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• cub by strokerofdivision

  Fandoms: The Strokes (Band)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Rape/Non-Con
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  13 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Rape/Non-Con
  • Julian Casablancas/Albert Hammond Jr.
  • Julian Casablancas
  • Albert Hammond Jr.
  • Nick Valensi
  • Nikolai Fraiture
  • Fabrizio Moretti
  • Sad
  • sad gay people
  • Gay
  • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
  • 90s
  • Literature
  • Graphic Depictions of Illness
  • Illnesses
  • Trauma
  • Psychological Trauma
  • Silence of the Lambs References
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being References
  • Dogs
  • puppy
  • Music
  • Band Fic
  • Gay Sex
  • Movies references

  Summary

  after dropping out of university, Julian becomes withdran and solitary.
  his friends and Albert, his new roommate, begin to notice that something is wrong: a painful event that Julian refuses to name and that threatens to resurface.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,339

  Chapters:

  1/?

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  14

  Hits:

  128

• The Red Lights Mean You´re Leaving by strokerofdivision

  Fandoms: The Strokes  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  30 Mar 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Julian Casablancas/Albert Hammond Jr.
  • Julian Casablancas
  • Albert Hammond Jr.
  • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
  • Drug Abuse
  • 2000s
  • mentions of band members
  • sad gay people
  • Abusive Relationship
  • Based on a Arcade Fire song
  • Indie Music
  • Melancholy
  • Song: Headlights Look Like Diamonds (Arcade Fire)
  • romantic sex
  • The Strokes fic
  • Relationship Discussions

  Summary

  Julian remembers New York in the 2000s, his love for the city, and something else...

  Series

  • Part 1 of Headlights Look Like Diamonds

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,997

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  6

  Kudos:

  21

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  314