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1. How They Parted by EncodedLiege

   Fandoms: Queen (Band)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   25 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • John Deacon/Veronica Tetzlaff
   • John Deacon/Freddie Mercury
   • John Deacon
   • Freddie Mercury
   • Brian May
   • Roger Taylor (Queen)
   • Veronica Tetzlaff
   • Robert Deacon
   • Romance
   • Open Relationships
   • Bottom John Deacon
   • Shy John Deacon
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Extremely Dubious Consent
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • People Pleaser John Deacon
   • 1970s Era Queen (Band)
   • Protective Freddie Mercury
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • (to start with)

   Summary

   In the summer of 1974, Veronica gives birth to John's baby and everything starts to break down. Follow along as John gets broken and then built up again by his friends, especially Freddie during their trip to Japan.

   (This story plans to be m/m in the end)

   "In another life, maybe it was you and me. Maybe there, we loved each other right. And we were happy. Maybe in that life we did all the things we said we would. But in this one… we’ve both fucked it up, Ronnie. We ruined it."

   Series

   • Part 9 of Deaky's Downs

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   165,261

   Chapters:

   43/?

   Comments:

   45

   Kudos:

   9

   Bookmarks:

   1

   Hits:

   447