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Title: Let The Children Lose It (The Outsiders Film AU)
Format: Fanfic
Bands: MCR, Panic! At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, Cobra Starship
Pairings: Mikey/Pete, Pete/Gabe, Gabe/MIkey
Size: 56,000 words
Rating: R
Warnings: character death, suicide discussion, self-harm discussion, graphic violence, underage sex, mentions of addiction, brief scene of child abuse. Majority of these warnings are present in the original Outsiders Film.
Summary:

There's a turf battle between the Jersey Punks and the Fueled By Ramen Kids over who gets to play at what club in the city. When Mikey and Pete get into a fight with the members of Panic! At the Disco, and one of them ends up dead, Mikey and Pete--with the help of Gabe--must hide until all of this blows over. While hiding out in an abandoned building in NYC, Mikey reflects on the music scene, his parents death in 9/11, and his growing feelings for Pete. By the time Gabe shows up, Mikey realizes his life, and the scene as they know it, has to change. Mikey just hopes Pete and Gabe, along with his brothers, are willing to change with him before its too late, and more people end up dead.

Basically, this is The Outsiders rewritten to be about music scenes (with class tension) rather than gangs, and everyone is either a Greaser (Jersey Punk) or a Soc (Fueled By Ramen Kid). Mikey is Ponyboy Curtis, Pete Wentz is Johnny Cade, and Gabe Saporta is Dallas Winston. This has a happier ending than the movie, but everything else stays pretty much the same, but with a lot more focus on David Bowie.

Let The Children Lose It