Honesty Is Honestly The Hardest Thing - Epilogue
Title: Honesty Is Honestly The Hardest Thing
Pairing: Gen....almost definitely going to stay gen...I'll let you know otherwise.
Rating: R
Disclaimer: This exists in the same land as the Clangers. Only difference is I wish they were real whereas this....definitely do not wish it was real.
Warning: Swearing
Authors Note: Okay, so I wanted to get this out before the Superbowl and no one would be arround to read it. It's done people, completely over. It's been one hell of a ride and I thank you for following me on it :D
Summery: One event can change the life of everyone involved. It's an idea that everyone knows but it's not something anyone actually understands until it happens to them.
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11 , Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26, Part 27, Part 28, Part 29
Adam stood on the bar and waved his hands to get everyone’s attention. When his friends and family had quietened down he smiled around the room at them.
“Firstly can I just say thank you for coming here today. I know that some of you, okay most of you, thought that this was a stupid, and possibly bad idea. So I, we, appreciate that you all came anyway.”
“Oh God, you’re going to get sentimental on us aren’t you!”
“Shut it runt! It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to.”
“You’ll become a cliché if you want to as well.”
“Brad!”
Lil’s children laughed as Brad exaggeratedly rubbed his arm where Lil had smacked him. Adam smiled at them.
“Anyway, like I was saying, thank you for coming.”
Adam looked down at the person stood next to the bar by his feet. He held out his hand and pulled Cassidy up onto the bar with him. Cassidy looked embarrassed and Adam slung his arm around his shoulder to comfort him.
“Anyway, why we’re here. Five years ago today in this very bar Cass here was doing his best to lay down the groundwork so he could have sex with...god, what was his name? Ah, yeah, Twoey. So anyway, Cass and I were sat over there in that booth...”
Adam pointed at the booth where years ago he and Cassidy had sat.
“...while Adam Two bought us drinks and planning how amazing man-eating plants would be for a tour.”
“So it’s Cass’s fault I spent last year wrapped in foliage!”
Cassidy glared at Adam as he laughed at Tommy.
“Nope, Cass didn’t see the brilliance of the idea either. But anyway, there we were, talking sets, discussing my reprobate of a younger brother, and checking out Twoey’s rather fantastic ass.”
Adam grinned at Cassidy
“It was, I think I’m right in saying, a wonderful night. Then, as you all know, it went rather spectacularly wrong.”
Adam felt Cassidy begin to pull away a little and hugged him tighter.
“We have all, every single one of us in this room, spent the past 5 years dealing with that night. Even if we didn’t know you at the time you have come into our lives since then and therefore you have had to deal with it as well. But you know what? We got through, all of us. And yes, some things changed along the way but not all of it was bad. Lil’s kids have a new, and incredibly sparkly, uncle. Kris has a Grammy along with many other awards. Katy got more stuff she has to dust because Kris is too cheap to hire a cleaner, sorry honey, you kinda lost out there.”
Katy laughed as Kris planted his face in the crook of her neck shaking his head.
“Dad’s become an activist, which, slightly strange but still kinda cool. Neil’s gotten a regular column in the New York Times in which to spill his vitriol every week because everyone needs a hobby.”
Adam returned the finger that Neil was giving him...and then quickly retracted it as Lil cleared her throat and motioned to her children.
“Sorry. And me and Cass...well we got a second chance at life. So I just wanted to say thank you for all the support that you’ve given me, given both of us, since that night. And I wanted to do it here because, well, a little fu...eff you never hurt anyone. We’re taking back this bar!”
Calls of agreement and cheers came from every area of the room. He smiled around at his friends and family, always still slightly amazed at just how many of them there were, of just how much he loved them.
“Now, if someone would like to start the music we’ve got a party to have.”
Adam started to make his way off of the bar but was stopped as Cassidy pulled him into a full body hug. Adam could hear the music and conversation start up in the background.
“Adam, thank you. For everything.”
“There’s nothing to thank me for.”
Cassidy pulled away and looked Adam straight in the eye.
“Yes there is. I know I didn’t make it easy...”
“Understatement of the year.”
Adam made sure his tone stayed light and smiled at his friend to know that he was teasing.
“Yeah yeah I know. But...I really can’t thank you enough for what you did.”
“You did all the hard work babyboy. I just shoved you in the right direction.”
“I couldn’t have done it without you. I didn’t manage to do it without you. You gave me my second chance.”
“Well I was just passing it on.”
“Huh?”
“You’ll see. One day you’ll do the same for someone else.”
“Oh, right. Actually, there’s this kid in my meetings who I’ve been having coffee with.”
“Coffee coffee, or just coffee?”
“Just coffee. He’s straight, and a kid, and that would be such a bad idea anyway.”
“Well I had to ask. You never...”
“Are you two ever getting off of that bar? Because Katy needs someone to dance with and it sure as hell ain’t gonna be me.”
Adam turned to face Kris who was looking up at them with a grin on his face.
“You’re refusing to dance with your wife Kristopher?”
“I’m refusing to dance to The Chemical Brothers!”
“I think you’d look cute dancing to this.”
“Bad Cass, no flirting with Kris!”
“I might want to be flirted with!”
“Oh honey, all you ever had to do was say.”
Adam jumped off of the bar. He reached over a patted Kris on the cheek. He started towards where he could see Katy.
“Come on then, lead the way to my favourite Allen.”
“You’re not as funny as you think you are!”
Adam glanced back at Cassidy who was being pulled to the dance floor by Brad. He turned back to Kris and bumped him with his shoulder.
“Maybe I’m not. But way I figure it is, there’s only so much perfect that can be in one person and if I have to let comedy go for the sake of something else, that’s a trade I’m willing to make.”
“You see, that’s where you’re wrong. Cause I’m hysterical, cute and talented.”
Adam laughed out loud at Kris’s response and they made their way over to Katy. As Adam pulled her, and Kris, into a dance he couldn’t help but be swept up by his love for them; his love for everyone in the room. He meant what he’d said. The past 5 years had been tough, recovering from the attack had been the hardest thing he’d ever had to do. But he’d made it. They all had. And he was stronger for it. And here, in the middle of his friends and family, dancing with two of his favourite people in the world, Adam wouldn’t change any of it.
Pairing: Gen....almost definitely going to stay gen...I'll let you know otherwise.
Rating: R
Disclaimer: This exists in the same land as the Clangers. Only difference is I wish they were real whereas this....definitely do not wish it was real.
Warning: Swearing
Authors Note: Okay, so I wanted to get this out before the Superbowl and no one would be arround to read it. It's done people, completely over. It's been one hell of a ride and I thank you for following me on it :D
Summery: One event can change the life of everyone involved. It's an idea that everyone knows but it's not something anyone actually understands until it happens to them.
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11 , Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26, Part 27, Part 28, Part 29
Adam stood on the bar and waved his hands to get everyone’s attention. When his friends and family had quietened down he smiled around the room at them.
“Firstly can I just say thank you for coming here today. I know that some of you, okay most of you, thought that this was a stupid, and possibly bad idea. So I, we, appreciate that you all came anyway.”
“Oh God, you’re going to get sentimental on us aren’t you!”
“Shut it runt! It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to.”
“You’ll become a cliché if you want to as well.”
“Brad!”
Lil’s children laughed as Brad exaggeratedly rubbed his arm where Lil had smacked him. Adam smiled at them.
“Anyway, like I was saying, thank you for coming.”
Adam looked down at the person stood next to the bar by his feet. He held out his hand and pulled Cassidy up onto the bar with him. Cassidy looked embarrassed and Adam slung his arm around his shoulder to comfort him.
“Anyway, why we’re here. Five years ago today in this very bar Cass here was doing his best to lay down the groundwork so he could have sex with...god, what was his name? Ah, yeah, Twoey. So anyway, Cass and I were sat over there in that booth...”
Adam pointed at the booth where years ago he and Cassidy had sat.
“...while Adam Two bought us drinks and planning how amazing man-eating plants would be for a tour.”
“So it’s Cass’s fault I spent last year wrapped in foliage!”
Cassidy glared at Adam as he laughed at Tommy.
“Nope, Cass didn’t see the brilliance of the idea either. But anyway, there we were, talking sets, discussing my reprobate of a younger brother, and checking out Twoey’s rather fantastic ass.”
Adam grinned at Cassidy
“It was, I think I’m right in saying, a wonderful night. Then, as you all know, it went rather spectacularly wrong.”
Adam felt Cassidy begin to pull away a little and hugged him tighter.
“We have all, every single one of us in this room, spent the past 5 years dealing with that night. Even if we didn’t know you at the time you have come into our lives since then and therefore you have had to deal with it as well. But you know what? We got through, all of us. And yes, some things changed along the way but not all of it was bad. Lil’s kids have a new, and incredibly sparkly, uncle. Kris has a Grammy along with many other awards. Katy got more stuff she has to dust because Kris is too cheap to hire a cleaner, sorry honey, you kinda lost out there.”
Katy laughed as Kris planted his face in the crook of her neck shaking his head.
“Dad’s become an activist, which, slightly strange but still kinda cool. Neil’s gotten a regular column in the New York Times in which to spill his vitriol every week because everyone needs a hobby.”
Adam returned the finger that Neil was giving him...and then quickly retracted it as Lil cleared her throat and motioned to her children.
“Sorry. And me and Cass...well we got a second chance at life. So I just wanted to say thank you for all the support that you’ve given me, given both of us, since that night. And I wanted to do it here because, well, a little fu...eff you never hurt anyone. We’re taking back this bar!”
Calls of agreement and cheers came from every area of the room. He smiled around at his friends and family, always still slightly amazed at just how many of them there were, of just how much he loved them.
“Now, if someone would like to start the music we’ve got a party to have.”
Adam started to make his way off of the bar but was stopped as Cassidy pulled him into a full body hug. Adam could hear the music and conversation start up in the background.
“Adam, thank you. For everything.”
“There’s nothing to thank me for.”
Cassidy pulled away and looked Adam straight in the eye.
“Yes there is. I know I didn’t make it easy...”
“Understatement of the year.”
Adam made sure his tone stayed light and smiled at his friend to know that he was teasing.
“Yeah yeah I know. But...I really can’t thank you enough for what you did.”
“You did all the hard work babyboy. I just shoved you in the right direction.”
“I couldn’t have done it without you. I didn’t manage to do it without you. You gave me my second chance.”
“Well I was just passing it on.”
“Huh?”
“You’ll see. One day you’ll do the same for someone else.”
“Oh, right. Actually, there’s this kid in my meetings who I’ve been having coffee with.”
“Coffee coffee, or just coffee?”
“Just coffee. He’s straight, and a kid, and that would be such a bad idea anyway.”
“Well I had to ask. You never...”
“Are you two ever getting off of that bar? Because Katy needs someone to dance with and it sure as hell ain’t gonna be me.”
Adam turned to face Kris who was looking up at them with a grin on his face.
“You’re refusing to dance with your wife Kristopher?”
“I’m refusing to dance to The Chemical Brothers!”
“I think you’d look cute dancing to this.”
“Bad Cass, no flirting with Kris!”
“I might want to be flirted with!”
“Oh honey, all you ever had to do was say.”
Adam jumped off of the bar. He reached over a patted Kris on the cheek. He started towards where he could see Katy.
“Come on then, lead the way to my favourite Allen.”
“You’re not as funny as you think you are!”
Adam glanced back at Cassidy who was being pulled to the dance floor by Brad. He turned back to Kris and bumped him with his shoulder.
“Maybe I’m not. But way I figure it is, there’s only so much perfect that can be in one person and if I have to let comedy go for the sake of something else, that’s a trade I’m willing to make.”
“You see, that’s where you’re wrong. Cause I’m hysterical, cute and talented.”
Adam laughed out loud at Kris’s response and they made their way over to Katy. As Adam pulled her, and Kris, into a dance he couldn’t help but be swept up by his love for them; his love for everyone in the room. He meant what he’d said. The past 5 years had been tough, recovering from the attack had been the hardest thing he’d ever had to do. But he’d made it. They all had. And he was stronger for it. And here, in the middle of his friends and family, dancing with two of his favourite people in the world, Adam wouldn’t change any of it.