Characters are where my BBB started. I knew I wanted to work with this pairing and some stuff I've been mulling over personally and then this story emerged.
So in my fic, Patrick and Ray are married with kids and a mortgage and grown up jobs and a white picket fence in the suburbs. Like any marriage there are cracks and things swept under rugs, but they make it work. It’s roughly a revisiting of a Ray/Patrick I’ve written before in a different verse. They were a secondary pairing that never quite got fully explored, but I really loved feel of them together.
In this, Ray has a really strong moral compass and a clear understanding of what’s right and wrong. He’s patient and loving and mature and selfless. He’s a good dad. He’s responsible. He’s straight forward and uncomplicated; he’s much better than Patrick thinks he deserves.
In contrast, Patrick is a bit darker, more nuanced, a bit more flawed. He’s indecisive and evasive and insecure. He tries to keep up appearances, but mostly he hates PTA meetings and ironing shirts and going to bed at a reasonable hour. He hates selling insurance for a living and getting his car serviced and having to basically adult 24/7. This isn’t the life he had envisioned when he was young; he was going to hit the road with Pete and his friends, make music and explore the world and make something of himself.
But things had always been messy with him and Pete. There was the age difference thing, the gay thing, the soulmate thing, the best buy parking lot thing, the dropping out of college and taking ridiculous risks on long shots thing, the nuclear fallout whenever Pete got jealous or upset or they disagreed on something thing. Ultimately when Pete asked him to get serious with him and get in the damn van for good, Patrick froze and said all the wrong things and fucked everything up. They didn’t even really break up. Pete went to California for some time out and Patrick didn’t follow him and that was that.
And then they’ve both been out of each other’s lives for years when Pete unexpectedly comes back into town to deal with a family matter. They can’t really avoid each other, though not for lack of trying on Patrick’s part. Pete’s everything Patrick remembered him to be and a few things he never expected Pete could become. He’s fascinating. He’s dangerous. He’s a mistake Patrick doesn’t think he can stop himself from making. Then there’s a draft background ensemble cast of Gerard/Lindsey, Mikey/Kristin, Frank/Jamia, Joe/Marie and Andy/Travie, with canon kids.
I love this check in! Super excited to see what characters everyone's writing.
I've got Ray/Patrick, Patrick/Pete and background pan-bandom
So in my fic, Patrick and Ray are married with kids and a mortgage and grown up jobs and a white picket fence in the suburbs. Like any marriage there are cracks and things swept under rugs, but they make it work. It’s roughly a revisiting of a Ray/Patrick I’ve written before in a different verse. They were a secondary pairing that never quite got fully explored, but I really loved feel of them together.
In this, Ray has a really strong moral compass and a clear understanding of what’s right and wrong. He’s patient and loving and mature and selfless. He’s a good dad. He’s responsible. He’s straight forward and uncomplicated; he’s much better than Patrick thinks he deserves.
In contrast, Patrick is a bit darker, more nuanced, a bit more flawed. He’s indecisive and evasive and insecure. He tries to keep up appearances, but mostly he hates PTA meetings and ironing shirts and going to bed at a reasonable hour. He hates selling insurance for a living and getting his car serviced and having to basically adult 24/7. This isn’t the life he had envisioned when he was young; he was going to hit the road with Pete and his friends, make music and explore the world and make something of himself.
But things had always been messy with him and Pete. There was the age difference thing, the gay thing, the soulmate thing, the best buy parking lot thing, the dropping out of college and taking ridiculous risks on long shots thing, the nuclear fallout whenever Pete got jealous or upset or they disagreed on something thing. Ultimately when Pete asked him to get serious with him and get in the damn van for good, Patrick froze and said all the wrong things and fucked everything up. They didn’t even really break up. Pete went to California for some time out and Patrick didn’t follow him and that was that.
And then they’ve both been out of each other’s lives for years when Pete unexpectedly comes back into town to deal with a family matter. They can’t really avoid each other, though not for lack of trying on Patrick’s part. Pete’s everything Patrick remembered him to be and a few things he never expected Pete could become. He’s fascinating. He’s dangerous. He’s a mistake Patrick doesn’t think he can stop himself from making. Then there’s a draft background ensemble cast of Gerard/Lindsey, Mikey/Kristin, Frank/Jamia, Joe/Marie and Andy/Travie, with canon kids.
I love this check in! Super excited to see what characters everyone's writing.