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[gala_apples]

Title: Last Period, Best Choice
Characters: Ray, Gerard
Rating: G
Wordcount: 1545
Summary: Ray Toro never wanted to switch schools. But as it turns out, it's not the worst thing in the world.
Prompt used: social phobia for hc bingo
Disclaimer: This is a non-profit, non-commercial work of fiction using the names and likenesses of real individuals.

Comments

[thishurricane]

Oh my god, I'm loving this. ♥

I love the nerd connection they immediately made!

[gala_apples]

Thanks so much for commenting!

videodrome is actually kind of shitty, but it's shitty in a fascinating way. It's interesting to watch it in a large group, see how different people react to it. Like my best friend and his boyfriend talked about how it was the shittiest thing ever, a different friend and his best friend who'd brought it were talking about the social commentary behind it for an hour afterwards. I always think about Ray being a film guy, and I think he'd be the type to really enjoy shitty 80's movies. And Gerard gets all his movies from Mikey, and they both enjoy gore, which is definitely present.

[dr_jasley]

Yays for highschool fic.

and also the zombie armpit reference!

and I was totally ticking off the psychological terms for everything Ray goes through in the beginning :)

[gala_apples]

I'm pretty sure I told you about that when I first was looking up david crohenberg, it's so fucking weird and awesome. I like zombie movies that go about it very strangely.

Sometimes my brain gets all weird and I'll do the same thing as Ray. Because I don't understand science at all, so sometimes I'll be sitting in my bedroom with the door closed and I'm like "how do I not run out of oxygen to breathe in the air?" and then i'm like "it probably comes under the crack in the door" and then "but there are two other people in this house and there's only so much air" and then "okay, so some comes from outside" and then "but how many people live on our street" and before you know it I've talked myself into thinking I'm going to die of oxygen deprivation because OTHER PEOPLE ARE BREATHING MY AIR.

[theletterelle]

I used to freak out about that too. Actually, I thought that humans added to the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (like we created it by exhaling) and if we kept cutting down trees and breathing, we'd run out of oxygen and global warming would kill us all.

*sucks down air while it's still here*

[dr_jasley]

You did :D

ooosss...cracks in the doors, seams in the floor, under the window.

As long as plant life still exists you're never going to run out*cling hugs*

[delphinapterus]

I love how they bond over their nerdness and Ray's grumpy inner monologue.

[gala_apples]

High school!Ray hates everything and everyone, and wishes they would just leave him alone. And then Gerard comes in and won't SHUT THE HELL UP and finally Ray caves.

I was totally talking to a girl on AIM at the start of writing this, trying to figure out who I wanted to pair Ray with, and she reminded me 'like Bob or Mikey would try to get the silent kid to talk. you need Frank or Gerard', and then I figured that Frank would probably get irritated before Ray caved, and Ray would react badly to being bitched at for not talking. Meanwhile, Gerard's just relentlessly talking at him. Ray sort of has no choice but to say hi.

[digdeepenough]

Awe, I liked this! :) is there going to be more?

[gala_apples]

I'm glad you liked it. I wasn't initially considering continuing it, but I'm pretty much a sucker for request, so if you want more I probably could write the first "date". Mikey smirking in the backseat as they drive to the Ways, and when Gerard goes to get everyone pepsi seventh grade Mikey is like "so are you going to kiss him? because i don't want to be in the room, so warn me." and Ray is like 0.0 and "YOU'RE HIS LITTLE BROTHER YOU SHOULDN'T BE THINKING ABOUT MAKING OUT." and Mikey's like "you didn't jerk off three years ago?" and Ray's like EVERYONE IS AN ASSHOLE, FUCK MY LIFE. And then Gerard comes back in and thank god awkward conversation stops.

[kira_snugz]

this is fantastic!! *high fives*

its a great look at both of them. awesome high school fic!

[gala_apples]

thanks for commenting, glad you liked it!