I'm not saying it was your fault, although you could've done more...

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I love all strange_bt_trues because she lets me email her random things like this:

I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS ALL DAY. What if Brendon had an Internet friend, huh? In this AU they're all Normal People and maybe Brendon met him (this Internet friend is, idk, Shane or something) on Craigslist or someplace equally dodgy - like, they'd considered rooming together but it didn't work out but they still found each other pretty cool and continued talking, so.

And because in all possible universes Ryan Ross thinks the Internet = creepy place with porn, paedophiles and other creepy people (conveniently ignoring, and also ultimately shaped by the fact that he used to post camwhore pictures of himself onto livejournal communities, because that canon ALSO happened in all possible universes) every time Brendon goes, "My internet friend has a new dog!" and "My internet friend is a photographer!" (PHOTOGRAPHERS = POTENTIAL CREEPY, Ryan's mind goes, and Jon goes, "Hey!") Ryan draws his eyebrows together and goes to sulk/worry in a corner about how Brendon's being taken advantage of. Because, I mean, look at Brendon - if anyone were to be cheated over the Internet it'd be him, right?

Until the day when Brendon goes, "My internet friend is getting married, and he thinks we should meet up at the wedding! :DDD" (Brendon knows his name is Shane, but My Internet Friend is what he calls Shane in front of others - like, well, it's not like the rest actually know him, right? Maybe they'd forget his name!) and then Ryan's brain goes MARRIED WHAT (like, that's not the excuse most Internet predators use to lure out their catch, right?) and ding ding ding MEETUP DANGER simultaneously and his confusion actually shows on his face for once (oh Ryan Ross, you expressionless dork, I love you) and Brendon's all, "what?!"

Ryan says, "Just, married?"

Brendon says, "Well, yeah, I told you about his girlfriend, didn't I? Her name's Regan and, uh, they're in love with each other. Which is why they're getting married."

(Ryan obviously hadn't been listening, duh. He gets so indignant every time Brendon natters on about his Internet friend - like, Brendon, this guy is out to get you! sexually! - that he's kind of adopted ostrich syndrome when it comes to Brendon talking about Shane, which he is aware isn't really a healthy way of dealing with the whole situation where Brendon might get kidnapped one day, but.)

Ryan colours and says, "Um, okay." Then he says, "I thought this was a sex thing." because hey, he totally thought it was. He doesn't really see the appeal in it, but people on the Internet is weird.

THEN Brendon gets pissed off, because hey he has a totally huge crush on Ryan and how could he not know? (He'd always thought Ryan knew and was ignoring it, or whatever.) And then he thinks, o shit, what if Shane really does think it's a sex thing? Never mind that he can count the number of times they've talked about sex on one hand, and it's always in the context of, "Oh, me and my girlfriend...", not "How'd you like it, baby?"

SO ANYWAY lots of stomping around and yelling and boys being awkward and oblivious (Ryan Ross being awkward and oblivious) and Shane and Regan's wedding! And then Ryan and Brendon get together and have sex, and not over the Internet. \o/

... Yeah, so anyway. /o\ Oops?

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I AM COOING AT THE SCREEN.

It would be kind of quiet between them for a while, then, even after the music breaks for long enough that it's too awkward to hang around waiting, and enough people are taking off for Brendon to wander over and say bye to Shane and Regan and then they're driving home, still in silence. Brendon's still smiling.

Ryan walks Brendon up to his door and then says, "So I'll see you later," but Brendon just rolls his eyes and tugs Ryan inside. He fixes Ryan a coffee and chats kind of normally about some dude he was talking to just after the service who apparently went to Brendon's high school and was, like, one of the few people Brendon actually liked, so that was pretty cool, and then just as Ryan's feeling really weird and unsure what's going on, Brendon cocks his head and regards Ryan kind of quizzically for a moment.

"You surprise me sometimes, dude," he says, and then he leans in and kisses Ryan very sweet and very soft, and his mouth is warm and tastes like champagne.

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HI I AM GOING TO SLEEP BUT JUST KNOW THAT I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. Yesssss. ♥

Ryan can't stop flailing about his head about yes finally, I'm kissing Brendon! I'm! until Brendon draws back and he realises he'd been just, uh. Sitting there without kissing back, much, and even though he hadn't pushed Brendon back away Brendon's looking at him from under his lashes, half-coquettish and half-insecure, twisting his tie in his fingers.

Ryan reaches up and says, "Let me -" and Brendon moves back as though he doesn't quite get it, but his eyes grow wide when Ryan's hands are reaching for his tie and he'd meant to fix it, crooked from the wedding, fix it or take it off, but instead he finds himself pulling Brendon to him with the tie and kissing him again.

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I APOLOGISE, I CANNOT COME UP WITH A MORE PERFECT ENDING. Pulling him by the tie, oh my God. ♥___♥