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[turps33]

My mam went to Amsterdam this weekend, and she brought me back a hat. It's white with yellow snowflakes, woolly outside, fleece inside, has Amsterdam written around it, has ear flaps with fluffy pompoms hanging down from each flap and a fluffy pompom on the top. It's the tackiest thing ever, and also made of awesome

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[turps33]

Awesome.

Actually, the idea I have right now is for a group AU story. We were talking about gardening services at Camp Sparkle, and I got to thinking if that could be used in a bandslash way.

I was thinking it's Ray's service, he started it with Matt, to pay for some equipment one summer, and since then they've done it ever since. Think of them in dirty jeans, Ray's hair pulled back in a messy ponytail as he mows the grass. Eventually he's got so much work that he needed a helper, which is where Frank comes in. Frank loves to do the ladder work, climbing up to prune trees and clean out gutters and Ray spends half his time worrying that Frank's going to fall out of a tree, again.

They get Bob, when Matt starts not bothering to turn up. Staying in bed and ignoring their calls. The day when Ray and Frank had to do a huge garden/pool combo on their own is the day they tell him that's it. They need someone reliable.

They ask around and discoverer Bob needs a summer job. He says he'll join them for the busy period and they find he's awesome at the grunt work, imagine him digging, arm muscles defined, hair pushed back with a bandanna, or chasing Frank with the hose pipe, squirting him with cold water.

So, one day Ray gets a call. Some guy saying there's been complaints because his grass is so wild, and could Ray's company come over and cut it. The guy says he'll leave payment in an envelope under the stone unicorn on the front porch.

Ray says yes, and when they get there they realise it's the creepy Way house. The one where the parents were killed/took off and left their two kids behind. Not that people ever see the kids, not for years.

See, Gerard is a shut in, living in his basement, and while Mikey has a job, he leaves early and comes back late. So people never see him.

Over the summer G keeps phoning with new jobs, always paying with the envelope under the unicorn. Which is weird, but as long as they do get paid things are fine. Even if they do look up sometimes and see a pale face watching them from the floor level window.

Anyway. One day one of them leaves something behind. Maybe Frank, I'm not sure yet. He goes back, and when he's looking for his phone/book/t-shirt, he bumps into Mikey who's popping home before going out.

They exchange some words, then Mikey goes inside. The next time they go to do a job the note has something added. Payment for mowing the lawn. My brother likes the little one's hair style

And it'll go from there. Corresponding with notes for a while, then one day they're working late and the door suddenly opens and there's Gerard with a tray of drinks. He smiles and leaves them. They leave them next to the door. Next time Mikey is the one to bring them and the chat a little before he entices out G.

I guess that's it. It'll be over the summer and be about the growing friendship between the Ways and the others, and also a romance between Mikey and probably Frank. Which will contrast with the Way POV parts which will be pretty dark and isolated as opposed to outside which is sunshine and friends.

Stupid? Yes/no?

[turlough]

Completely fabulous I would say, but as I've said, my story judging ability is sadly underdeveloped. I want an happy ending for Gerard too, perhaps some Bob/Gerard? *tries the puppy dog eyes*

[turps33]

Oh, there would be happy endings all around. While it'll start pretty bad for Gerard I want it to end with him leaving his basement and feeling good about himself. Which yes, could included dating Bob. That would be nice actually.

I want a scene where they entice Gerard out one day to help, and it's a disaster. He gets sunburned across his nose and he cuts the hose pipe with his mower and Bob just looks at him indulgently and tells him to go sit under the tree and draw already.

[turlough]

Of course Gerard would be complete disaster with any kind of manual work, especially if it involved strong sunlight, the poor darling! *pets him*

[turps33]

I so love talking story ideas!

Okay, questions. I was happily writing away when I realised age was going to give me problems. My original idea had Ray 17, but that meant Frank and Mikey would both be around 13, which seems a little young.

I could make Ray older. Maybe at college, and Frank and Mikey could be seniors. Bob a year older. This would mean Mikey was at school, not work, but that shouldn't be a problem.

Or, I could make that this is Ray's full time job, and Frank helps him and Bob out in the summer holidays, while Mikey has a summer job interning at eyeball.

Both could work okay. It's just whether I want Ray as a full time gardener, or a part time college student/gardener.

Not that it matters too much. The whole story is set over the summer, but still. I like to know these details in my head.

And yes, the unicorn will be a focal point of the story, with a flurry of notes, complete with Gee's little drawings *g*

THe Ways coming out into the sun!

Just the thought of that makes me so happy!

Thanks for listening to me babble on, it does help me fix details in my head.

[turps33]

Dude, yes! That would work and work nicely! Thank you!

You know, I'm totally here if you want to throw things at me too. Which sounds weird but you know what I mean *g* So if you ever need any help, don't hesitate to ask.