The Nightmare Before Christmas

To: lordessrenegade
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: correlation does not imply causation
Rating: R
Characters: Brian/Gerard
Word Count: ~6,500 words
Warnings: Um. Slash? Discussions of substance abuse, profanity, some angst.
Disclaimer: It’s not real, it didn’t happen, I’m making stuff up. If you’re reading this over hot chocolate and recognizing your friends’ names, well … I can’t stop you. So enjoy!
Summary: Gerard and Brian keep missing things. Unless they don’t. Sometimes, they catch each other.
Notes: These are slices of time, spanning from 2002 to 2006, which means there are mentions of both Gerard and Brian’s experiences in rehab. Thanks to S, O and A for the betas, handholding, and making me expand the story another 3k words beyond the first draft they got. They rule and any remaining mistakes are a result of my own stubbornness.


( correlation does not imply causation )

... ok, so something had to be straight. :P

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Welcome to nightmare_xmas, bandom's holiday fic and art exchange!

With the permission of gmth, goddess of holiday fic exchanges, we've modeled this fic exchange after HP's classic merry_smutmas.

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Well, on Monday evening, August 27, at 6 p.m. EST, a sign-up post will go up in this community. We'll take only the first sixty-two signups, which will allow us to post two fics a day during the month of December. You'll get a chance in the signup posts to say what pairings, kinks, and scenarios you'd like written for you and what you'd prefer not to write for someone else.

Signups will remain open through our obtaining 62 participants or September 3, whichever comes first. We're looking to signup between 31-62 participants to allow for daily posting of fic or art throughout December.

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