
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astronomy in reverse (it was me who was discovered) by starrydrowse
Fandoms: Queen (Band)
11 Oct 2020
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Never in Ronnie’s life did she think that she might fall in love with a girl.
She was raised in a traditional Catholic family, with traditional Catholic values. The life she grew up picturing for herself was one with a husband, a small army of kids, and a white picket fence. A normal, quiet life in the countryside with a man who works hard to provide and then comes home to her at the end of each day. The possibility of her life turning out any other way never even occurred to Ronnie.
That is, until Johanna stumbled into her life.
Literally.
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Or, Johanna and Ronnie's first time meeting.
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- Part 4 of rocktober 2020
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we steal a few breaths from the world for a minute by starrydrowse
Fandoms: Queen (Band)
11 Oct 2020
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"Just…” Ronnie laughs awkwardly. “I don’t really know what to do.”
For a moment, Johanna feels so hopelessly endeared by her girlfriend that she swears she can feel her heart skip a few beats inside her chest.
“That’s alright,” she tells Ronnie gently, and when Ronnie looks at her with those big, round eyes, so trusting and lovely, Johanna smiles encouragingly. “We’ll go nice and slow, yeah?”
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Or, it's Ronnie's first time. Johanna teaches her what to do.
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- Part 3 of rocktober 2020
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“Is it too much?" Roger asks gently.
John hesitates.
Roger strokes John’s sweaty hair back from his forehead. “You can tell me if it is,” he says, his voice soft.
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Or, John and Roger try something new. John doesn't end up liking it as much as he thought he would.
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- Part 2 of rocktober 2020
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It’s raining outside, the sound of it smattering against the windowpane almost deafening in the quiet, and John can’t stand this.
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Or, John and Roger make up after their fight. Sequel to the last part in the series, "i give you my devotion (my only remedy)"
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- Part 7 of rocktober 2020
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can you come to where i'm staying and make some extra love? by starrydrowse
Fandoms: Queen (Band)
10 Oct 2020
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It takes John a long moment to figure out what woke him up.
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Or, Roger is up late cramming for an exam. John is sleepy.
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- Part 1 of rocktober 2020
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John doesn’t like fighting with any of them, but he especially doesn’t like fighting with Roger.
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Or, they're recording their first album. Tensions are high. Relationships are hard.
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- Part 6 of rocktober 2020
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your hand is in my own (as long as you leave it there) by starrydrowse
Fandoms: Queen (Band)
04 Sep 2020
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“What if he never gets better?”
Brian doesn’t know what to say to that. He thinks for a long moment, trying to fish any coherent thoughts out from somewhere inside the deep, aching sadness that’s swallowing him up inside. He wants to reassure Roger— and himself— he wants to say firmly “he will,” and have that be the end of the discussion. He can’t.
“I don’t know,” he answers finally, honestly.
It seems to be what Roger was expecting. And then,
“I don’t want to lose him, Bri.”
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- Part 2 of DL bingo 2020
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the boys spend their first night together in their new flat. vodka is involved.
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For what feels like the millionth time, Brianna finds herself feeling incredibly grateful for the little life she’s built here with Johanna out in the countryside.
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- Part 1 of DL bingo 2020
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When he brings a hand up to cup Brian’s cheek, Brian lets him. He thumbs over Brian's cheekbone and Brian’s eyelashes flutter, a shaky sigh spilling from his lips. Roger slots their lips together and kisses him, soft and chaste.
“Is that okay?” he asks. They’re so close that their lips brush when he says it. “Will you let me show you?" He pulls back, just enough to search Brian’s eyes. He finds them, for once, difficult to read.
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Or, Roger has never been great at apologies. Sometimes words can only say so much.
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John hums, stretching out like a cat in the sun, before slowly relaxing again and staring up at Freddie. Freddie’s eyes are fixed on the television again, his hand still absentmindedly petting John’s hair. John loves him so much it’s overwhelming for a moment.
“Kiss, please,” he says softly.
Freddie blinks down at him before he sighs, playful, bending to kiss him with a smile on his lips.
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Or, John is feeling happy and playful and in love. Freddie is always willing to indulge him.
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Brian is a fucking vision, kneeling there naked on the floor of their bedroom, looking up at him with doe eyes and red, spit-slick lips. He’s so hard, just from sucking John off, his cock red and leaking between his legs, and when John leans down to kiss him Brian moans softly against his lips, a needy and pitiful little thing.
“Sir...” he breathes when John pulls away. “Can I… I need to come, sir,” he whispers. “Please, can I come?”
John searches his face for a long moment. “Not yet,” he says.
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Or, Brian loves to be told no. John loves to be the one to tell him.
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Melina takes another long drag off the joint, her cheeks hollowing, and Regina finds that she can’t look away. She feels warm and hazy and very stoned, and when she gets very stoned like this she tends to get a little desperate to be fucked, and now she feels a different sort of heat curling low in her stomach.
She stares for a moment longer before she pushes herself up onto her hand and cranes her neck toward Melina. Obliging, Melina bends to kiss her, and Regina’s head spins as Mel cradles her jaw so gently and slowly breathes the smoke into her mouth.
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Or, what else is there to do on a hot summer afternoon?
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There’s a nudge against his arm, and he tips his head to the side see Roger holding the bottle out to him. His cheeks are flushed and he’s bathed in warm light from the lamp on the floor, and something flutters in John’s chest. The sounds of the wind and the rain beating against the window and the Hendrix record playing quietly in the corner are drifting in muffled through the blankets, and John can’t remember the last time he felt as comfortable and as relaxed as he feels right now, with Roger’s warmth at his side.
He takes a long swig and then screws the cap back on, passes the wine back to Roger before he sighs, fixes him with a lazy smile. Roger laughs a little at nothing at all and grins back at him.
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Or, there’s a thunderstorm. John and Roger make the most of it. There may or may not be wine involved.
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Roger pulls back, and when Brian opens his eyes to look at him his pupils are blown. He’s beautiful like that, Roger thinks; with his dark eyes and his red, spit-slick lips. Roger gives him a soft smile. “Let us help you relax, yeah?”
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Or, Brian is stressed. John and Roger help him relax.
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He’s in his own bed— finally— after endless months of cramped tour bus bunks and fancy hotel rooms that, while nice (and unquestionably better than the shoddy Holiday Inns they’d stayed in during their early years) always leave a bit of a sour taste in Brian’s mouth.
He’s finally home and he has nowhere at all to be— no plans, no commitments— nothing even remotely important to think about except for Freddie, warm and wrapped in his arms, clinging to him, breathing softly as he sleeps.
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Or, Brian and Freddie spend a morning taking things slow.