Into the Woods by manipulant

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Into The Woods

Author: manipulant
Band(s): mainly P!ATD and associated characters, with cameos by TYV, MCR, and CS
Pairing(s): Brendon/Spencer (minor Frank/Gerard)
Word Count: 110,000
Rating: R, for violence, language, thematic elements, and sex

Warnings: This fic contains two pretty upsetting offscreen character deaths, temporary blindness in one character, temporary loss of control over one's legs in another character, what reads as suicide for one character, and quite a few broken bones. Also a few magical, mean creatures get killed in pretty gross ways.

Summary: Brendon and Spencer get stuck in a book of fairy tales, and have to play along to find their way out. Contains boys in dresses, dragon-fighting, Rumpelstiltskin!Frank, Gerard the Gender-Subverting Crone, talk of dinglehoppers, a big and SERIOUSLY bad wolf, Gabe the Fairy Godfather, several piggyback rides, and everyone eventually living happily ever after.

Prologue
One
Two
Three A
Three B
Four/Five A
Four/Five B
Six A
Six B
Seven A
Seven B
Eight
Nine A
Nine B
Nine C
Ten and Epilogue

A massive thank you to reni_days for the thorough beta and constant cheerleading (and asskicking), and for letting me steal the idea in the first place. Thank you to shinshan for the speedy everything. ♥

Bonus Tracks/Enhanced Content

Fanart:
Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty and Hansel & Gretel
by _afterism
Front Cover
by saint_vee
Little Red Riding Hood
by saint_vee
Sleeping Beauty
by saint_vee

Fanmix(es):
Fanmix by cunningplan