FIC: The Words and the Music

[7iris]

Title: The Words and the Music
Pairing/Rating: Ashlee/Patrick/Pete, NC-17
Summary: See, this is why Patrick doesn't like to get crazy-drunk.
Length: ~1,770 words

For the 2009 I Saw Three Ships Exchange, for the prompt something smutty, maybe involving a little bit of alcohol as a catalyst.

Comments

[saekokato]

This is like a favorite cup of coffee, hot and sweet and smooth all the way down. Yum. :D

[7iris]

Thank you, that is a delicious compliment!

[desfinado]

Gnnnnhhhhhhh hot! Wow, hot. I love the way it happened - with the kind of stupid drunk thing we've all been guilty of letting slip before, and then the kind of ridiculous gesture that is so characteristic of Pete (having sex while Patrick wakes up).

I loved this bit especially:

The thing is, the words Pete puts in his mouth, he sings them with everything he has in him, over and over, in the studio and in front of the world. And he thinks they become, in a way, his words too, like something leaks over from Pete into him. It's why he's never been able to dislike Jeanae as much as he wants to, or forgive her as much as he should, and why Mikey and Alicia break his heart just a little tiny bit. It's why he goes down so easily for Ashlee, and when he slides his tongue inside her, he thinks, I love you, because I have been singing his love songs for you for so long.Lots of fics use this words-and-voice relationship as a metaphor or thing to study, but here you take it even further to be something about how Patrick approaches the world,

[7iris]

Thank you! I'm so glad the set-up worked for you, and that you found something interesting in that metaphor.

[mourning_night]

Lovely. I really like how it's Patrick's slip that leads to Pete and Ashlee finally taking the next step and how unsure Patrick is about things.

[7iris]

Thank you! I'm glad the set-up worked for you!

[icanbreakthesky]

This is really hot and kind of homey. Okay, Ashlee unobtrusively mothering Patrick through his hangover is homey. The rest is hot.

The thing is, the words Pete puts in his mouth, he sings them with everything he has in him, over and over, in the studio and in front of the world. And he thinks they become, in a way, his words too, like something leaks over from Pete into him. and "Ash-" he says, and she leans in close to whisper in his ear, "You've always been in bed with us, you know." His heart twists strangely at that, and then she says, laughter in her voice, "I'm just glad it's not a metaphor anymore, because Pete's right, I really do need more cock."

I'm really interested in that take on Pete and Patrick's relationship, and how easily Ashlee is not excluded from it even if she doesn't have the same kind of history and knowledge that the Pete and Patrick do. She's a force on her own.

[harborshore]

ADORABLY AND HILARIOUSLY HOT. Basically.