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SUMMARIES:

#1
Band(s): My Chemical Romance
Pairing(s): Frank/Gerard
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Summary:

Seven years ago, Frank Iero was in high school and Gerard Way was a priest, but their relationship took a major turn. Gerard abandoned the priesthood for doubts over his vows and Frank easily fell in love with him.

Today, Frank is in his last year of college and, while his band is finally taking off, he is still working a part time job and moves into an apartment with Gerard. However, living together twenty four seven proves to be a difficult challenge. Gerard's behavior becomes more and more secretive and, despite Frank confronting him about it, Gerard won't tell him what's wrong. Frank is determined to get answers, though and will do whatever it takes to get them.

#2
Band(s): Fall Out Boy, Cobra Starship, My Chemical Romance, Panic! at the Disco
Pairing(s): Pete/Patrick, background Brendon/Frank/Gabe
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic violence, firearms, explosions, physical injury, abduction, minor OC death, grief responses, co-dependency
Summary:

Director Wentz has made the Department stronger, more sane, and safer. Unfortunately, nothing is a sure thing in the field of private sector espionage. No one knows it better than Agent Stump, the best field agent on record. When a job goes south, it becomes more obvious than ever that the Department’s finest rely more on one another than anyone else, no matter how many people have their backs. (A sidestory to a 2013 Wave One BBB.)

#3
Band(s): Panic at the Disco, Empires
Pairing(s): Eventual Spencer Smith/Tom Conrad, Spencer/OFCs
Rating: R
Warnings: language, sexual content, and underage drinking
Summary:

When Spencer is 17, his parents separate, leading him to move to Chicago with his dad. Spencer's more than a little confused about who he is, now that he's out from under Ryan's shadow and alone in a new town. Spencer reinvents himself, and with his new image brings a slew of attention and more than his fair share of teen angst. In comes Jon Walker, Spencer's photo teacher, and with Jon comes a new found passion and Tom Conrad, the man who shows Spencer a little glimpse of happiness in The Windy City.

#4
Band(s): Panic! at the Disco, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy
Pairing(s): Brendon/Frank
Rating: R
Warnings: an afterlife au, disturbing imagery, violence, supernatural creatures, offscreen OC character death, possible religious blasphemy
Summary:

In special cases, life goes on even when you’re dead. Though, that’s always up for interpretation. Brendon doesn’t know if being put on Supernatural Pest Control means he has a life or just a function the Death Department can exploit. At least, he isn’t alone, what with Frank sitting right beside him in their green, ‘67 Ford Thunderbird as they speed down highways and backroads toward their jobs.

#5
Band(s): William Beckett (The Academy Is...), background Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, My Chemical Romance (pan-bandom)
Pairing(s): Gen (background Pete Wentz/Bebe Rexha, William Beckett/Gabe Saporta, William Beckett/Mikey Way)
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Killjoys AU dystopia. Mentioned medical euthanasia. Some grieving for a dead-when-fic-starts character.
Summary:

Killjoys!AU. The man who was once called Bill Beckett took his daughter out into the desert because he thought it was a better life. Now he wonders if he was wrong.

He’s worked his adult life trading information and selling stories to keep them alive and running. But the desert and his daughter are changing. He is starting to forget why he came here and around him, others are forgetting too. Bill must make his final decision as a father and a human being.

#6
Band(s): Panic! at the Disco
Pairing(s): Brendon Urie/Spencer Smith
Rating: PG
Warnings: Cutesy dragons
Summary:

Spencer is generally content with his life, studying dragons at the university and mooning over Brendon, the aide at his boarding house, in his spare time. It's a quiet life, but one he enjoys - until it all gets thrown out of whack when the dragons under his care start falling ill. With Brendon at his side, Watson to his steampunk!Sherlock, Spencer sets out to discover the culprit and possible win some hearts while he's at it.

#7
Band(s): MCR, Midtown
Pairing(s): Gerard/Mikey, Gabe/Mikey, Gabe/Gerard
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Incest
Summary:

They haven't even been a band for two years, and they’re opening for Midtown. Gerard just wishes Mikey would stop telling him about sex with Gabe. And having sex with Gabe where Gerard can see them. And, really, having sex with Gabe at all, especially since Mikey doesn't even seem to be getting orgasms out of it.

#8
Band(s): My Chemical Romance
Pairing(s): Gerard/Grant, Frank/Gerard/Grant
Rating: Mature
Warnings: None
Summary:

Frank finishes his doctoral degree and gets a teaching position at a university back home. Two of the first people he meets—fellow English professor Grant Morrison and art professor Gerard Way—adopt him into their circle and they become close. Things get complicated when he starts developing feelings for both of them. Meanwhile, Grant and Gerard are conducting a casual affair that's starting to become anything but.

#9
Band(s): Fall Out Boy, Midtown
Pairing(s): Pete Wentz/Gabe Saporta
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Summary:

A fluffy genderqueer rom-com where Gabe works at a nail salon, Pete's in a queercore band, and nothing bad or mean happens.

#10
Band(s): My Chemical Romance
Pairing(s): Frank/Grant, Brian/Gerard, Gerard/Lindsey
Rating: Mature
Warnings: None
Summary:

Frank, Brian, and James own a bakery/chocolatier/patisserie together. Grant Morrison, who has a television program devoted to food and travel, decides to profile the up-and-coming New Jersey food scene and chooses their shop to visit. It's sure to be a disaster if Frank can't get over his grudge about the jokes Grant made about Jersey in his latest review.

#11
Band(s): MCR
Pairing(s): Frank/Gerard, Frank/Gerard/Grant
Rating: Mature
Warnings: None
Summary:

Frank and Gerard ran away to the islands, and now they co-own a diving business with their friend Shaun. People back home wonder, "Who are you and what have you done with Frank and Gerard?" It's not what they expected their lives would be, but they're living the good life on Great Inagua, and Grant is a regular with them. He comes to vacation and always goes out on a dive at least once. Grant writes esoteric novels about magic that are frequently set in the Caribbean, and while he's researching a new book, he discovers mentions of a fascinating shipwreck that's a little farther out than Frank and Gerard's normal haunts; he hires them to take him out to the location. Close quarters on a boat lead to some interesting discoveries - and that's in addition to the ghosts and shipwrecks they were expecting.

#12
Band(s): MCR, Grant Morrison, (some FOB, P!ATD, mention of LynZ, Gabe Saporta, William Beckett)
Pairing(s): Gerard/Frank, (small amount of Gerard/Bob, Gerard/Spencer)
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: non-con, bullying, homophobic speech, abuse of power by an authority figure, character death (offscreen), character maiming (offscreen), suicide (onscreen), slight non-con, major character death, language
Summary:

A Cloud Atlas/MCR fusion. Six interlocking stories, each inspired by the plot of a Cloud Atlas segment and using characters from one of MCR's music videos (which are taken as being a chronological narrative from "I'm Not OK" to "Sing"). Each is set in a different era and told in a different style, but versions of the same characters - Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Frank Iero and Grant Morrison - combine and recombine in different configurations throughout history. There are recurrent themes of love, friendship, betrayal and reciprocity. Gerard always loves Frank. Mikey tends to die a lot. Grant is morally dubious. There's lots of plot, quite a bit of violence and, eventually, some lovin'.

#13
Band(s): My Chemical Romance
Pairing(s): Mikey/Ray
Rating: explicit
Warnings: none
Summary:

Mikey enjoys being the lead singer of Asthma. It's a good time, and people like them and his bandmates are pretty cool. But everything changes when Silver Skull finds them. Now they're on the run and Mikey has no idea where to go. He ends up staying at his buddy Ray's place. Ray's fucking great, and he probably won't kick Mikey out. Things would be pretty good, if only Mikey could stop being such an asshole. And why the fuck does Ray keep insisting that Mikey has a brother?

#14
Band(s): My Chemical Romance
Pairing(s): Gerard/Mikey
Rating: R
Warnings: incest, description of injuries and violence
Summary:

Knowing the authorities would never allow them to be together, Gerard and Mikey took the only option left to them and ran. They've spent years travelling between planets with only minimal supplies and two space bikes to their name, all the while knowing that if they get caught they'll be shipped back to Earth and separated for ever.

It's a risk that's working well for them, until the day Mikey gets hit by a shot from a blaster. With his brother dangerously ill, Gerard has never felt so helpless and alone. Afraid, sure he's doing the wrong thing but unable to think of an alternative, Gerard leaves Mikey and sets off to find Toro, a legendary medic operating out of zone eight. It's a journey that not only provides a way to save Mikey's life, but one that allows Gerard to discover that, no matter what he thinks, sometimes people do understand, and that home is the place that you make it.

#15
Band(s): Cobra Starship, Fall Out Boy
Pairing(s): Pete & Gabe
Rating: Adult
Warnings: references to and discussion of child abuse and child sexual abuse (none on-screen)
Summary:

After Pete's summer at boot camp, Pete's parents move their family to New Jersey, where Pete meets Gabe Saporta and Gabe's dad. Contains homophobia, graphic depiction of PTSD, on-screen panic attacks, discussion and descriptions of child abuse, references to child sexual abuse, dysfunctional family dynamics, teenagers exploring their sexuality (mentally and emotionally, not sexually -- seriously, there is not even any kissing), and switches third-person POV between four characters. Upbeat ending with the implication of happy lives.

#16
Band(s): My Chemical Romance
Pairing(s): Frank/Gerard
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: stupid boys acting like divas (slightly overdone "you left me behind" issue), lil' bit of angst
Summary:

Frank and Gerard used to be best friends before Gerard decided to leave the little town they lived in and study art in New York. Four years later, he comes back to live at his parents' house. He's not Frank's friend now, he's not even the old Gerard anymore - he's someone new and strange and when Frank gives in and starts spending time with him again, he realizes they might never be friends again. But they might be something else.

#17
Band(s): My Chemical Romance
Pairing(s): Frank/Gerard, Gerard/Grant Morrison, Frank/Gerard/Grant Morrison
Rating: Mature
Warnings: amnesia, kidnapping, violence, historical and medical vagueness
Summary:

When Grant finds an unconscious young man on the edge of his country estate, he takes him in and nurses him through the fever that develops, only to find when the fever breaks that his guest has completely lost his memories. With only a first name--Gerard--and evidence that he's escaped from some sort of danger, Grant and Gerard begin a search for his identity, all the while finding themselves drawn closer to each other. When they make contact with Gerard's family--including his father's ward, a young man named Frank--their situation becomes even more complicated

#18
Band(s): My Chemical Romance
Pairing(s): Frank/Gerard
Rating: NC17
Warnings: period fiction. Sex. Character death (not Frank or Gerard)
Summary:

Just before the turn of the twentieth century, the Iero household experiences it’s second devastating loss. When Edward Iero, world renowned architect, replaces the recently deceased and much loved head of staff, Donald, with his eldest son, Gerard, no one knows if anything will work out.

Frank is a book loving recluse who rarely sees the outside of his study, but when Gerard enters his house and his life, he gets a love story all of his own.

#19
Band(s): My Chemical Romance
Pairing(s): Mikey/Gerard, minor Mikey/Travie and minor Mikey/Pete
Rating: explicit
Warnings: incest
Summary:

College AU. Mikey's fucking lucky to know so many great dudes he can hook up with. Especially Travie, who's fucking great and willing to tie Mikey up and hurt him if Mikey asks. It doesn't matter that he's avoiding Gerard and Gerard has no clue what he's getting up to. Mikey's not actively hiding it. It's just, it's kind of hard to talk to your brother about your sex life. Especially when you're in love with him.

#20
Band(s): MCR, FOB, the Hush Sound, others
Pairing(s): Frank Iero/Gerard Way
Rating: NC17
Warnings: non-violent kidnapping, character being temporarily held against his will, talk of past war, a dead body, robotic tentacles (non-sexual)
Summary:

The Dark was dangerous, Gerard and Helena knew that, but the Dark was home. They hunted subatomic particles, selling their harvest and followed the shift of gravitational currents from world to world. A man and his sentient ship. It was a comfortable life, one they both enjoyed.

And in spite of knowing how dangerous the universe was, it was still a surprise when they got the mayday from Mikey and Bunny Marie. Bunny Marie damaged beyond self-repair, her engines destroyed, spinning helplessly, unable to manuever. Mikey was going into stasis and Bunny Marie was shutting down all non-essential systems; they could hold out until Gerard and Helena found them, however long it took.

Space was huge, and empty, and finding an lost A.I. ship and her human partner was an impossible undertaking. But Mikey was Gerard's brother, the only family he had except for Helena and Bunny Marie and he wasn't going to lose any of them.

Luckily for everyone involved, Frank A. Iero, Ship Mechanical Tech, Class II, didn't believe anything was impossible. Highly improbable, yes. Impossible, no.

Frank would find out soon enough that almost everything about Gerard and Helena was...improbable.

A tale of space, love triangles, a furry octopus and a dog with a heart of gold.

#21
Band(s): MCR
Pairing(s): Frank/Gerard
Rating: explicit
Warnings: none
Summary:

As the only charm weaver in his small village, Gerard has lead a quiet but productive life. All of that changes when he crosses the path of a dark fae with royal ambitions, who will take him from his home and open his eyes to a world he never knew. It's a fairy tale with wicked witches, fancy magic, and (of course) true love.

#22
Band(s): My Chemical Romance, Comics RPF, Fall Out Boy
Pairing(s): Frank/Gerard
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Summary:

Frank lives the capital city of the kingdom of Jersey, where dragons are often seen swooping over the river, and every day is divided by the ringing of the city bells. He’s got a job as a bike courier, a crush on the professor of art history at the university, and a knowledge of the city’s streets that’s far more comprehensive than any map the royal cartographers have ever drawn.

He’s also got a secret—one that he’s been running from for a long time. That was why he’d come to the city in the first place: he’d hoped that it was big enough, and loud enough, for him to hide in. But all it takes is one delivery to a mysterious, quite-probably-magical bookshop to show Frank that there are some things you can’t outrun. Especially since he’s finally found a place that he doesn’t want to leave.

He may think he knows the city’s secrets, but does he? And what does the city know about him?

#23
Band(s): My Chemical Romance
Pairing(s): Frank/Gerard
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Drug use, drinking, swearing, sexual scenes, attempted domestic violence
Summary:

Frank is working at big entertainment portal. He has his own air time on the radio, his own blog, and he’s about to become a certified journalist. But all this seems not to be enough.
Sometimes, when he’s looking at people, he sees weird things.
Mikey doesn’t like what’s going on inside his band. He asks Frank to join them on tour and find out what is wrong. Frank warned Mikey what the circumstances could be unpredictable, but Mikey said he was ready to take the risk.
A completely alternative story about My Chemical Romance becoming a band inspired by the Almost Famous movie.

#24
Band(s): My Chemical Romance, cameos
Pairing(s): Frank/Gerard, past Frank/Jamia
Rating: MA/NC17
Warnings: graphic violence; (offscreen) minor character death; drug use & implied addiction
Summary:

How the Killjoys became the Killjoys.

...If the Killjoys were telepathic space pirates.

#25
Band(s): FOB, MCR
Pairing(s): Patrick/Ray, Pete/Mikey, Pete/Patrick, Mikey/Ray, Pete/Patrick/Mikey/Ray
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Summary:

Warped passes in a blaze of hot nights, broken strings and stolen kisses. The last night of tour finds Patrick, Ray, Pete and Mikey the last guys standing after a long, lazy night of partying. It makes a weird kind of sense that it would be the four of them, Patrick figures. Two couples nearing their use-by date, trading sleep to wring every last moment from the summer.

#26
Band(s): My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Panic!At The Disco
Pairing(s): Frank/Gerard, Patrick/Pete
Rating: 15
Warnings: Major Character Death
Summary:

Gerard abandons Frank for college after a one-night stand, leaving Frank behind in Belleville to pick up the pieces and try and get through high school. This all comes to a crashing halt when a bunch of supernatural creatures show up unexpectedly one night and Frank suddenly finds himself right in the middle of a war for his city and his life overflowing with vampires, werewolves and a deal with Death himself.

#27
Band(s): My Chemical Romance
Pairing(s): Frank/Gerard
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: slight dub-con, sexual content
Summary:

Gerard is a wizard (without a wand because he's not THAT kind of wizard) whose potions never turn out as anything other than failures. He can never seem to concentrate in class, doesn't finish assignments, can't follow directions for potions and is incapable of discerning flirtations. Mikey is a potions prodigy who is always cleaning up Gerard's mess.

Besides failing at potions, Gerard likes to spend his time in a local coffee shop, where he meets the new barista, Frank, who keeps offering him free coffee.

#28
Band(s): Fall Out Boy/Panic at the Disco
Pairing(s): primarily Pete/Patrick, secondary 'ship of Brendon/Sarah/Spencer/Linda
Rating: NC17
Warnings: No archive warnings apply
Summary:

Patrick wakes up in the hospital after a car accident and has no recollection of the past five years. His last memories are of touring with Panic at the Disco and Soul Punk dropping. He awakes to discover that Fall Out Boy's been back together for several years, he's recorded a second solo album, and, oh yeah, he and Pete are married. He's been handed everything he ever wanted, but how can he just walk into this life that some other version of himself has created?

#29
Band(s): William Beckett/Empires
Pairing(s): William Beckett/Sean Van Vleet, background Danielle Steger/Tom Conrad
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None
Summary:

William is starting his career as Remember Maine, only instead of Pete Wentz discovering him, he's discovered by Sean Van Vleet, owner of his own production company and studio. Sean helps William get his start in a music career and life with lots of mishaps, banter, and idiocy along the way.

#30
Band(s): My Chemical Romance
Pairing(s): Frank/Gerard, Frank/OFC
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Genderswap, sexual situations, first time, jealousy, mutual
pining, fluff, punk rock girl!Frank
Summary:

Frankie thinks she's got it together, she's fronting a band, playing shows, finally living away from her mom, working a shitty job and attending college. Not to mention the slightly okay girls she brings home. Slightly okay girls who never seem to actually call her... and yeah, maybe her life isn't as together as she thought it was, especially after meeting some random dude at a party who turned out to be her flatmates brother and not a complete jerk. Takeout is consumed, arguments are had, pining is contagious and sexualities questioned.

#31
Band(s): My Chemical Romance
Pairing(s): Frank Iero/Gerard Way
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: adult themes, sexual content, angst, emotional hurt/comfort
Summary:

AU where Frank works as a receptionist at Cedar Creek Elementary where Gerard's five year old daughter, Turner, attends school. He spends his time sucking at answering the phones, playing nurse, spinning in his chair, and avoiding glares from Principal Bryar. However, Frank's life gets turned upside down when his cousin Dani gets thrown in jail and he suddenly has custody of her three kids. Frank copes with the sudden change with help from his mother, his friends, and this Gerard guy that he (sometimes literally) can't seem to quit running into.

#32
Band(s): Fall Out Boy
Pairing(s): Pete/Patrick
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: dub-con (one character has a biological imperative to have sex; involved parties are aware of this & have made arrangements ahead of time for this to happen)
Summary:

Patrick, for reasons that Pete's never had the courage to explore, has a little biological quirk that means once every month or so, he experiences a profound and undeniable need for sex. It's not a problem at first--he has a girlfriend at home, and when they're on the road, he and Pete have a casual, no-strings-attached gentlemen's agreement, and everything's working out great.

Then Patrick breaks up with his girlfriend. Lines get blurred, Pete is forced to confront some uncomfortable truths, and everything teeters on the brink of falling apart.