The Phantom Rest Stop: An American Idol Halloween Story (Fic)
Featuring: David Cook, David Archuleta, Neal Tiemann, The Anthemic. With special guest star, Adam Lambert!
Rated: PG-13
Warnings for: Scary events, bad language, lots of UST among pretty much everyone listed, and some implicit hooking up. Oh, and David Cook meets Satan. Maybe.
Summary: A dark October night, a tour bus on a lonely road, and some ( Read more... )
Rated: PG-13
Warnings for: Scary events, bad language, lots of UST among pretty much everyone listed, and some implicit hooking up. Oh, and David Cook meets Satan. Maybe.
Summary: A dark October night, a tour bus on a lonely road, and some ( Read more... )
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BB, THIS STORY IS AMAZING. THE BAND DYNAMIC, HOW YOU GET THEM, YOUR ADAM/ARCH DYNAMIC, NEAL THE BARBARIAN, YOUR "THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED" SCENARIO, THE WHOLE THING. YOU GET IT, YOU GET THEM.
AUGH, KIND OF SHAKING. BETTER FEEDBACK ANON. BRB, REREADINGGGG
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THERE IS ONE PERSON IN THE WORLD who this story made sense to . . .yaaay!
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Um, bb, you mean Archie, not Adam, right? :P
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You should write more. TOTES. :)
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Well, I suppose his presence came out of the fact that the story really needed an observer character to heighten the impact and the tension. And once you allow Adam in, he never plays just a neutral or a minor part, you know.
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Love the way you wrote the group dynamic. Love the idea that wonderful things are still always flawed, and that be willing to die for someone doesn't mean you don't still resent them at times. Yet miracles are still miraculous.
My favourite line:
"Cook was slightly beefy (and Adam sighed, the former fat boy in him still hurt at his own judginess), a middle-American heart-throb with no New York/LA sculpting to him, walking around with those big strong arms, and thick neck, and a great ass, and a general aura of solid, warm *guyness* to him that was delectable, or delicious, or something."
Yum!
"Still-young Archie is about the same height as another man Adam loves, without Kris's manliness, yet, and without Kris's happy sureness and certainty of direction (a direction that includes Adam's friendship, but not his body, his heart)."
Sniffle. Oh, the angst!
Love this!
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My goodness, you put this so well, what I was aiming for, or rather what came out of the story. I've always liked stories where the character who pulls off the save is unexpected, too, and so Archie evolved in the story from someone who would merely suffer sorrow into someone with a crucial part in the mission. But in the logic of this story, there's also quite a bit of the people in peril rescuing themselves, and the prince, alas, does not get the prize.
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I loved the sci-fi movie of the week feel, the ridiculously accurate description, the searingly hot Cookmann interaction, Archie at the end - holy LORD was that fantastic - and Adam's wry observation of it all.
This story is stellar in ways I can't even begin to describe. I loved every word and am going to go back and read it another 20 times before I go to sleep. You are amazing.
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This is the best characterization of the Anthemic as a band I have ever read.
Oh man. Thank you. Their story is so fascinating and full of potentially difficult things that we don't quite see. Have wanted to write an Anthemic story forever and yet not have it just be a bunch of implausible conversations about Tulsa. For most people that would not turn into some sort of bizarre Outer Limits mystery, but I am made in such a way that it did. :-)
am going to go back and read it another 20 times before I go to sleep.
An author can have no greater honor then destroying sleep!
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i love this. idk what's going on -- and that's perfect for this story! because they don't know wtf is going on either.
the only thing that would make it better is a happy ending for archie. but that's just my archie stan heart talking. :p
ACTUALLY, nothing would make it better. it's perfect the way it is. perfectly perfect.
thank you so much for sharing this with us! and for giving me a reason to stay up until 2:30am! you rock!! ♥
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YES!
the only thing that would make it better is a happy ending for archie. but that's just my archie stan heart talking. :p
But poignant Archie is so deeply satisfying to write. And besides. I'm not saying he *gives up* or anything. Who knows what happens when hot, grown-up Archuleta arrives on the scene, years from now?
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