[fanfiction] you've got to be what tomorrow needs
365 Gay Sharks
Day 5, Word Count: 1079
Theme: January; Month of New Discoveries
This post is part of the 365 Gay Sharks project. If you would like to learn more about this project, click here to read more about it. :D
Fandom/Pairings: Bandom; Lyn-Z/MyChem
Rating: PG-13
Pre-Notes: Look, LXD au fic that's Lyn-Z centric! Mostly because I should maybe write about someone in this universe besides MyChem. Oh wait . . . How'd you manage to sneak in here, MyChem?
Disclaimer: Lyn-Z does not own magic dancing shoes, and I do not own the LXD.
Summary: Lyn-Z never expected to find a pair of magic dancing shoes behind a wall in her apartment. She also never expected to find friends (and something more) in a group of three boys and a girl that called themselves "My Chemical Romance."
you've got to be what tomorrow needs
Lyn-Z was actually ridiculously excited to be moving into her new apartment. She's excited to be moving away from everything familiar into a brand-new and different place, because sometimes it's good for things to change. Sometimes change is awesome.
Putting a chair through her wall-even though it was an accident-was not awesome. Lyn-Z sighed and put the chair down before checking the wall. It seriously looked like it had been built with whatever the construction equivalent of foamcore was and it was crumbling from where she had punctured it . . . Huh, that was weird. Lyn-Z pulled away some of the crumbling wall and revealed a old, wooden box. Figuring she would patch up the wall later, Lyn-Z carefully eased the box out of the space behind the wall and sat down in the chair. Lyn-Z ran her hands over the lid of the box before opening it.
Inside the box were a pair of beautiful silver and blue oxfords with a slight heel. For a moment, all Lyn-Z could do was run her hands over the shoes because they were the kind of shoe that Lyn-Z always saw and wanted, but could never afford. She checked the box over for some sign of ownership, but the box was old and there didn't seem to be any, so Lyn-Z chalked the whole debacle up to luck and tried the shoes on.
They were a perfect fit, and she grinned to herself, leaving them on as she went back to moving her stuff in and just generally cleaning the house up. Lyn-Z had never liked cleaning without music, so she cranked up her radio and hummed along to the songs she knew, sometimes swaying as she swept.
Not long after she had turned on the music, though, Lyn-Z's feet seemed to stop paying attention to her. They moved of their own accord and it was all she could do to try and keep up with them. Eventually, though, Lyn-Z got the hang of her new dancing shoes and was spinning and busting moves as good as any dancer on those dance programs she sometimes watched. The shoes seemed to have a mind of their own though, and they led her outside, barely giving her time to grab her coat.
----
Several days later, a letter appeared in her mailbox. It was sort of like a letter from Hogwarts, only it spoke of a extraordinary dancers that were going to save the world. Well, Lyn-Z thought, she couldn't really turn an offer like that down, so she packed up her things and set off to find this mysterious school in the woods.
It took several days to get there, but she did get there and she was sort of surprised by what she found.
The LXD was really just like any other boarding school, save for the fact that sometimes dance battles broke out and there was an underground training facility for the especially exceptional students. They had to take a full day of classes, but now her classes were in things like proper balance in dance, the history of dance, and the physics of dance instead of English, Calculus, and Chemistry. She was still kind of an outcast loser, the girl with the magic shoes that didn't really have any dance powers of her own, but it was okay. There was another group of people just like her, three boys and a girl who didn't have any innate powers. Unlike Lyn-Z, though, they didn't have extraordinary dance thrust upon them.
Instead, they worked for it and worked for it until they had become something extraordinary. As the girl, Mikaela, put it: "My boys don't know when to give up. They wanted to be extraordinary, and now they are."
There were others who excelled at dance too. There was Gabe, who was apparently some sort of reprogrammed robot, and there was William, who kept to himself and danced himself into oblivion some days. There was Jon Walker, who had been there a while and showed Lyn-Z and the other new recruits the ropes, and there was Brendon, sweet Brendon with his girlfriend Greta who he went to see every free day.
----
Generally, though, Lyn-Z hung out with Mikaela and "her boys." They called themselves "My Chemical Romance," and Lyn-Z liked them. They were complete dorks who just happened to be awesome at dance and great people to boot. Gerard was kind of an oddball, often wearing makeup and his sister's clothes (for, in his own words, "research and experiments") or rambling on about comics that Lyn-Z had never heard of. Frank usually managed to get him to shut up with a well-timed kiss, but Frank could be just as bad as Gerard about horror movies. Ray tended to be the sane and sensible one, unless he was talking about music, and they all fit together so well that Lyn-Z always felt like she was intruding.
Like she was somehow stepping into Mikaela's place.
When she told Mikaela this, though, Mikaela only laughed. When they boys came over and asked what was so funny, the boys laughed too, which really just left Lyn-Z confused and scared. Finally Gerard sat down next to her, wearing one of Mikaela's pleated skirts, his eyes lined in dark black eyeliner.
"Sorry," he said shyly, "it's just funny because Mikaela had the same doubts about herself once."
"Really?"
It seemed improbable to Lyn-Z that Mikaela, strong and quiet Mikaela, could ever doubt herself about anything. Mikaela danced like there was absolutely nothing to fear, like she was sure her next step would be perfect, and it was hard to reconcile the idea of Mikaela doubting herself with her dance style. But, as Lyn-Z sat there and gaped, Mikaela just pushed her glasses up farther and smiled.
"I thought my boys didn't need me at one point," she said quietly, "They had to point out that I could never be an extra wheel, because they could only be extraordinary if I was right there being extraordinary with them."
Lyn-Z felt more than saw Frank and Ray come sit next to her too. Gerard bumped shoulders with her and grinned his bright, infectious grin that Lyn-Z couldn't help but return. Frank and Ray were smiling too, but it was Mikaela that leaned in, lips only inches from Lyn-Z's.
"It's like that for you too, Lyn-Z," Mikaela whispered before closing the distance between them and crushing their lips together.
----
Postit-Notes: . . . Have I mentioned the LXD au is completely SELF-INDULGENT lately? Because it is and that's why there is Lyn-Z/MyChem in it! I have problems, okay?
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comments. :D
Day 5, Word Count: 1079
Theme: January; Month of New Discoveries
This post is part of the 365 Gay Sharks project. If you would like to learn more about this project, click here to read more about it. :D
Fandom/Pairings: Bandom; Lyn-Z/MyChem
Rating: PG-13
Pre-Notes: Look, LXD au fic that's Lyn-Z centric! Mostly because I should maybe write about someone in this universe besides MyChem. Oh wait . . . How'd you manage to sneak in here, MyChem?
Disclaimer: Lyn-Z does not own magic dancing shoes, and I do not own the LXD.
Summary: Lyn-Z never expected to find a pair of magic dancing shoes behind a wall in her apartment. She also never expected to find friends (and something more) in a group of three boys and a girl that called themselves "My Chemical Romance."
you've got to be what tomorrow needs
Lyn-Z was actually ridiculously excited to be moving into her new apartment. She's excited to be moving away from everything familiar into a brand-new and different place, because sometimes it's good for things to change. Sometimes change is awesome.
Putting a chair through her wall-even though it was an accident-was not awesome. Lyn-Z sighed and put the chair down before checking the wall. It seriously looked like it had been built with whatever the construction equivalent of foamcore was and it was crumbling from where she had punctured it . . . Huh, that was weird. Lyn-Z pulled away some of the crumbling wall and revealed a old, wooden box. Figuring she would patch up the wall later, Lyn-Z carefully eased the box out of the space behind the wall and sat down in the chair. Lyn-Z ran her hands over the lid of the box before opening it.
Inside the box were a pair of beautiful silver and blue oxfords with a slight heel. For a moment, all Lyn-Z could do was run her hands over the shoes because they were the kind of shoe that Lyn-Z always saw and wanted, but could never afford. She checked the box over for some sign of ownership, but the box was old and there didn't seem to be any, so Lyn-Z chalked the whole debacle up to luck and tried the shoes on.
They were a perfect fit, and she grinned to herself, leaving them on as she went back to moving her stuff in and just generally cleaning the house up. Lyn-Z had never liked cleaning without music, so she cranked up her radio and hummed along to the songs she knew, sometimes swaying as she swept.
Not long after she had turned on the music, though, Lyn-Z's feet seemed to stop paying attention to her. They moved of their own accord and it was all she could do to try and keep up with them. Eventually, though, Lyn-Z got the hang of her new dancing shoes and was spinning and busting moves as good as any dancer on those dance programs she sometimes watched. The shoes seemed to have a mind of their own though, and they led her outside, barely giving her time to grab her coat.
----
Several days later, a letter appeared in her mailbox. It was sort of like a letter from Hogwarts, only it spoke of a extraordinary dancers that were going to save the world. Well, Lyn-Z thought, she couldn't really turn an offer like that down, so she packed up her things and set off to find this mysterious school in the woods.
It took several days to get there, but she did get there and she was sort of surprised by what she found.
The LXD was really just like any other boarding school, save for the fact that sometimes dance battles broke out and there was an underground training facility for the especially exceptional students. They had to take a full day of classes, but now her classes were in things like proper balance in dance, the history of dance, and the physics of dance instead of English, Calculus, and Chemistry. She was still kind of an outcast loser, the girl with the magic shoes that didn't really have any dance powers of her own, but it was okay. There was another group of people just like her, three boys and a girl who didn't have any innate powers. Unlike Lyn-Z, though, they didn't have extraordinary dance thrust upon them.
Instead, they worked for it and worked for it until they had become something extraordinary. As the girl, Mikaela, put it: "My boys don't know when to give up. They wanted to be extraordinary, and now they are."
There were others who excelled at dance too. There was Gabe, who was apparently some sort of reprogrammed robot, and there was William, who kept to himself and danced himself into oblivion some days. There was Jon Walker, who had been there a while and showed Lyn-Z and the other new recruits the ropes, and there was Brendon, sweet Brendon with his girlfriend Greta who he went to see every free day.
----
Generally, though, Lyn-Z hung out with Mikaela and "her boys." They called themselves "My Chemical Romance," and Lyn-Z liked them. They were complete dorks who just happened to be awesome at dance and great people to boot. Gerard was kind of an oddball, often wearing makeup and his sister's clothes (for, in his own words, "research and experiments") or rambling on about comics that Lyn-Z had never heard of. Frank usually managed to get him to shut up with a well-timed kiss, but Frank could be just as bad as Gerard about horror movies. Ray tended to be the sane and sensible one, unless he was talking about music, and they all fit together so well that Lyn-Z always felt like she was intruding.
Like she was somehow stepping into Mikaela's place.
When she told Mikaela this, though, Mikaela only laughed. When they boys came over and asked what was so funny, the boys laughed too, which really just left Lyn-Z confused and scared. Finally Gerard sat down next to her, wearing one of Mikaela's pleated skirts, his eyes lined in dark black eyeliner.
"Sorry," he said shyly, "it's just funny because Mikaela had the same doubts about herself once."
"Really?"
It seemed improbable to Lyn-Z that Mikaela, strong and quiet Mikaela, could ever doubt herself about anything. Mikaela danced like there was absolutely nothing to fear, like she was sure her next step would be perfect, and it was hard to reconcile the idea of Mikaela doubting herself with her dance style. But, as Lyn-Z sat there and gaped, Mikaela just pushed her glasses up farther and smiled.
"I thought my boys didn't need me at one point," she said quietly, "They had to point out that I could never be an extra wheel, because they could only be extraordinary if I was right there being extraordinary with them."
Lyn-Z felt more than saw Frank and Ray come sit next to her too. Gerard bumped shoulders with her and grinned his bright, infectious grin that Lyn-Z couldn't help but return. Frank and Ray were smiling too, but it was Mikaela that leaned in, lips only inches from Lyn-Z's.
"It's like that for you too, Lyn-Z," Mikaela whispered before closing the distance between them and crushing their lips together.
----
Postit-Notes: . . . Have I mentioned the LXD au is completely SELF-INDULGENT lately? Because it is and that's why there is Lyn-Z/MyChem in it! I have problems, okay?
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