Title: The Twelve Steps (to a chalk outline)
Fandom: Bandom
Pairing: Mikey/Gerard/Brendon/Frank, Gabe/William/Kesha, Jon/Tom
Categories: AU, Dark, Hurt/Comfort,
Length: Epic (74,000 + 15,000 words of coda)
Warnings: incest, implied past rape of a minor; cannimbalism; serial killers; torture

Author on LJ: gala_apples & dr_jasley
Website: doctor_appledoctor_apples

Summary: “My name is Ryland, and it's been four days since I eviscerated someone.”
“Hi Ryland!”

Gerard has been running Serial Killers Anonymous for a while now, and it’s a good outlet for them all. Things start to change though, when he finally confronts Mikey about what he’s been doing the nights he gets back from the bar after dawn. Mikey agrees to go to placate his brother/boyfriend, not because he feels remorse. If they really didn’t want to die, they’d be more interesting when they beg for their life.

Meanwhile, Brendon’s just had an amicable break-up with Jon, a fact he could not convince his best friend Ryan of in a million years. Unfortunately for him, he has to listen to Ryan’s rants about evil boyfriends and Jon being just the latest in a string of admittedly poor choices, all day as they work together in Ryan’s fashion boutique. He’s out urban exploring for Ryan’s ~inspiration~ when he stumbles upon SK Anon. It’s easy to fall in love. After all, they’re reformed, right?

The problem comes when one of the S K Anon members reverts to their old ways, triggering a collective jump off the wagon. However, with every cloud comes silver lining, and giving in doesn’t always make you weak. Sometimes it takes action to make a house a home, and a group a family.

A story in which working at Borders never stops sucking, Mikey solves every problem with sex, and Frank would like to film the frequent Brendon Vs Filthy Way House battles and charge people to watch them.

Review: What can I add to this summary this detailed? Maybe a few warnings that this is a really dark story involving a foursome of serial killers. If you think you can handle that though, there is no reason to miss reading this fic. The characterization is awesome. There are enough details packed into every sentence that you can read it multiple times and still discover something new. It is also one of the sweetest, and possibly most dysfunctional, romances you'll run across.

The Twelve Steps (to a chalk outline)