Wrong Maps Pete/Patrick Round=Over
He understood, then, that there was more to their endeavor than wrong maps and wrong turns. The trip had been about what was right -- and about having the right person beside him for the ride.
Blades of Grass, by
burgerking
Out of all the awesome quotes we've seen in this challenge, I just think this one sums everything up wonderfully.
The last chapter was posted today. I really want to say thank you:
To the readers, thanks for taking a look at what we worked on. Tojaydenrioblue for our header.
And to our writers. There aren't enough words. Honestly, thank you all.
I guess if we were naming an MVP, we'd probably give it to
sobota, who effortlessly pulled out 4 fics.
And since I am complete corny, I'd ask that we'd all get MVPness, for coming on this road-trip and sharing the awesome.
Below the cut is a listing of the fics, with some sexy quote action. Check them out when you can, and if I've missed any, please inform me. And when we're ready to roll again, watch this space. We'll be glad to have you along for the ride.
Yours,
Marie.
All Chapters
honeybearbee wrote Calm Before The Storm [US Chapter]
Patrick looked from the map in his hands and back to Pete. “You want to do what exactly?”
“I want to tour America! With just you and Hemmy. It’ll be fun, and just like a family road trip.”
chibigirl626 wrote The Little Old Bandmates From Pasadena [US Chapter]
After a couple minutes of driving, they reached the front of City Hall, and went right past it. After all, it was just another big domed bronze government building. Even if it was really elaborate. At least, that was Pete's excuse.
sharon_hate wrote Gravity Hill [US Chapter]
Hollywood Blvd belongs to the tourists past La Brea. Past La Brea, Hollywood is only small stores that sell t-shirts with cheap fonts across the front. It’s Middle-American families taking off-center pictures of the stars on the floor and in front of hopefully haunted hotels.
inchsandbckyrds wrote I'm saying things I never said before, but Madrid is paradise. [Non-US Chapter]
...it was overwhelming to know that Pete rested all this on Patrick's shoulders as a responsibility, but Patrick was eager to make Pete know that it was not a responsibility -- it was what Patrick was born to do.
sobota wrote Vegas, baby! [US Chapter]
Sammy Davis, Jr. touched his temple with the fingers not holding onto his cigarette. "It's all up here, brother," he said, and pointed to his lips. "And here." And he pointed to his heart. "And here. You weren't here to see it when you could still shake hands with Sinatra, but just knowing that there was that moment is all that matters."
sobota wrote douce lyon, je t'ai gardée dans mon cœur! [Non-US Chapter]
Maybe there was something to be said about this method of travel. There were no itineraries or photo-shoots and they weren't eating at McDonald's and Patrick was drinking the best hot cocoa he had ever tasted in his entire life and Pete was smiling, which was enough for Patrick to sing from the rooftops.
xxdance wrote The Wind that Wakes the Ocean [US Chapter]
"So what are you saying?" Patrick asks, smiling. "That we should trade in the car for a couple of motorcycles?"
"No," Pete says, "just. There’s only so much to see, you know?"
Patrick thinks about it for a moment. Slowly, deliberately, he rolls down the passenger window and raindrops stream through the opening and hit his arms and face like tiny, wet pinpricks.
pandagore wrote The Right Place, The Right Time [Non-US Chapter]
The thing about London, Pete thinks, as he stands in front of a large map of the Underground system, is that it’s not very logical. His eyebrows knit together as he scans over the mess of lines, black, pink, blue, red and green, all interwoven like god knows what and all leading to god knows where.
musictoyourlips wrote can't help but wonder where i'm bound [US Chapter]
“Can you believe this is where it started?” Patrick asks Pete. He shakes his head wordlessly. This unassuming, slightly decrepit brick building doesn’t look as though it’s played host to greats such as Bowie, the Smashing Pumpkins, and Nirvana. Even Fall Out Boy. Were they considered great?
sobota wrote i saw the stars crashing down [Non-US Chapter]
They found the subway with some problems, and they were pressed together, Patrick breathing on Pete's neck the entire way, Pete clinging to the bar and squinting as he tried to read the Chinese writing, matching it with what he recalled.
sam_i_am_not_2 wrote let the good times roll [US Chapter]
He doesn't understand it. They had been traveling up Interstate 69 (Pete had giggled when they first saw the sign and kept giggling until they exited onto I-94. Patrick just sighed and rolled his eyes)...
shebangsthedrum wrote Lacock, Wiltshire [Non-US Chapter]
"It still feels like it. It's all still and solemn and... well, not magical, but as if it could be," he took Patrick's wrist and laid his palm next to his own against the stone. "Feel it!"
"Pete, I'm not gonna stand here and fondle stonework with you," Patrick began, and Pete rolled his eyes...
megan23451 wrote Shot Up in the Street [US Chapter]
Somewhere around the fifth inning, the Tigers' shortstop hit a ball straight out to Pete, who was then extremely psyched for the next ten minutes. Sometimes, Patrick sighed to himself, Pete was such a child.
megyal wrote let me see you wave your hand up in the air [Non-US Chapter]
Pete, in the meanwhile, was still tickled by the fact that his middle name and the capital city they were staying in were one and the same.
violentfires wrote burn a new sunrise in yesterday's sky [US Chapter]
"It is the east," Pete continued dramatically, then pushed Patrick's hat down on his head as he walked past, in precisely the manner Patrick had asked him repeatedly not to. "And you, Patrick, are the motherfucking sun."
lemonsherry wrote Folie à deux [Non-US Chapter]
Pete's watching him and grinning, reaching for his camera to catch it on tape, but Patrick's worried for the man's mental health. His hair is wrapped in a tight burgundy turban, stretching at least ten inches above his head, and a weed spliff is stuffed obviously behind his ear. He keeps shouting 'Jah Rastafari!', which never fails to make Pete burst out in his breathless laughter.
crayola_x wrote You Know I Love You. [US Chapter]
It was all the same- soybeans, soybeans, corn, cows, cows, trees, soybeans, horses...
“PONIES!” Pete yelped like an easily impressed city tween, pointing to a group of dark brown horses standing in a small cluster of trees on his side of the road. Patrick laughed.
dreamofthem wrote was trying to find me something... [Non-US Chapter]
Between Pete's words, and Pete's smile, and Pete's habit of trying to sneak obscure quotes in where he thinks no one will notices, between all that and all the rest too, Patrick thinks Pete's pretty much taken up all the space inside Patrick. He's probably put up curtains and set Hemmy as a guard dog too.
inchsandbckyrds wrote we'll all float on. [US Chapter]
"How come we don't see these kinds of sunsets anymore?" Pete asked, adjusting himself half-way on the railing so that he tipped towards the wild forest below, the mountain an almost straight drop down from the end of the pavement. Patrick winced and twitched his arm out, ready to pull Pete back if he fell (or jumped).
"We're usually playing. Or in a plane. Or sleeping," Patrick cleared his throat, "or doing an interview. Awards shows, photoshoots, television show sets...We never have time."
ficsoreal wrote An Unexpected Detour [US Chapter]
After they had all calmed down, Pete asked, “What have you guys been up to?” Joe said, “Driving tractors.”
Andy said, “Wrestling sheep.”
Patrick said, “As long as you’re happy. Now, go rinse off, no grass in the car.”
jaydenrioblue wrote When we saw tulips I knew you were mine [Non-US Chapter]
...i tend to forget what’s it’s like to have nothing nagging away at the back of my head distracting me from living life like i’m meant to.
face it up man, at heart i’m still just a kid – it’s my head that’s the trouble.
But not at the moment, it’s brilliant. fantastic. phenomenal. all of those words that mean: patrick.
tobi_wankenobi wrote Pendejo [US Chapter]
The Alamo doesn't look as impressive in the mid morning light as Pete had thought it would. It is a brick building, and maybe the shape is a little inventive, but it's pretty plain otherwise. He had been expecting something bigger.
livi_smiff wrote Meatbally Goodness [Non-US Chapter]
... Patrick nodded slowly; his gaze was stolen by the variety of buildings surrounding them. Every one seemed to be built in a different era, giving the town a strange chic beauty. He liked it.
bloodygoodgirl wrote Beaucoup Crasseux [US Chapter]
“How much are we paying for this room?”
Pete peeks out of the bathroom, flat iron precariously close to his forehead. “You don’t want to know.”
Patrick really doesn’t.
neurotica_hello wrote we were all drowsing in cruise control [US Chapter]
patrick doesn't mind it, surprisingly; once they're tubing down the slides he is more frightened by the fact that there are only thin, brightly colored layers of plastic filled with thousands of gallons of water between him and the ground.
so he throws up once, it's still less times then pete did.
sweetnovicane wrote Oh Atlanta... [US Chapter]
"Not just that," said Butch, "It's just nice to come back here after spending so much time in LA. It's the kind of place that won't chew you up and spit you out. I guess you really can't see that in one day."
Patrick shrugged a little as they finally reached Luckie Street and looked at the Tabernacle. "Well, it certainly is a different place."
sobota wrote turning up & turning down [Non-US Chapter]
Patrick was hunched over the bar on the other side of him, listening to the translator as she explained the significance of...Pete couldn't hear her, so he pretended she was talking about ninja.
sweetrecovery wrote The City of Bridges [US Chapter]
Pete's shoulders heave. "You are. But you're not quitting."
"Give me one good reason I shouldn't."
"Because I want to do this with you. Because this a once-in-a-lifetime sorta thing. And when we're done, we can say, 'We traveled all across the country, just the two of us. We did it. We made it.'"
musictoyourlips wrote On an Evening in Roma [Non-US Chapter]
The sculptures of saints,the stained glass glittering in the sun, the Pietá, and St. Peter's tomb, pillars reaching towards the ceiling, leave them stunned and speechless. The crowning moment? When they climb up to the top of the Basilica and gaze out at the city, which lies sprawled out in front of them. Over 2000 years of history, right there in front of their eyes.
azrielen wrote Charm City [US Chapter]
"Don't eat the lungs or you'll die," she says with a smile, pointing out the fluffy pinkish things near the crab's mouth. Pete thinks this is exceptionally cool. Patrick just thinks the whole ordeal is barbaric and turns a lovely shade of pale green as he watches Pete take a wooden mallet to one of the crab's claws and suck out the tender bits of meat from the shattered shell.
neurotica_hello wrote they write songs about these [non-US Chapter]
"Friend," Pete says, looking around, pointing at Patrick and himself. "Oui oui mon ami, friend."
"Oh," she says. "Okay. I -- I am your friend."
Each word rolls in her mouth like rocks, but Pete's heart bursts over and over again as he kisses one smooth, dark cheek.
becomingblurred wrote Down By The Sea [US Chapter]
“Just look. There’s nothing to block the view of the ocean. We are surrounded by nothing but atmosphere. It’s beautiful. We never do this. So love it.”
Patrick peeked through Pete’s hair and sleeves and realized yes, they were surrounded, but it was by sea, air, and each other. And it was glorious.
lesinnocents wrote North Jersey [Turn Back Now] [US Chapter]
"So," he said, rounding on Pete, "do you have any plans of re-locating the highway any time soon so we can get out of here, or are you just gonna keep driving around in this sketchy neighborhood until we get shot?"
"Stop being so cynical," Pete retorted with a roll of his eyes, making another random turn down another unfamiliar street. "It's unbecoming. You're too adorable to be cynical."
Patrick answered with a look about as adorable as a pony getting flattened by a truck.
clippedwings wrote The City, It Never Sleeps [US Chapter]
Patrick’s not too skilled with navigating around a city like this, so he lets Pete do all the decision-making. Maybe not the best plan, but it’s better than nothing.
“Just don’t get us lost again, please?” Patrick pleads. He’s just grateful to be away from the terror that was Jersey.
burgerking wrote Blades of Grass [US Chapter]
He understood, then, that there was more to their endeavor than wrong maps and wrong turns. The trip had been about what was right -- and about having the right person beside him for the ride. Every moment they’d spent outside of their city had been spent outside of their heads, their lives. The past, and all of its problems, meant nothing now.
pseudonamy wrote The Story Dragon [non-US Chapter]
"You do realize the sun hasn't even set yet, right?"
"I know," replied Pete, absently. "But I want to watch the sun break over the edge of the world."
pseudonamy wrote I Will Remember This 'Til The Day I Die [non-US Chapter]
"It's beautiful," commented Patrick.
"It really is," came Pete's voice, right next to his ear. He turned and found Pete looking straight at him. His eyes had never left the boy's face as the sun had risen.
"You missed it."
Pete smiled and leaned in for a kiss. "I saw the best part."
Blades of Grass, by
burgerkingOut of all the awesome quotes we've seen in this challenge, I just think this one sums everything up wonderfully.
The last chapter was posted today. I really want to say thank you:
To the readers, thanks for taking a look at what we worked on. To
jaydenrioblue for our header. And to our writers. There aren't enough words. Honestly, thank you all.
I guess if we were naming an MVP, we'd probably give it to
sobota, who effortlessly pulled out 4 fics. And since I am complete corny, I'd ask that we'd all get MVPness, for coming on this road-trip and sharing the awesome.
Below the cut is a listing of the fics, with some sexy quote action. Check them out when you can, and if I've missed any, please inform me. And when we're ready to roll again, watch this space. We'll be glad to have you along for the ride.
Yours,
Marie.
honeybearbee wrote Calm Before The Storm [US Chapter]Patrick looked from the map in his hands and back to Pete. “You want to do what exactly?”
“I want to tour America! With just you and Hemmy. It’ll be fun, and just like a family road trip.”
chibigirl626 wrote The Little Old Bandmates From Pasadena [US Chapter]After a couple minutes of driving, they reached the front of City Hall, and went right past it. After all, it was just another big domed bronze government building. Even if it was really elaborate. At least, that was Pete's excuse.
sharon_hate wrote Gravity Hill [US Chapter]Hollywood Blvd belongs to the tourists past La Brea. Past La Brea, Hollywood is only small stores that sell t-shirts with cheap fonts across the front. It’s Middle-American families taking off-center pictures of the stars on the floor and in front of hopefully haunted hotels.
inchsandbckyrds wrote I'm saying things I never said before, but Madrid is paradise. [Non-US Chapter]...it was overwhelming to know that Pete rested all this on Patrick's shoulders as a responsibility, but Patrick was eager to make Pete know that it was not a responsibility -- it was what Patrick was born to do.
sobota wrote Vegas, baby! [US Chapter]Sammy Davis, Jr. touched his temple with the fingers not holding onto his cigarette. "It's all up here, brother," he said, and pointed to his lips. "And here." And he pointed to his heart. "And here. You weren't here to see it when you could still shake hands with Sinatra, but just knowing that there was that moment is all that matters."
sobota wrote douce lyon, je t'ai gardée dans mon cœur! [Non-US Chapter]Maybe there was something to be said about this method of travel. There were no itineraries or photo-shoots and they weren't eating at McDonald's and Patrick was drinking the best hot cocoa he had ever tasted in his entire life and Pete was smiling, which was enough for Patrick to sing from the rooftops.
xxdance wrote The Wind that Wakes the Ocean [US Chapter]"So what are you saying?" Patrick asks, smiling. "That we should trade in the car for a couple of motorcycles?"
"No," Pete says, "just. There’s only so much to see, you know?"
Patrick thinks about it for a moment. Slowly, deliberately, he rolls down the passenger window and raindrops stream through the opening and hit his arms and face like tiny, wet pinpricks.
pandagore wrote The Right Place, The Right Time [Non-US Chapter]The thing about London, Pete thinks, as he stands in front of a large map of the Underground system, is that it’s not very logical. His eyebrows knit together as he scans over the mess of lines, black, pink, blue, red and green, all interwoven like god knows what and all leading to god knows where.
musictoyourlips wrote can't help but wonder where i'm bound [US Chapter]“Can you believe this is where it started?” Patrick asks Pete. He shakes his head wordlessly. This unassuming, slightly decrepit brick building doesn’t look as though it’s played host to greats such as Bowie, the Smashing Pumpkins, and Nirvana. Even Fall Out Boy. Were they considered great?
sobota wrote i saw the stars crashing down [Non-US Chapter]They found the subway with some problems, and they were pressed together, Patrick breathing on Pete's neck the entire way, Pete clinging to the bar and squinting as he tried to read the Chinese writing, matching it with what he recalled.
sam_i_am_not_2 wrote let the good times roll [US Chapter]He doesn't understand it. They had been traveling up Interstate 69 (Pete had giggled when they first saw the sign and kept giggling until they exited onto I-94. Patrick just sighed and rolled his eyes)...
shebangsthedrum wrote Lacock, Wiltshire [Non-US Chapter]"It still feels like it. It's all still and solemn and... well, not magical, but as if it could be," he took Patrick's wrist and laid his palm next to his own against the stone. "Feel it!"
"Pete, I'm not gonna stand here and fondle stonework with you," Patrick began, and Pete rolled his eyes...
megan23451 wrote Shot Up in the Street [US Chapter]Somewhere around the fifth inning, the Tigers' shortstop hit a ball straight out to Pete, who was then extremely psyched for the next ten minutes. Sometimes, Patrick sighed to himself, Pete was such a child.
megyal wrote let me see you wave your hand up in the air [Non-US Chapter]Pete, in the meanwhile, was still tickled by the fact that his middle name and the capital city they were staying in were one and the same.
violentfires wrote burn a new sunrise in yesterday's sky [US Chapter]"It is the east," Pete continued dramatically, then pushed Patrick's hat down on his head as he walked past, in precisely the manner Patrick had asked him repeatedly not to. "And you, Patrick, are the motherfucking sun."
lemonsherry wrote Folie à deux [Non-US Chapter]Pete's watching him and grinning, reaching for his camera to catch it on tape, but Patrick's worried for the man's mental health. His hair is wrapped in a tight burgundy turban, stretching at least ten inches above his head, and a weed spliff is stuffed obviously behind his ear. He keeps shouting 'Jah Rastafari!', which never fails to make Pete burst out in his breathless laughter.
crayola_x wrote You Know I Love You. [US Chapter]It was all the same- soybeans, soybeans, corn, cows, cows, trees, soybeans, horses...
“PONIES!” Pete yelped like an easily impressed city tween, pointing to a group of dark brown horses standing in a small cluster of trees on his side of the road. Patrick laughed.
dreamofthem wrote was trying to find me something... [Non-US Chapter]Between Pete's words, and Pete's smile, and Pete's habit of trying to sneak obscure quotes in where he thinks no one will notices, between all that and all the rest too, Patrick thinks Pete's pretty much taken up all the space inside Patrick. He's probably put up curtains and set Hemmy as a guard dog too.
inchsandbckyrds wrote we'll all float on. [US Chapter]"How come we don't see these kinds of sunsets anymore?" Pete asked, adjusting himself half-way on the railing so that he tipped towards the wild forest below, the mountain an almost straight drop down from the end of the pavement. Patrick winced and twitched his arm out, ready to pull Pete back if he fell (or jumped).
"We're usually playing. Or in a plane. Or sleeping," Patrick cleared his throat, "or doing an interview. Awards shows, photoshoots, television show sets...We never have time."
ficsoreal wrote An Unexpected Detour [US Chapter]After they had all calmed down, Pete asked, “What have you guys been up to?” Joe said, “Driving tractors.”
Andy said, “Wrestling sheep.”
Patrick said, “As long as you’re happy. Now, go rinse off, no grass in the car.”
jaydenrioblue wrote When we saw tulips I knew you were mine [Non-US Chapter]...i tend to forget what’s it’s like to have nothing nagging away at the back of my head distracting me from living life like i’m meant to.
face it up man, at heart i’m still just a kid – it’s my head that’s the trouble.
But not at the moment, it’s brilliant. fantastic. phenomenal. all of those words that mean: patrick.
tobi_wankenobi wrote Pendejo [US Chapter]The Alamo doesn't look as impressive in the mid morning light as Pete had thought it would. It is a brick building, and maybe the shape is a little inventive, but it's pretty plain otherwise. He had been expecting something bigger.
livi_smiff wrote Meatbally Goodness [Non-US Chapter]... Patrick nodded slowly; his gaze was stolen by the variety of buildings surrounding them. Every one seemed to be built in a different era, giving the town a strange chic beauty. He liked it.
bloodygoodgirl wrote Beaucoup Crasseux [US Chapter]“How much are we paying for this room?”
Pete peeks out of the bathroom, flat iron precariously close to his forehead. “You don’t want to know.”
Patrick really doesn’t.
neurotica_hello wrote we were all drowsing in cruise control [US Chapter]patrick doesn't mind it, surprisingly; once they're tubing down the slides he is more frightened by the fact that there are only thin, brightly colored layers of plastic filled with thousands of gallons of water between him and the ground.
so he throws up once, it's still less times then pete did.
sweetnovicane wrote Oh Atlanta... [US Chapter]"Not just that," said Butch, "It's just nice to come back here after spending so much time in LA. It's the kind of place that won't chew you up and spit you out. I guess you really can't see that in one day."
Patrick shrugged a little as they finally reached Luckie Street and looked at the Tabernacle. "Well, it certainly is a different place."
sobota wrote turning up & turning down [Non-US Chapter]Patrick was hunched over the bar on the other side of him, listening to the translator as she explained the significance of...Pete couldn't hear her, so he pretended she was talking about ninja.
sweetrecovery wrote The City of Bridges [US Chapter]Pete's shoulders heave. "You are. But you're not quitting."
"Give me one good reason I shouldn't."
"Because I want to do this with you. Because this a once-in-a-lifetime sorta thing. And when we're done, we can say, 'We traveled all across the country, just the two of us. We did it. We made it.'"
musictoyourlips wrote On an Evening in Roma [Non-US Chapter]The sculptures of saints,the stained glass glittering in the sun, the Pietá, and St. Peter's tomb, pillars reaching towards the ceiling, leave them stunned and speechless. The crowning moment? When they climb up to the top of the Basilica and gaze out at the city, which lies sprawled out in front of them. Over 2000 years of history, right there in front of their eyes.
azrielen wrote Charm City [US Chapter]"Don't eat the lungs or you'll die," she says with a smile, pointing out the fluffy pinkish things near the crab's mouth. Pete thinks this is exceptionally cool. Patrick just thinks the whole ordeal is barbaric and turns a lovely shade of pale green as he watches Pete take a wooden mallet to one of the crab's claws and suck out the tender bits of meat from the shattered shell.
neurotica_hello wrote they write songs about these [non-US Chapter]"Friend," Pete says, looking around, pointing at Patrick and himself. "Oui oui mon ami, friend."
"Oh," she says. "Okay. I -- I am your friend."
Each word rolls in her mouth like rocks, but Pete's heart bursts over and over again as he kisses one smooth, dark cheek.
becomingblurred wrote Down By The Sea [US Chapter]“Just look. There’s nothing to block the view of the ocean. We are surrounded by nothing but atmosphere. It’s beautiful. We never do this. So love it.”
Patrick peeked through Pete’s hair and sleeves and realized yes, they were surrounded, but it was by sea, air, and each other. And it was glorious.
lesinnocents wrote North Jersey [Turn Back Now] [US Chapter]"So," he said, rounding on Pete, "do you have any plans of re-locating the highway any time soon so we can get out of here, or are you just gonna keep driving around in this sketchy neighborhood until we get shot?"
"Stop being so cynical," Pete retorted with a roll of his eyes, making another random turn down another unfamiliar street. "It's unbecoming. You're too adorable to be cynical."
Patrick answered with a look about as adorable as a pony getting flattened by a truck.
clippedwings wrote The City, It Never Sleeps [US Chapter]Patrick’s not too skilled with navigating around a city like this, so he lets Pete do all the decision-making. Maybe not the best plan, but it’s better than nothing.
“Just don’t get us lost again, please?” Patrick pleads. He’s just grateful to be away from the terror that was Jersey.
burgerking wrote Blades of Grass [US Chapter]He understood, then, that there was more to their endeavor than wrong maps and wrong turns. The trip had been about what was right -- and about having the right person beside him for the ride. Every moment they’d spent outside of their city had been spent outside of their heads, their lives. The past, and all of its problems, meant nothing now.
pseudonamy wrote The Story Dragon [non-US Chapter]"You do realize the sun hasn't even set yet, right?"
"I know," replied Pete, absently. "But I want to watch the sun break over the edge of the world."
pseudonamy wrote I Will Remember This 'Til The Day I Die [non-US Chapter]"It's beautiful," commented Patrick.
"It really is," came Pete's voice, right next to his ear. He turned and found Pete looking straight at him. His eyes had never left the boy's face as the sun had risen.
"You missed it."
Pete smiled and leaned in for a kiss. "I saw the best part."