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bexless told me she had to write a story based on some seriously awful rap lyrics and said "Help!" In the course of figuring out how to turn that prompt into a story, I came up with a bit of Bob/Ray backstory. And that backstory eventually turned into this.
Absence Sort of Does Make the Heart (≈36 000 words)
Bandslash: My Chemical Romance, Bob Bryar/Ray Toro
NC-17, AU
Thanks tobexless for cheerleading and to wax_jism and stereomer for beta.
Be certain to readbexless's Frank/Gerard companion story, Conclusions! (Mine comes first, chronologically.)
bexless told me she had to write a story based on some seriously awful rap lyrics and said "Help!" In the course of figuring out how to turn that prompt into a story, I came up with a bit of Bob/Ray backstory. And that backstory eventually turned into this.Absence Sort of Does Make the Heart (≈36 000 words)
Bandslash: My Chemical Romance, Bob Bryar/Ray Toro
NC-17, AU
Thanks to
bexless for cheerleading and to wax_jism and stereomer for beta.Where did Bob come from, he wonders suddenly, and how did he end up in Belleville, where there are playgrounds you should stay out of because bodies get dumped there, fixing sound at the Houndstooth and the Loop Lounge and the Crimson for local gigs on weeknights, and sleeping in Ray's bed and learning how to make grilled cheese even though he used to not even scramble eggs?
Be certain to read
bexless's Frank/Gerard companion story, Conclusions! (Mine comes first, chronologically.)
