ALL TOGETHER NOW! (V. 2) A bandom comment fic meme!

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It's that time of year again!

Prompt! Write! Feedback! Anon or not. And tell other people about it, so we can have a bigger, better time.

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[romantical]

They're on tour, and then they're in Hawaii, so Pete waits as patiently as he can. He's never been good at patient though, so two nights before they're due to come back to LA, Pete texts Mikey, asking when they'll be home. He gets the same response he's gotten since the beginning, so he waits, bugging Gabe on the phone for hours while Erin makes comments in the background. Pete likes Erin. She's good for Gabe, makes him laugh. He wants to tell Gabe to be careful, to be sure, but he was sure and he's where he is now anyway.

He paces the house, cleaning up the scattered toys left from when Bronx was there. He's used to one parent and then the other, so the changing from house to house is really the only difference to him. Even that isn't so different - from LA to New York to Chicago to Texas to a bus. Stability was never Pete's stock in trade. He thought he was better, but really all he learned is that stability means prolonged exposure, and prolonged exposure to him means finding a way out.

Gabe interrupts a monologue about Disney films to tell him to stop thinking so much and stop moping, and to make himself cookies or something. Pete says he will and then tells Gabe not to watch Beauty and the Beast and get Erin's hopes up. Gabe goodnaturedly tells him to fuck off and that he loves him and then hangs up in the middle of telling Erin what Pete said. Pete imagines she laughs. He wishes he could have heard it.

A day later he gets a text telling him to get his ass over to Mikey's house and he breaks a couple of laws getting there. The door's unlocked and the house has that weird, unlived in smell that they get when people go away. "How fast were you going?"

Alicia's tanned, which is just weird. Pete's used to her skin being a delicate white that looks like milk, glowing in the sun. It sets her ink off nicely though. "Damn, Alicia. First Mikey goes sleeveless and now, what? You're off in a bikini?"

"You wish, Wentz."

"Oooh, skinnydipping? Even hotter."

Mikey comes out of the kitchen, drinking a Coke Zero. "Are you thinking dirty thoughts about my wife, dude?"

"Yeah."

Mikey nods. "Cool. You want to talk about vacations and tours and shit?"

"No."

Alicia reaches out for Pete's hand, and her skin is warm when he laces his fingers with hers. She leads him down the hallway, not minding at all as he stops to pet every Piggy, Bunny and Snowball he meets. "You need another dog."

"I'm not sure I'm up for dependency right now. I feel kind of like a failure at it. Er, at being dependable, not being dependent. I'm good at that."

Mikey rolls his eyes and edges past them, grabbing Pete's other hand and tugging him toward the bedroom. "Shut up."

"I'm being dependent right now."

"Hey." Mikey stops, all seriousness for a moment. "The whole friend gig? That's about being there when needed. And the whole 'with benefits' thing? That makes it co-dependent." He tugs hard, catching Pete off-balance and sending him sprawling on the bed. "I was thinking you could eat Alicia out and I'd fuck you. Any comments, complaints or requests?"

"Can we mix it up later?"

Alicia laughs and tugs her tank top off, tossing it to the side before shimmying out of her shorts and crawling up Pete's body. "I think that can be arranged."

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Awwww ♥.

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OT3!!!!!!