#fic: little drummerboy

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A wild Beas emerges from her hibernation bleary eyed and blinking as the winter turns to early spring the trees whisper, “where you been loca,” and all is well.

TIS BEEN A MONTH BUT I AM BACK ~ in the world of Beas, did a big thing at work, learned to ski, celebrated another year around the sun, hit a big ao3 milestone, had the worst writers block the first quarter of the year, got stressy and depressy with the winter, and now … and now SPRING HAS ARRIVED AND I AM LIKE A PLANT EMERGING FROM THE SOIL, here and hopefully ready to be perceived again.

Sharing not one snippet but TWO to come back in style ;)))

Little Drummerboy

The language is crude, but his filter is decimated by the truth universally acknowledged that he is a man in want of being wanted one fucking time in his life without everyone leaving him. He doesn’t think that is too much to ask, but the universe has never been so kind as to give him human connection that wasn’t fraught with disaster every step of the way. To be known by the masses but to never be known wholly. To have those screaming his praises in the hundreds of thousands, but nobody to hold him at night when the shivers wrack his body and the demons come out to play.

The Kiss List

It is an undisputed fact of life on the Georgetown campus that Alex Claremont Diaz has a pair of lips and he knows exactly how to use them. Henry Fox, the ex-facto roommate extraordinaire of the “most kissable lips on campus” is entirely aware of just how good of a kisser Alex is. Not through any experience of his own as much as he hates to say it. No. Alex, his dear, sweet, delusional roommate of three years, has a kiss list. A color coded rank and file excel sheet with coding more complex than what it took to get the first mission to mars up and running. Henry can’t pretend to understand it when Alex comes back into the room giddy as all get out and pulls up the file. He has had a shotgun seat to the rollercoaster that has been Alex’s kissing conundrum over the last few semesters on campus.

Thank you to all of the insanely talented people who have tagged me this past month while I’ve not been around … your tags and enthusiasm for writing has fueled me through my hibernation, I will be catching up and back-reading just you wait ;)))

in no particular order: @alasse9 @indestructibleheart @rmd-writes @suseagull04 @read-and-write- @onthewaytosomewhere @firenati0n @zwiazdziarka @cha-melodius @wordsofhoneydew @three-drink-amy @cricketnationrise @orchidscript @kiwiana-writes @getmehighonmagic @sparklepocalypse @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @leaves-of-laurelin @itsmaybitheway @futureseaempress @welcometololaland @adreamareads @songliili @14carrotghoul @magicandarchery @anincompletelist @happiness-of-the-pursuit @sherryvalli @daisymae-12 @littlemisskittentoes @affectionatelyrs @gayrootvegetable @historicallysam @nocoastposts @gayrootvegetable @lizzie-bennetdarcy @porcelainmortal @ships-to-sail @agame-writes @iboatedhere @cultofsappho @myheartalivewrites @rockyroadkylers @bigassbowlingballhead @leojfitz @anchoredarchangel @dumbpeachjuice @smc-27 @dustratcentral @lem0nademouth

#inexplicablymine #fic: little drummerboy #fic: the kiss list #rwrb fics #red white and royal blue #ao3 author #ao3 writer #LISTEN I AM BACK AFTER SO LONG AND HAPPY TO BE HERE #inexpliclablymine wip

[gay-flyboys]

For the sleepover - what are some fics you’ve read recently that you recommend? 👀👀👀

God I'm notorious about not reading enough fics, most of the one's I've read have been because of beta reading. But I will peruse!

At The Edge of Us - xo_em: Top Gun fic, it's the one I yanked the soulmate au idea from. Em has a magical way with words, highly recommend.

Pierced - AHumanFemale: A Barisi fic where Barba has a belly button piercing. This fic changed my brain chemistry when I was 16 and I haven't stopped thinking about it since

Little Drummerboy - Inexplicablymine: Firstprince AU, Alex is a drummer, incredible world building. One more chapter but I will recommend this fic til the day I die

Sleepover Gossip!

#max answers

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WIP WEDNESDAY

Here is a little more of Little Drummerboy, the rockstar drummer au!

(chapter two posted today this is a snippet from chapter 3)

A song lyrics snippet preview for the next chapter! And yes you should be reading between ALL of those lines ;) The song is entitled “Every other Weekend” you might possibly imagine this to a somewhat similar tune to Conan Gray’s Heather if you so please:

you tried it for years/love wasn't enough/the front yard grew weeds/roof started to rust/you said it’d get better/trashed every one of my letters/broke bicycle training/rust under the mainframe/the car you brought by/when you’d teach me to drive/every other weekend

why would you ever miss me/stuck half alive in your memories/you gave me your word/you left me unheard/I stay undeterred/till the worlds end/every other weekend

stuck behind, loveblind/aged out of a system of bliss filled remission/ wandering halls long empty phone calls/ you walk by, what a sight for sore eyes/ bleak words of admission/ every other weekend

why would you ever miss me/stuck half alive in your memories/you gave me your word/you left me unheard/I stay undeterred/till the worlds end/every other weekend

so I fucked it up/so I ran it off/so I blew a fuse/till the world stepped up/but then you took me down/ran the weekend gambit/took my love for granted/should’ve guessed you planned it/we struck a match/ burned the whole place down/ took the weekend off/ gave you the runaround/ but still you stand/ by that bygone date/ for your sacred meeting/ some sick twist of fate/ so I hold it up/ for all to see/ every other weekend/ but you’ll never get all of me (you’ll never get all of me)

stuck half alive in your memories/you gave me your word/you left me unheard/I stay undeterred/till the worlds end/every other weekend

Can’t wait to continue posting more of this over the course of February!!!

Read Here: Part 1 | Part 2

Thank you for the tags: @whimsymanaged @futureseaempress @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @onthewaytosomewhere @kiwiana-writes @suseagull04 @cha-melodius @three-drink-amy @orchidscript @heybuddy-drabbles @wordsofhoneydew @sherryvalli @firenati0n

And some more Wednesday tags!!: @anchoredarchangel @anincompletelist @affectionatelyrs @adreamareads @babiemonk @cricketnationrise @cultofsappho @celaestis1 @celeritas2997 @daisymae-12 @dumbpeachjuice @dragonflylady77 @everwitch-magiks @14carrotghoul @gayrootvegetable @gay-flyboys @lizzie-bennetdarcy @iboatedhere @hillerskas @leaves-of-laurelin @leojfitz @ninzied @nontoxic-writes @nocoastposts @ships-to-sail @indomitable-love @rmd-writes @welcometololaland @happiness-of-the-pursuit @read-and-write- @littlemisskittentoes @saintlynomenclature @raysletters @notspecialbabe @onward--upward @magicandarchery @msmarvelouswinchester

#fic: little drummerboy #yes these are song lyrics #they are all included in the next chapter so it’s still a part of the WIP I TELL YOU #firstprince wip #rwrb wip #rwrb wip wednesday #inexplicablymine wip

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WIP Wednesday / Weekday Inspiration

So I have been very out of touch on my poor tumblr blog in part because I didn’t have any new words to share (when the words don’t word they don’t word you know) and also to move into my new place across the pond, but the muse hasn’t exactly returned… I just drug her out from her hibernation cave and forced it to write.

For now enjoy a little mood board + snippet from Little Drummerboy my drummer!alex au that comes out next week!!

“That’s not fair Oscar you agreed to it when we made this plan.”

“This plan,” his voice deadly sharp, the deep baritone rolling out like a thunderstorm, “Was a deal between you and me, nothing about sacrificing for the kids. June doesn’t want to be in the magazines, she wants to write for them and Alex has a future in drumming for fucks sake, you want to throw away their dreams?”

“But what about my dreams?” Ellen chokes out.

“You can have your dreams Ellen, but I am not going to give up our kids' dreams just because you are too selfish to let them have any.”

The silence sits heavy and damning. He tries to breathe through the tightening feeling that has squeezed his lungs inside his throat, but his dad rips the door open in a harried wild way that Alex has never seen before,

“Come on mijo we are leaving.”

Rip to my first attempt at Angst let me know if this sufficiently broke you!!

We will be back to my regularly scheduled Mind over Matter (Mindreading soulmates au) snippets after next week in the lead up to its posting!!!

I have been tagged by so many lovely people the last two weeks for wip Wednesdays and Sundays so thank you all this is both a thank you and a tag back for this Wednesday!! (Also inspiration weekend too) I am slowly making my way through all of the amazing snippets and inspiration on my dash: @magicandarchery @sherryvalli @kiwiana-writes @celaestis1 @littlemisskittentoes @wordsofhoneydew @adreamareads @rmd-writes @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @stereopticons @14carrotghoul @songliili @happiness-of-the-pursuit @everwitch-magiks @indestructibleheart @tintagel-or-cockleshells @nocoastposts @firenati0n @leaves-of-laurelin @orchidscript @cha-melodius @onthewaytosomewhere @ships-to-sail @suseagull04 @theprinceandagcd @xthelastknownsurvivorx @anincompletelist @dumbpeachjuice @ninzied @leojfitz @welcometololaland

Open tag as well for those who didn’t send things to my sad little graveyard the past two weeks ~ PLS SHARE YOUR MORSELS

#inexplicablymine wip wed #fic: Little Drummerboy #inspiration weekend #this is literally going to be so angsty but so rewarding #I’m so … not sorry about my first attempt at angst

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Some Sentences Sunday

So here are uhhh more than 7 sentences of the next Little Drummerboy update because I have no self control.

“You mean the author?” Alex looks down at the byline and sees a familiar last name grace the page. Allison Tidwell. She’s a mouthpiece for JRR and usually speaks favorably about Kensington as well. She’d prey on young stars like a vulture, haggard and gaunt, looking for its next meal. She would misquote, misassign, and misdirect those she interviewed making artists look worse, planting feuds and all around being a shitty person.  “Ahh Shitwell, yeah I’m familiar with her writing, we know when it's coming because it stinks up the room before it arrives.” Henry snorts next to him and holds his hand out for a fistbump. It is highly unlike him to do so, but Alex had told him to start assimilating into the culture of the Luna Records or he was going to burn all of Henry’s button down shirts in an effigy to the fashion gods. Pez was around at the time and lifted his hands up in an amen gesture. Henry had been upset that his “two best friends were ganging up on him like this.” Alex took that statement and tucked it between his ribcage for safekeeping. 

I am also counting this as my last line tag as well!!

Thank you for the tags: @kiwiana-writes @leaves-of-laurelin @onthewaytosomewhere @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @wordsofhoneydew @littlemisskittentoes @suseagull04 @rockyroadkylers @happiness-of-the-pursuit @alasse9 @three-drink-amy @firenati0n @getmehighonmagic @iboatedhere @welcometololaland

AND ALSO TAGGING: (and open tag tag me BACK I WANT TO SEE YOUR WORDS) @anchoredarchangel @anincompletelist @affectionatelyrs @cultofsappho @whimsymanaged @read-and-write- @rmd-writes @cha-melodius @tintagel-or-cockleshells @dumbpeachjuice @cricketnationrise @myheartalivewrites @matherines @onward--upward @orchidscript @leojfitz @lizzie-bennetdarcy @gayrootvegetable @gay-flyboys @everwitch-magiks @indomitable-love @indestructibleheart

#fic: little drummerboy #inexplicablymine writes #inexplicablymine wip #red white and royal blue #firstprince #ao3 #rwrb #inexplicablymine

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7 Sentence Sunday Monday

so time got away from me and I have about 7 million asks to answer from various different games which rest assured ARE going to be answered I just had to do real life for a bit (what a disappointment)

To hold you over until I answer those, I present a snippet of Little Drummerboy the NSFJ (not safe for Jamie ~ aka Jamie no lookie) rockstar drummer!alex au that is posting this week ;)

He snaps the picture with the suit still covered in cake in the background, hung meticulously on a hanger as if it isn’t looking more like a confectionary treat than something wearable.

“Pitstop before the grammy’s hope tomorrow night tasted as sweet as this ;))” before tagging Thom Browne, Bea Fox, Henry Fox, Calvin Klein, and his ghost accounts for the Enough album.

He posts it quickly, watching as it racks up likes faster than anything he has ever posted before. He doesn’t spend much time on social media so when he does decide to share anything other than an incredibly polished photo, it is a rare occurrence. To address something that might be considered scandal so quickly after the event that absolutely has his name as well as Henry’s trending will only do them both good.

He gets a text from Zhara, his PR manager, that makes him breathe a little easier

“Good job you little shit, I don’t know how you turned this clusterfuck around so quickly but everyone is calling it one of the best ways to advertise the new TB collection yet. You are taking Bea as your date to the Grammys tomorrow, they are rearranging the seats as we speak”

Soooooooo hope you all are ready for this fun musician au because it’s coming 👀

Thank you to all of these amazing people for the tags: @ships-to-sail @firenati0n @notspecialbabe @wordsofhoneydew @cha-melodius @indestructibleheart @gay-flyboys @theprinceandagcd @magicandarchery @three-drink-amy @orchidscript @littlemisskittentoes @kiwiana-writes @onthewaytosomewhere @hgejfmw-hgejhsf

I am leaving an open tag because I am BEHIND so yeah… see y’all on Wednesday where I will be AHEAD hahaha (maybe, I hope, one can dream)

#ao3 wip #my wips #fic: little drummerboy #seven sentence sunday #six sentence sunday #< except this is eight sentences I never said I could count ;) #ITS COMING VERY VERY SOON GET EXCITED #posted from my phone rip the formatting

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WIP WEDNESDAY

so I’m late because look at the banner!!! (I am way more proud of that than I ought to be lol)

Serving up a little something special from Little Drummerboy CH 3.

READ: CH 1 | CH 2

There is a lot of pressure to say something important then. To communicate something more than just having a good time or being heartbroken. Alex knows that it's pretentious to say so, but he knows Henry agrees. They spend Valentine's Day ripping into bad love songs that are too redundant to effectively say anything. It devolves into talking about their favorite love songs after one too many comments on overused words and tired chords. Alex still feels a little squirmy when he thinks about the way Henry sat down at the piano, well into the early morning of the fifteenth, and crooned out “Can’t Help Falling In Love” while playing softly on the piano. It doesn’t matter that it came about from an argument. Alex didn’t want to think about the thirty minutes before or after that performance. All he wanted to think about is how there weren’t eighty thousand people on a stage claiming it was sung for them, to them. That night under the swirling stars of Orion and the ever chasing Scorpius, it was music just for Alex and nobody else.

Annnnnnnd with that I leave you to the tags!!!

Also I can’t emphasize this enough, open OPEN wide open tag pls share some of your words and ideas or art or anything and tag me so I can come look and support and scream with you about these silly silly boys

Thank you to these amazing lovely people for sharing their words with the world and WITH ME MWAH 💋 @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @kiwiana-writes @suseagull04 @anincompletelist @firenati0n @rockyroadkylers @leojfitz @orchidscript @cha-melodius @onthewaytosomewhere @getmehighonmagic @indestructibleheart

Tagging some lovely loves I want to see your writing today! (Or whenever you get to it ;) @adreamareads @anchoredarchangel @affectionatelyrs @cricketnationrise @14carrotghoul @callumsmitchells @clottedcreamfudge @everwitch-magiks @dumbpeachjuice @dragonflylady77 @futureseaempress @daisymae-12 @gayrootvegetable @gay-flyboys @sparklepocalypse @smc-27 @heybuddy-drabbles @lily-s-world @lem0nademouth @leaves-of-laurelin @magicandarchery @ninzied @nontoxic-writes @roseapothecary @read-and-write- @happiness-of-the-pursuit @rmd-writes @welcometololaland @three-drink-amy @tintagel-or-cockleshells @vonpeepsisback @wordsofhoneydew @xthelastknownsurvivorx @zwiazdziarka

#fic: little drummerboy #wip: little drummerboy #ROCKSTAR ALEX #red white and royal blue #firstprince #inexplicablymine #inexplicablymine wip #yes this is indeed a Valentine’s Day refrence in my wip posting on Valentine’s Day hehehe

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SOME SENTENCES MONDAY

Okay buttercups I have returned again (funny how life uproots you when you thought you were getting settled into it)

But the muse fluttered in and delivered a songfic to my ear and then fluttered away again so while I will be giving y’all the last chapter of Little Drummerboy soon, in the mean time let this tide you over (and will post on Wednesday!!)

You’re Gonna Go Far

He would let the rich pavement and wide open highways take him home. Texas bluebonnet wild, cicada strong, sideways pampas grass floating freeways situated between wildfire season and the inevitable downpour of hail that tramples Mother Nature's roadside finger paintings.

But he fucking can’t.

Because New York City doesn’t have cicadas; it has cockroaches. And the only driving he can do is driving snot-nosed WASPy kids in his law program towards the singular direction of fucking doing their god damn work because they’re all adults and group projects are the sin of the earth.

He can’t take the key around his neck and let it be a homing device protective shield across his heart when he’s run out of air and the gas tank goes low.

Thank you to all of these wonderful people who have tagged me when I have been waffling about with nothing to do or say: @onthewaytosomewhere @happiness-of-the-pursuit @stereopticons @suseagull04 @theprinceandagcd

@iboatedhere @affectionatelyrs @cricketnationrise @bigassbowlingballhead @firenati0n

@indestructibleheart @alasse9 @magicandarchery @cha-melodius @orchidscript

@kiwiana-writes @14carrotghoul @anincompletelist @cactusdragon517 @henryspearl

@sherryvalli @thinkof-england @itsmaybitheway @msmarvelouswinchester @littlemisskittentoes

@welcometololaland @leaves-of-laurelin @thedramasummer @three-drink-amy @rmd-writes

OKAY and just a few more (lol): @everwitch-magiks (this is the under 5k fic we are all shocked happened) @anchoredarchangel @dumbpeachjuice @smc-27 @sightetsound

@gayrootvegetable @heartitinthesilence @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @hillerskas @myheartalivewrites

No pressure I am just late (as always) and playing catch up

#six sentences sunday #seven sentence sunday #inexplicablymine wip #fic: you’re gonna go far #yes this is a song fic #yes it is hurt/comfort #yes you do get it on Wednesday #yes I wrote it in a Beas blackout #anywhoooooo #red white and royal blue #firstprince #ao3 #inexplicablymine

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SOULMATE MIND READING???

Chrissy this is my beloved Halloween Huh Prompt that grew legs, arms, a brain of its own and then ran like Usain Bolt very far away from me into a seriously extreme long fic.

I present Mind Over Matter ~ or “MoM” haha

This is my take on a world where casual magic, and slightly enhanced abilities are a thing, think being able to heat tea up to the perfect temperature always, never falling, always hitting the green lights. It’s technically called your sixth sense and researchers have found the genome that makes those with “powers” more likely.

But the Claremont-Díaz’s could never be normal could they. An old legend meets new magic and Alex and his sister have the ability to hear thoughts passed directly to them. This isn’t just everyone’s thoughts though, but the thoughts of those most compatible with you.

Sometimes they are muddy, sometimes they are a little more clear like hearing someone talk through a stream of water, or a thunderstorm.

But Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor’s thoughts about Alex, in all their dirty concerning glory, are not only crystal clear, they are the loudest thoughts Alex has ever heard.

Canon divergence, canon fuckery but they are still in their same positions in life.

I have shared one single snippet from this work linked below ~ tis a doozy and the next long fic I am working on after I finish posting Little Drummerboy

If you would like to read an excerpt from Mind Over Matter

If you would like to ask about one of my badly explained WIP’s my inbox is open!!

#badly explained WIP’s #explained a little less badly #fic: mind over matter #wip: mind over matter #YES THE SOULMATE MINDREADING AU #IT IS GOING TO BE A FUN ONE FOR SURE #red white and royal blue #firstprince #inexplicablymine answers #inexplicablymine #rwrb

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GIFTMAS SCHEDULE + ASKS

Dear all,

I have some asks to answer, and I thought it would be fun to throw some of these out there as well. Here is the official calendar for my 12 Fics of Giftmas, my askbox is indeed open for any inquiring minds to know more in the coming days!

No Nut November (posted, 10K, E, for: @kiwiana-writes)

Fifteen Hours Till Forever (Dec. 25th)

Balls to the Wall (Dec. 26th)

Glitter Bomb (Dec. 27th)

Where is my Supersuit (Dec. 28th)

3/4th Cup of Love (Dec. 29th)

Sleeping Beauties (Dec. 30th)

Halfway There (Dec. 31st)

Little Drummerboy (Jan 1)

Lexicon of Love (Jan 2nd)

Soup de Jour (Jan 3rd)

The Dragon on my Chest (Jan 4th)

The Boy With The Pearl Earring (Jan. 5th)

Names are subject to change at the whims of the muse, but the schedule is now set! ask away! fun things are coming!

#12 fics of giftmas #beas attempts something certifiably wild #inexplicablymine writes #a whole lot actually #SO VERY EXCITED FOR ALL OF THESE :)))))))))